D-Day 80 and D-Day 40 years on

Posted on June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 by 26soldiersoftin

My blogpost from 2019 (the 75th anniversary) looking back on the 1984 anniversary, when many Normandy veterans were still relatively young:

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/04/d-day-forty-years-on-1984/

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/d-day-forty-years-on-1984-part-2/

Blog posted by Mark Man Of TIN, 5 and 6 June 2024

D-Day 80 Remembered

Published by 26soldiersoftin

Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ... View all posts by 26soldiersoftin