Montana Smith
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The job's done, apart from some timber edging:
And t'other junk:
And t'other junk:
Smitty's Junk
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kongisking
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I wonder, Smiffy...which would be your preferred gun-of-choice in the event of a late-night break in? 
Montana Smith
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kongisking said:I wonder, Smiffy...which would be your preferred gun-of-choice in the event of a late-night break in?
The Winchester is the heaviest. One good swipe should take down the burglar!
michael said:So I think it's safe to say that this Smitty character is pretty much set for any impending zombie apocalypse
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michael said:
kongisking said:
Smiffy said:
I missed a Shaun of the Dead connection back there.
Well, it's done now, until something else turns up...
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In a bag of buttons bought today, a curio of little value with a very tenuous Young Indiana Jones link...
A brown bakelite button, depicting a cested crane and two palm trees, from the uniform of The Northern Rhodesian Regiment. Not sure of the date, but they fought in the Great War as the military wing of The Northern Rhodesian Police.
The motto "Diversi Genere Fide Pares" translates as "Different in Race, Equal in Fidelity", since they were recruited from native Africans, but with white British officers.
And a couple of coins from British West Africa that I've had for a while, which probably have no real value apart from the historical:
A brown bakelite button, depicting a cested crane and two palm trees, from the uniform of The Northern Rhodesian Regiment. Not sure of the date, but they fought in the Great War as the military wing of The Northern Rhodesian Police.
The motto "Diversi Genere Fide Pares" translates as "Different in Race, Equal in Fidelity", since they were recruited from native Africans, but with white British officers.
And a couple of coins from British West Africa that I've had for a while, which probably have no real value apart from the historical:
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Stoo said:Nice, Smiffy. I am jealous of the button and the 1919 coin (and NOT because of the 'tenuous Young Indiana Jones link').
I find myself drawn more and more to these little nuggets of history.
In the bag of buttons was this pip:
Any idea about it's origins?
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Stoo said:
Yes, and it's not an easy thing to research. Unfortunately the other contents of the 'button bag' don't offer any clues apart from a likely British connection:
Kings' crown RAF buttons, naval buttons, Civil Defence button, black horn Queen's Institute of Nurses button, old General Post Office button, and the North Rhodesia button.
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Anomalies in KOTCS
Since I was thinking of buying this early '50s deactivated Tokarev TT-33 semi-automatic pistol,
I checked out the Internet Movie Firearms Database page on KOTCS, and discovered an anomaly I wasn't aware of:
So, the props department used Chinese Type 54s to stand in for Tokarev TT-33s:
Actual screen used China made Norinco Model 213 9x19mm as used by Spalko:
On the same page it becomes apparent that KOTCS went all-out Chinese when it came to Russian firearms.
And last, but not least, the rocket launcher anachronism of ROTLA returns with KOTCS:
Since I was thinking of buying this early '50s deactivated Tokarev TT-33 semi-automatic pistol,
I checked out the Internet Movie Firearms Database page on KOTCS, and discovered an anomaly I wasn't aware of:
So, the props department used Chinese Type 54s to stand in for Tokarev TT-33s:
Actual screen used China made Norinco Model 213 9x19mm as used by Spalko:
On the same page it becomes apparent that KOTCS went all-out Chinese when it came to Russian firearms.
And last, but not least, the rocket launcher anachronism of ROTLA returns with KOTCS:
Rocket Surgeon
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Like the Nazi question, is it possible they used the munitions earlier than the adoption date to determine worth?
Also, with the penchant for aquiring American uniforms, trucks and whatever else was required it would make a certain sense not to use current Russian equipment especially in a covert operation...
Thoughts?
Also, with the penchant for aquiring American uniforms, trucks and whatever else was required it would make a certain sense not to use current Russian equipment especially in a covert operation...
Thoughts?
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Rocket Surgeon said:Like the Nazi question, is it possible they used the munitions earlier than the adoption date to determine worth?
Also, with the penchant for aquiring American uniforms, trucks and whatever else was required it would make a certain sense not to use current Russian equipment especially in a covert operation...
Thoughts?
The weapons are Chinese copies of the Russian equivalent, so if the Soviet Union wanted to make this an operation they could simply deny, they could have gone the whole hog and used Mongolian troops in Chinese uniforms and blamed it all on Mao if it went wrong!
I put this prop decision down to the pulp anomaly that allows me to accept the other movies: Indy's 1957 isn't identical to ours. His universe is a few degrees off, so that a few years here and a few facts there can be absorbed without too much worry.
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To fulfil a request, a few pictures of the junk that I was heavily into before the junk that I'm currently obsessed with.
