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9/11 Twenty Years On
Posted on September 10, 2021
Friday, 10 September 2021 Dun Dun. Strike the Law & Order opening. It’s the final countdown. Less than a week to go until we’re back to Folkestone, England. I have waited for this moment for three years. And finally it’s upon us. I have mixed emotions this moment. Note the …
Scene of the Crime: Soho House NYC Meatpacking District
Posted on April 5, 2021
Monday, 5 April. 2021: Scene of the Crime: Soho House NYC High above the heat of the New York streets. We’ve all had the vaccine here and with the Pandemic winding down – at least in America – we’re planning again our future travels after 17 months. My thoughts often …
A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words: AMT Torrent 2013
Posted on March 22, 2021
With Xavier M Gomez, and the Steelmasters crew lead by Raymond Guilliani and Olivier Antoine. Monday, 22 March 2021: AMT Torrent 2013. Valencia, Spain. AMT Torrent is one of my absolute preferred concorsos. I first heard of it through an American friend — Adam Wilder —who posted photographs in 2004 …
Euro Miniature Expo Journal 2018
Posted on March 19, 2021
Ready for take off 2018. Now I can relax. Friday, 19 March. 2021: Postscript. This blog post began in early 2018 as nothing more than an itinerary for our England holiday in September 2018. It evolved into a journal of dates, places, events, the odd memory and photographs. I’d all but …
A Certain September Weekend in Folkestone. Decline & Rebirth.
Posted on March 18, 2021
Thursday, March 18th, 2021: I recently discovered a trove of Euro Militaire photos during a Google search. They were on one of those “long these many years without an update” websites— plasticwarfare.se. The photos were taken by Erik Gustavsson and Ulf Andersson. Prolific modellers on the pre-crisis Euro Militaire scene. This trove …
Euro Journal ’21: COVID Cancellation
Posted on February 23, 2021
Sunday 21, February: Feeling rather gutted this moment. Just read a post on the Euro Miniatures Expo Facebook page. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns and too many unknowns, Euro 2021 has gone the way of Euro 2020. This will be the third consecutive Euro I will have missed. My last was …