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THE SIERRA TOY SOLDIER COMPANY
A family owned business located in Campbell, California
Visit the largest retail showroom dedicated to toy
soldiers and model figures. Come visit us in person
for a one-of-a-kind toy soldier experience.
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historical figures, military miniatures, model aircraft and toy
soldiers
available.
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Collection
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Airfix
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Honour Bound
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St Petersburg
Collection
Schleich
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Collection
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CONTENTS
Contents
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EDITOR’S WELCOME
NOTICEBOARD
NEW RELEASES
FIRE IN THE DESERT
James H. Hillestad tracks T.E. Lawrence and Arab
guerrillas’ attacks on the Ottoman Empire’s key
Hejaz railway during World War I to ind
inspiration for creating a diorama.
44 THE DAY TOY SOLDIERS SAVED
MY LIFE
Nick Bryan recounts a close shave from his
childhood in London during World War II.
46 TET OFFENSIVE IN MINIATURE
E. Patrick Gallagher, a US veteran of the Vietnam
War, creates a highly detailed diorama based on
1968’s horri ic Battle of Hue.
36 BLACK HAWK CITY
Kurt Theurillat visits Black Hawk Toy Soldier’s Old
West frontier town.
50 51 CENTREFOLD
52 SAN MARINO TOY SOLDIERS
Joe DeMarco researches and creates colourfully
uniformed toy soldiers representing the Republic
of San Marino, a country within a country on the
Italian Peninsula.
42 SHADOW BOX DIORAMA ART
Dr Victor Wong pours his own considerable
modelling and artistic talent into faithfully
recreating a Neoclassical painting as a shadow
box diorama.
56 THE END IS NEAR: TANNENBERG
Modeller Ivan Cocker remembers the
momentous defeat of the Teutonic Knights by a
Polish-Lithuanian army in 1410.
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TOY
SOLDIER
COLLECTOR
& HISTORICAL FIGURES
We’re as serious about
collecting as you are
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WIN this
Vietnam War
rtesy
diorama cou 's
of Gallagher
Gallery
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62 COLLECTOR’S STORY
Canadian collector Norm Cuthbert shares how he
got into the toy soldier hobby and pursues collecting.
68 TRIGUARD MINIATURES MARCHES
ONTO THE SCENE
Editor Stuart A. Hessney introduces readers to
Triguard Miniatures, which is based in a rural town
in New Zealand that many readers might already
be familiar with.
78 FANTASTIC PLASTICS
82 MODEL FIGURES
84 KIT KORNER: MODEL FIGURE
PAINTER’S PROJECT
Paul Newman builds and paints a 75mm model
kit igure of a kilted British Army Lewis gunner of
World War I.
70 TOY SOLDIER FUN & WAR GAMES
72 NAPOLEON’S TOPOGRAPHICAL
MAPS
Curtis Sleight creates a diorama inspired by
charting how France’s Emperor Napoleon I
utilised detailed topographical maps to plan and
coordinate his military campaigns.
90 A LOOK AT BOOKS
94 PRIZE EXERCISE
E. Patrick Gallagher, the professional modeller
behind Gallagher’s Gallery, generously gives
readers a chance to win a US Army Special Forces
long-range jungle patrol diorama based on his
personal experiences during the Vietnam War..
77 SIX THINGS…
Editor Stuart A. Hessney hands out trivia that readers
might not know about Napoleon Bonaparte.
98 FACEBOOK/
SNEAK PEEK AT ISSUE 102
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