For those of you who didn't check out the "distractions" thread, which you should since there are some somewhat obsessive compulsive, yet totally amazing collections, I'm an addict of sorts.
Like many of you, I like tanks. No, I lied. I love tanks. Particularly the early days of their existence, from the crude contraptions of WWI to the wacky, wildly impractical designs the inter war years.
Unlike a sensible vehicle enthusiast, persons who might buy models that are new, shiny, and perfectly accurate ( be it automobiles, aircraft, canoes, or in my case tanks), I prefer my models to be period. Not only do I not like to buy those nice new models, I really don't care for them much at all.
With the exception of certain trench art, there really aren't a lot of "models" from the eras I'm most interested. As a result, I found myself collecting the next best thing, toys. Toys from all over, only really cared that they were cool and period.
I've been collecting them for several years now (along with guns, cannons, trucks, and other military toys), never really thought there were too many people who would be interested in them, especially not in a place full of badass militaria like this place. Apparently I was wrong!
Lets start early and work our way forward. The early pieces are my favorite, so I suppose we'll start out strong! I'll post each (or a few at once) in a new post, just so I don't go crazy in this editor.
As an overview, here are the tanks, as seen in the other thread.
To the mods: please put this wherever you feel it fits best! It's hard to place categorically, sorry
Like many of you, I like tanks. No, I lied. I love tanks. Particularly the early days of their existence, from the crude contraptions of WWI to the wacky, wildly impractical designs the inter war years.
Unlike a sensible vehicle enthusiast, persons who might buy models that are new, shiny, and perfectly accurate ( be it automobiles, aircraft, canoes, or in my case tanks), I prefer my models to be period. Not only do I not like to buy those nice new models, I really don't care for them much at all.
With the exception of certain trench art, there really aren't a lot of "models" from the eras I'm most interested. As a result, I found myself collecting the next best thing, toys. Toys from all over, only really cared that they were cool and period.
I've been collecting them for several years now (along with guns, cannons, trucks, and other military toys), never really thought there were too many people who would be interested in them, especially not in a place full of badass militaria like this place. Apparently I was wrong!
Lets start early and work our way forward. The early pieces are my favorite, so I suppose we'll start out strong! I'll post each (or a few at once) in a new post, just so I don't go crazy in this editor.
As an overview, here are the tanks, as seen in the other thread.
To the mods: please put this wherever you feel it fits best! It's hard to place categorically, sorry
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