"So what did Santa bring you?" Topic

A whole bunch of renasiance Ottoman's who haven't hit town yet.

This!

Well someone has been good all year clearly.

Tell us more…..

Some of us cannot tell an India Pattern BBess from a Charleville, let alone an ACW smoothbore. I can at least work out that it is a flintlock however……

Long Land Brown Bess, along with bayonet and obviously sling. Made by Pedersoli. It is really a beautiful gun, and couldn't be happier with it!:) I DID have to move the repro gun that was in it's place to a column in the room… here is where it is now, on the right hand side of the photo. Not a huge fan of it being upside down, but the other way made it tough to fit on the column without introducing a big hazard of someone knocking into it…

Overall super happy with it! For some more photos, here is a link…

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(And I have another treat on the way, but it is taking longer than expected…)

Folks, follow the link and eat your hearts out……..

For me it would be the Zero Panel from Pearl Harbour (sorry, Harbor)….I have a thing about 7th Dec and my namesake that commanded Wheeler AFB that day. Hell, why not line them up close together? Like everything else, seemed like a good idea at the time

Had to read further on this weapon. It is a serious firearm, not an ornament, fully functional. Not impossible in UK…..but not too easy either, even though hardly a weapon of mass destruction. Beautiful piece of work

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Hey!

Thanks for the kind words! The war room is the result of many years of collecting and planning and all the like… very lucky to have a chance to do something like it!:)

And yeah, I LOVE that Zero panel! Such a cool piece… very unique, and immediately recognizable, you know? Also, I love that it is an obviously-modern piece, since I generally have all black powder stuff. There is a link there for the place you can get them… they have a LOT of different panels like it, although I DO find the Zero to be the best one:)

And yup, that gun is the real deal… well, a repro of the real deal, but a fully functional weapon. I will likely take it shooting when the weather warms up. And yeah, probably a bit easier to get here in the US, what with our general fascination with firearms:)

Thanks again for the kind words… always love when someone appreciates the war room!:)

I am fixing to go into deep study of the 1813 campaign, so…
1) Nafziger- Lutzen and Bautzen
2) Nafziger- Napoleon at Dresden
3) Nafziger- Napoleon at Leipzig

to go along with F.N.Maude's very readable The Leipzig Campaign: 1813 and Bowden's Napoleon's Grand Armee of 1813.

Holy **** Nafzigers are expensive!!!

4) Struggle of Nations (mint)- aka the original "tweezer game"

I always come away with a better understanding of history if I read the history book and push the counters on the map. To me the best way to learn history and at the same time see how close the designer comes in being able to create a viable simulation of the situation.