When I began to collect 1/6 with a serious intent, I went for the military figures made by Dragon. Below is a tiny fraction of those (the bulk are 'resting' in their boxes due to lack of space).
From the left there's Otto Skorzeny, Sideshow's Manfred von Richthofen, German Gebirgsjäger, German Fallschirmjäger, German soldat, Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann (LSSAH), another German soldat, and finally on the right Erich Hartmann, Luftwaffe ace.
More Dragons here - the Soviet girl plus all the Americans apart from Indy, Punisher and Hellboy!
The British Expeditionary Force officer is by Dragon in Dreams, as is his all-metal Vickers machine-gun.
Lastly for now, a miscellaneous bunch.
I have no idea who the pretender on the far left is.
There are three Hot Toys Planet of the Apes gorillas, a Sideshow Cornelius, Hot Toys Heath Ledger as The Joker and in Gotham City PD disguise.
When I began to collect 1/6 with a serious intent, I went for the military figures made by Dragon. Below is a tiny fraction of those (the bulk are 'resting' in their boxes due to lack of space).
From the left there's Otto Skorzeny, Sideshow's Manfred von Richthofen, German Gebirgsjäger, German Fallschirmjäger, German soldat, Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann (LSSAH), another German soldat, and finally on the right Erich Hartmann, Luftwaffe ace.
More Dragons here - the Soviet girl plus all the Americans apart from Indy, Punisher and Hellboy!
The British Expeditionary Force officer is by Dragon in Dreams, as is his all-metal Vickers machine-gun.
Lastly for now, a miscellaneous bunch.
I have no idea who the pretender on the far left is.
There are three Hot Toys Planet of the Apes gorillas, a Sideshow Cornelius, Hot Toys Heath Ledger as The Joker and in Gotham City PD disguise.
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I pulled the trigger, as it were, on one of these deactivated early '50s Tokarev TT-33 semi-automatics, from Ryton Arms
I've been assured these examples are in fabulous condition, comparable to this 1949 example:
I've been assured these examples are in fabulous condition, comparable to this 1949 example:
Rocket Surgeon
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Excelent...but I'm curious about your sense of style and what judgement or insight puts Threepio at home in that group?!!Montana Smith said:
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Rocket Surgeon said:
He was once in more suitable company (no there wasn't a gay bar diorama on that shelf), but I evicted them to make room for some old soldiers. Two Hans, a Lando and a Wampa got left behind. They flatly refused to leave and said they'd just stand quietly at the back.
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My Soviet Tokarev TT-33 7.62mm semi-automatic arrived today!
It's dated 1953 and appears to be unissued, as the condition of the pistol and holster are incredible. Came complete with spare magazine, cleaning tool and lanyard. Both magazines and the gun itself all have matching serial numbers.
I also received an Ebay purchased East German PPK clone or Makarov holster. Very similar in design to the Tokarev holster, and with more than a passing resemblance to a particular design of Hitler-era PPK holster.
My Bernadelli Model 60 PPK clone is a perfect fit:
It's dated 1953 and appears to be unissued, as the condition of the pistol and holster are incredible. Came complete with spare magazine, cleaning tool and lanyard. Both magazines and the gun itself all have matching serial numbers.
I also received an Ebay purchased East German PPK clone or Makarov holster. Very similar in design to the Tokarev holster, and with more than a passing resemblance to a particular design of Hitler-era PPK holster.
My Bernadelli Model 60 PPK clone is a perfect fit:
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So, you are obviously the big dick. The men on the side of ya are your balls. Now there are two types of balls. There are big brave balls, and there are little mincey faggot balls. Now, dicks have drive and clarity of vision, but they are not clever. They smell ***** and they want a piece of the action. And you thought you smelled some good old *****, and have brought your two little mincey faggot balls along for a good old time. But you've got your parties muddled up. There's no ***** here, just a dose that'll make you wish you were born a woman. Like a *****, you are having second thoughts. You are shrinking, and your two little balls are shrinking with you. And the fact that you've got "Replica" written down the side of your guns... and the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle point five O"... written down the side of mine...should precipitate your balls into shrinking, along with your presence. Now... **** off!
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Sharkey said:
You're speaking in tongues. And being a beast possessed of several rows of very sharp teeth, you're in danger of getting one of the tongues caught!
The TT-33 isn't a "Replica" but the real deal. A 58 year-old piece of Cold War history.
Desert Eagle .50, eh? You know what they say about guys with big guns?
Always a pleasure to read your colourful posts. Never know which Sharkey is coming out to play. The sharp toothed one, or the insightful one!