Reading and listening

 Recommended reading and listening- Balkan Dave is speaking on this podcast. 

I used to borrow this book a lot when at university.

Balan Dave is speaking about his book and warfare of the period here.

Dundreich at the show yesterday

 The highlight for me was seeing PD Hancock’s layout . I had seen some of it in January at the Glasgow Show but this being a special 75th anniversary show of the club, more was there to be enjoyed. 

In m any ways PDHancock is the model railway of Charles Grant , Donald Featherstone and perhaps HG Wells rolled into one. Enjoy the pictures then read more at the links below-

The founding charter of the railway.

Brilliant scratch building. Card l imagine.

Notice the use of some Airfix fortifications in the background.

The equestrian statue from the Sherif of Nottingham Airfix set.

Airfix’s Roman Fort l think.

https://elmrc.org.uk/p-d-hancock/

https://elmrc.org.uk/the-p-d-hancock-collection/

https://elmrc.org.uk/dundreich/

Edinburgh- the dérive

 Was in Edinburgh yesterday for a model railway show. Really enjoyed it but also really enjoyed walking from Haymarket station to the show via Holy Corner and back via Gorgie Road. Sunny day with the end of summer meeting the start of Autumn, lovely. Some pics

Interesting sculpture as part of signage.

Excellent info boards en route.

Saw “Snow white and the seven dwarves ” here as a small boy. I hid behind the seat when the Queen was on! 

Tynecastle ground and school  looking much more dapper these days.

The Union Canal . I used to walk the canal path to and from the centre of town.

The venue for the model railway show. Pictures from the show in the next post.

Saw this in Morrison Street, what a wonderful, practical idea. Fantastic!

On the march

 The Ottoman forces are on the march again. Screened by light cavalry the army is on the move …

I have really enjoyed Balkan Dave’s book on the wars between Austria, Russia and the Ottoman Empire in the 1730’s . The book is an excellent overview of the armies, the battles and the war. It is full of fascinating characters and incidents and reminds the reader that there was another kind of warfare on the fringes in 18th century Europe and beyond. I have been adding muskets to Minifigs, repainting and rebasing. Using what I have and not buying more figures. Great fun . Mainly Minifigs with a tiny smattering of Dixon .

When September starts

 The garden as September begins.

Publishing issues

 My attempt to leave comments anywhere is not working . Anyone else experiencing this? It says publishing and goes on and on never coming to completion.

Done

 Figures finished.

Addition of a hound to the group.

Wearisome winter warfare.

The whole group sans hound who has forged ahead.

Finally the two highlighted figures from the previous post.

Thank you everyone for your supportive and thoughtful comments in the previous post, they were greatly appreciated by me.