Update on WW2 Eric Knowles Style

It’s German, it’s tracked and carries a rather large calibre gun. The Morser Karl - definitely Eric Knowles territory!

Just a quick post to let you know where we are at in respect of the humongous 20mm WW2 collection of the late Eric Knowles. Bill, Eric’s son, will be sorting out the collection with the idea being that I will go and collect the same to move into my loft. From here it will be easier to properly organise and take the all important questions. I have a stockpile of suitable packaging material so shipping will be easy enough, albeit rather tedious and probably my least favourite part of the process!

Eric was well known for mixing scales, manufacturers and in some cases even historical periods in his collections and the WW2 set up is no exception. The scales employed are 1:87th, 1:72nd and 1:76th and feature models in metal, plastic and resin - certainly the latter is a mixture that only gamers of a certain vintage would understand!

I was asked by a contact who had previously acquired some unpainted WW2 material from Eric’s collection if he had any heavy - 150mm and larger - artillery. I smiled inwardly at this as Eric’s penchant for enormous quantities of artillery is legendary and it was of no surprise when I checked with bill who informed that certainly for the Germans a large tracked mortar featured….

In 20mm…. There was only seven built but I would not be in the least bit surprised if he had all of them!

Lord alone knows what other ‘heavy metal’ is lurking in his collection!