Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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2 thoughts on “Spurn Head Refortified – Railway Modeller September 1978”
Coincidence as this is a fairly random post of stuff stuck in my Sidetracked (railway modelling military and gaming related article) drafts. I thought it might interest you. Wouldn’t a sail cart be great? They sometimes do for model railways those model engineers carts, the push up and down handle ones belong bed of slapstick silent movie chases.
Harris Burdick – not come across before – It is a dead spit (or shifting sandbank?) for Spurn Point railway. Atmospheric!
What a great creative writing resource. I expect many kids liked this. Back in my O level exam days you had to write a story in an hour in response to a random black and white photo or sometimes just a story title. Challenge! I think they should have gone for quality not quantity like a 55 or 110 word Drabble. https://annwycoff.com/2020/04/26/forgotten-ones-anthology-bigfoots-and-bugbears/
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Another fascinating post and the subject matter is completely new to me. The pictures of the sail powered trollies are fantastic and remind me of the cover of a book I used when teaching . I used it as a discussion starter and also as a stimulus for imaginative writing. Here is the picture
https://www.google.com/search?q=harrison+burdick&rlz=1C9BKJA_enGB615GB615&hl=en-GB&prmd=inmv&sxsrf=ALeKk01W2NHC7NDNTO6N5rfYGKoeivhlHQ:1589642218709&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiPkpDe1rjpAhX0rnEKHTk8AUwQ_AUoAXoECBkQAQ&biw=1024&bih=659#imgrc=r2EXk_O1ghDIVM
The post ties in with my current garden railway planning though I think a battery powered sail trolley is more within my engineering ability than a working sail but one never knows. I have read about yachts with sails on ice which I found fascinating too.
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Coincidence as this is a fairly random post of stuff stuck in my Sidetracked (railway modelling military and gaming related article) drafts. I thought it might interest you. Wouldn’t a sail cart be great? They sometimes do for model railways those model engineers carts, the push up and down handle ones belong bed of slapstick silent movie chases.
Harris Burdick – not come across before – It is a dead spit (or shifting sandbank?) for Spurn Point railway. Atmospheric!
What a great creative writing resource. I expect many kids liked this. Back in my O level exam days you had to write a story in an hour in response to a random black and white photo or sometimes just a story title. Challenge! I think they should have gone for quality not quantity like a 55 or 110 word Drabble. https://annwycoff.com/2020/04/26/forgotten-ones-anthology-bigfoots-and-bugbears/
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