[The General]

I realise that this site is 85% diecast aircraft & about 15% tanks & armoured fighting vehicles but what else are you into?

I know this is an unusual hobby for an Irish born former Australian Regular Army soldier but for me my other hobby is collecting and painting plastic 1:32nd scale (54mm) American Civil War figures.

I have about 60 Marx soldiers in my collection (most figures are very wooden looking but some are usable) as well as siege mortars, tents & accessories.

I also have hundreds of Accurate Figures which are very well detailed and very well made. Union soldiers, Confederates & Series II Confederates. Imex (equally well made) figures probably make up the bulk of my collection including Union & Confederate infantry, cavalry & artillery.

I also have several boxes each of HaT Union Zouaves & Series 2 Zouaves. Then there are several boxes each of A Call to Arms The Iron Brigade, Coloured troops & Confederate Infantry.

You can add to that Italeri Union Infantry, Confederate Cavalry & Battlefield Accessories. My Airfix 7th Cavalry make great 1865 Union Cavalry.

I have also got hold of Timpo, BMC, Britains and other manufacturers trains, bridges, farmhouses, buildings, stone wall, wooden fences, split rail fences, trees, rocks and boulders, cannons, gattling guns, farm animals, dead horses etc.

I get most of my stuff from hobby stores and from Peter Nathan's Toy Soldiers here in Sydney, Australia.

I have approxiamately 1200 soldiers, 100 horses & 30 artillery pieces. (That's a rough calculative guess.) I have fully painted approxiamately 400 pieces as a mix of both Federal and Confederate troops. They are all accurately painted as infantry, state militia, sharp shooters, marines, coloured troops, cavalry & artillery. I have put a lot of time and research into uniforms, colours, chevrons, insignia, flags etc. Oh, and the figures are painted better than most I've seen including store bought ones.

I only wish I had the right camera & set up to post some photos.

Anyway, apart from diecast planes & amoured vehicles what are YOU into?

[tank nut]

Well, when I am not into my warbirds and tanks, I collect muscle cars from time to time books on d -day ( I have about 20 so far) And I use to be into military figures for a time.

[trex0770]

I also collect 1/6 military figures (WWII, modern & some comic figures), 1/18 aircraft & armor. Other than collecting military models, I also am into being outdoors as much as possible: mountain biking (have only 2 bikes right now but at one point had 4 bikes at the same time until I was ordered to get rid of extra clutter), snowboarding (also 2 boards at the moment) & river rafting a couple times every summer for the last 10 years......and the ole honey do list (not by choice).

[Cruver Collecter]

I also collect Marklin HO trains and I guess you could add fishing gear.

[STARMAN 352ND]

When i can't find a plane i'm looking for i will keep me favorite NHRA & Nascar driver diecast updated
different schemes and so fourth..This year will be a little different since they have that silly looking COT car now.
JP

[Captain Eddie]

I have a rather haphazard collection of German Beer Steins! Love the one I have where the guy is cupping his wife's/girfriends/mistress's you know what!

[IKONOS]

• Rare and hard to find CDs of Rock, Classical and New Age artists
• Lighthouses (Harbour Lights, in particular - started collecting these way back in 1995)
• Pens (particularly German made fine writing instruments)
• Code 3 Fire Apparatus

[TopHat]

Originally Posted by IKONOS

• Rare and hard to find CDs of Rock, Classical and New Age artists
• Lighthouses (Harbour Lights, in particular - started collecting these way back in 1995)
• Pens (particularly German made fine writing instruments)
• Code 3 Fire Apparatus

Yani rocks!!!

[Tundra04]

1. NASCAR diecast...it's sort of required in these parts!
2. Israeli Aviation Books
3. Firearms (hope to increase this collection big time!)

[chiefs70]

I also collect military figures (mostly K&C, Conte and Black Hawk), guitars and history books on most any historical era - I love them all.