Blue/Gray addition

Some more B/G pics. I didn't mention it previously but the cobbled together set pictured would be similar to a giant set. The Giant set would have one more cannon caison(I'm working on it and more). This set has more troops redoubts, cannon, mortars than a giant set. Just about everything that came in the B/G sets is shown and original Marx, I don't have an original lawn jockey for the mansion, loose originals are kinda htf, obviously I want one
I figured it would be appropriate to introduce the comanders in chief and commanding generals of the opposing forces first. Marx made figures of real life individuals sometimes in cream plastic with their names on the base bottom(the generals also had their names on the front of the base. All the figures except JD('61-'64, '72) appeared in all sets from '59-'64 and the '72 Heritage(not respected a lot) sets.
Pic 1: USA
C in C: Abraham Lincoln
Com. Gen: US Grant
Command tent and inert vinyl mortar are also pictured, they came in tan and or gray depending on the set. You always got the tan tent set that was supposed to be Union owned.
Pic 2: CSA:
C in C: Jefferson Davis
Com Gen: RE Lee
The reason the Rebels didn't always get gray tents is because they had the biggest structure already, the beautiful tin litho mansion. The mansion is undersized to the figures, common Marx trait. But the pleasant plastic portico that Davis and Lee stand on disguises this somewhat and I think it's more quaint than the larger accurately scaled( 54mm, 1/32) Classic Toy Soldier mansion. The B/G is a well thought out work of playset art.
The mansion anchors and defines the location and focus of where the Union attack will be and how the Rebel defense will align,but it doesn't overpower the action . You set it out first if you're a playset lover. It's Fort Apache, the Cape Canaveral Command building, etc. the playset radiates from it at your discretion. My personal favorite litho building and I openly admit that I am very biased and blinded by the deep toy love I have for the B/G Sets.
Mansions('59-'64) gloss finsh litho.
Heritage('72) matte finish.
Pic 3: "Burnside"(collectors)/Stone(Marx) Bridge next to Union battery. The cannon are the standard Marx playset piece, they came in silver or black. All '60s sets had one firing cannon and sometimes additional inert ones, same thing but no firing components. You got one black hard plastic firing mortar and a tan/gray vinyl inert one. The mortar is unique to B/G sets as far as I know. The '72 Heritage sets wimped out, they removed firing components and lacked any potential sight maiming artillery, sad.
Pic 4: Destroyed mansion and troops getting down. The destroyed mansion was detailed and true scale, but there ain't much of it left if you're choosing lodgings.
Thanks again,
Bill