I met Ken, a collector of one thing called "The Third Reich
Militaria" which includes badges, medals, uniform, weapons, etc. of the German
soldiers in WWII. The story began when Ken read the story on
The Panther which I
wrote in The Modeler Club magazine #17, and he contacted me because he's already
sided with the Germans from the very first. He visited my place and viewed my
collection, we exchanged ideas and viewpoints. Ken wants to know whether in
Thailand there'll be a collector of this kind of thing (see below) or not. I said it would
be very difficult to find one, because I myself have never seen this kind of thing
on sale anywhere in Thailand. Ken himself (a halfblood Thai-Japanese with a Master's
Degree from England) got this thing mostly from England and from Germany. Those
who have never studied abroad would have had no chance to collect this kind of thing -
and they ain't cheap at all. Thinking so, I sympathize with Ken who will have a difficulty
in finding a friend (with same interest) to talk with. (He's already glad he met me,
because I have so much tanks, and German tanks come in hundreds). So here I'm
publishing his story and pictures of what he collects. Anyone who's interested may
contact Ken directly. His ultimate dream is
to have a Tiger I, a BMW R75 w/ Sidecar and a Me-262, all 1:1 scale - real thing -
in his housing area, which - so to speak - I also have similar dream. But my house
is small, so a Panther 1:1 real thing would be just fine!
;-)
The magazine stated above also published a story about me
