Want to go into the trenches with U.S. and German infantrymen and tanks from World War II, land with the U.S. Marines on Peleliu Island in 1944 to capture a strategic airstrip, or look into the eyes ...

In the 1980s, Loveland businessman and Marine veteran Frank Ward began collecting figurines and dioramas depicting real-life scenes of World War II and other military conflicts in imaginative and ...

Founded in 1952 by five men who collected toy soldiers, the Military Miniature Society of Illinois has grown into an international club that goes far beyond military figurines. Its 46th annual show ...

When Mario Marangoni first visited the Australian War Memorial as an eight-year-old he was left in awe of the detailed dioramas on display. "As a young child, seeing the large-scale dioramas sort of ...

STAMFORD — Walking through Charles Trudeau’s basement is like stepping into a Memorial Day time machine, of sorts. Upon entry one sees a sprawling miniature display of the Battle of Monmouth from 1778 ...

Mel Neal didn’t remember the exact year he and lifelong friend Frank Ward acquired the first piece in their sprawling collection of U.S. military collectibles, but it was sometime in the late 1970s.

Height 12 x width 15 x depth 4 3/4 inches.

LITTLE ROCK — Fletcher Clement is a big name in miniatures. “I like working small,” he says, understating. Collectors pay hundreds and thousands of dollars for a Clement original the size of his ...

For those interested in toy soldiers, military collectibles and historical miniatures, the Michigan Historical Collectibles Show offers a three-for-one experience. This weekend’s show is actually ...

When he left the U.S. Marine Corps after 27 years, 10 months and 10 days of service, retired Lt. Col. Donald Weill felt he had done his duty. But unlike Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur’s recollection of what ...