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Roger
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Thank you sir.
It has it's faults, the head is the same as the one in another kit by the same manufacturer, I also think the pouches are a little on the large side but the subject and the subtle difference in uniform from your run of the mill model of a Union soldier make up for the negatives.
Roger
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 02:23 pm |
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Dixie Girl
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It looks great Roger, but this guy looks scared. Even if it does have the same head its still unique in its own way.
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War Means Fighting And Fighting Means Killing - N. B. Forrest
When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Stonewall Jackson
Sic Semper Tyrannis - John Wilkes Booth
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 02:38 pm |
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Roger
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Thanks Dixie Girl I'm glad you like the expression on his face. That's maybe why it was worth using on two figures.
Maybe before I go back to work I will have a figure from a bit farther south to show you  Perhaps Georgia, sorry I haven't got any Tarheels lined up yet.
Roger
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 03:52 pm |
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Fuller
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Pardon my sophomoric response Roger but I can't help and giggle at the thought of hearing you say "Tarheels" with a British accent. Very cool 
Nice to have friends and fellow CW enthusiasts across the pond by the way. Welcome.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 04:18 pm |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 05:20 pm |
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susansweet
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Roger another amazing figure. Thanks for sharing it with us. Just a hint though from a friend on another board the word is Tar heels two words.
As to the accent the first time I was on my way to England I was on the Calais to Dover ferry. My friend and I were chatting with some crewmen. We had been on the Continent for some time and were excited to be where we would understand the language again. Well I spent an hour saying excuse me please , could you repeat that again. The gentlemen were Irish, Northumbrian, Corwallian and a Scots . Their accents were so thick to my Californian ear I could only understand half of what they were saying .
keep the pictures of the models coming .
Susan
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 05:41 pm |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 05:46 pm |
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Fuller
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Roger, it's funny you should mention Mary Poppins because when I read your post up there about "Yorkshire", I immediately brought out my best impression of an accent and start singing the classic Disney Mr. Toad's "Merrily Song". The singing was all in my head of course.
I don't get out much.
Great figure by the way. I stopped in a hobby store the other day and saw some figures. Not as detailed as yours but it still caught my eye. I think I could get into that.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 05:56 pm |
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Roger
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I would've liked to have heard that!!
Your lucky to have a hobby store to stop by at, they've all just about disappeared over here. I buy all my figures and hobby supplies online. Due to the financial situation at the moment I get a lot of stuff from the States.
Have a look here for a excellent slection of Civil War figure kits.
http://www.milminwh.com/
Roger
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 06:21 pm |
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Fuller
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Oh I could think of a few thousand things you are lucky to have close by.
Thanks for the cool link.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 06:23 pm |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 11:24 pm |
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PvtClewell
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Roger,
Tar Heels? Tarheels?
OK, here's the deal. When I came to North Carolina as a budding journalist 31 years ago, I was told that 'Tar Heels' is the nickname for all the University of North Carolina athletic teams, while 'Tarheel' was a resident of the venerable aforementioned state. At the very least, that was the accepted Associated Press style.
About five years ago, the AP changed its style, and 'Tar Heel' (note two distinct words) was now the correct style.
Keep in mind, that was the AP version. In reality, who knows? Here's a current web site definition, for what it's worth. It may — or may not — prove helpful:
http://www.tarheels.com/
Not everybody got the memo. I still see 'Tarheel' as often as not. I even see, on occasion, 'Go Tarheels' (for example) on UNC-sanctioned sports paraphernalia. Go figure (and UNC has a highly respected journalism school, you'd figure they'd know how to spell their own name. Damn media.)
I really think nobody knows for sure. Or nobody cares.
I briefly thought about making this a separate thread except that I figured Texas Defender, ConnYankee and 38 Miss. Walker could give a flip about Tar Heels. Or Tarheels.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 11:31 pm |
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Texas Defender
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Pvt Clewell-
I can't speak for Connyankee or 39th (not 38th ) Miss. Walker, but at my present age, I don't think that I could give a flip if my life depended on it.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 03:11 am |
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Bama46
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Susan,et al..
My sister and I grew up in alabama in the 1940's and 1950's before being forced to leave with our family as we along with millions of others pursued the american Dream in a Grey Flannel Suit..(our Stepfather's, not ours)... Fast forward to the early 70's and my sister, her husband and their children moved to South Africa... After a few years they returned for a visit...her accent was then South African British superinposed over Alabama Southern.... funniest damn thing I ever listned to....
Bloody hell, Y'all...
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 05:19 am |
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Roger
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Thanks for the explanation PvtClewell it's perfectly clear now
Funny how we've got around to accents considering we started with a " I fights mit Sigel" figure.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 02:44 pm |
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Dixie Girl
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To us North Carolinians Tarheels is one word. We are the Tarheels and for us its always been one word. I can fake a British accent so good it sounds real. There is a lot of words that are better left unsaid while using the accent, it just sounds to weird.
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War Means Fighting And Fighting Means Killing - N. B. Forrest
When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Stonewall Jackson
Sic Semper Tyrannis - John Wilkes Booth
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11th, 2008 03:05 pm |
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Dixie Girl
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Don't worry I get laughed at to. Like I said some words are better left unsaid with a British accent
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War Means Fighting And Fighting Means Killing - N. B. Forrest
When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Stonewall Jackson
Sic Semper Tyrannis - John Wilkes Booth
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, white metal figure of a Corporal of the 41st New York.
!!! I bet this could be a discussion on it's own. I must've been reading the wrong books
