Alamo 1836 and The Alamo as it is today. Two dioramas.
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Two dioramas in our JCH Museum. The Alamo as it was in 1836 and The Alamo as it is today. The 1836 version is approx 8 foot by 8 foot in size. The newer version of the Alamo is approx 4 foot by 3 foot in size. Something like these two projects would be awesome school history projects and are easy to build. I posted about 11 or 12 videos explaining how to build the Alamo from foam and tile mortar. Please like and share my videos. Thanks in advance.
Pretty damn cool. I had not realized that the chapel entrance was inside walls. My name is David Crockett, and I am a collateral descendant of Davy Crockett, directly descended from one of his brother's, Nathan Crockett. I am a armchair but somewhat serious student of history. Thanks for the vid
Love miniatures.looking at this makes my inner 10 year old excited
I'm thankful they managed to preserve as much of it as they have
Thank you, this is brilliant, a fantastic teaching of history!
Pretty cool stuff. Well done!
Looks great. Liked the wagons
Thank you very much
Great job on the models. Greetings from San Antonio.
James Manky Thank you very much.
That's an awesome model, thanks for sharing...
Thank you very much.
Great presentation! Years ago I read a column mentioning a pair of old, large wooden gates found at a ranch near the Medina River. Historians believe gates this size and age would have come from Alamo compound. Have you or anyone else heard of this find and what ever became of them? Once noticed, I don't think the valuable artifact would be forgotten.
Both are awesome..the 1836 version is one of the best I've ever seen..it would be great if the compound in it's entirety could be built back..that way people wouldn't only have to picture it in thier minds but actually see it..
People used to be able to experience how it looked in 1836 by visiting the set built for John Wayne's 1960 movie. It's been closed and deteriorating since 2010. I wish I'd been able to visit it before then. There are some good video tours of it here on RUclips. It's called Alamo Village.
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Or go to Dripping Springs in north central Texaa. A much better set than Bracketville. It's the largest set ever built in the history of Hollywood. Was built for the 2004 movie.
@@rustysawyers5109 Thanks I did not know of that. I'm planning to be in Texas in the near future and I will check that out. I hope it's still open to the public.
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Good question. I haven't been there myself yet.
That is so well put together beautiful
Great models, love it!!!
outstanding!......love it....my favorite thing in history.....so good,,,i always hoped to do one on the ALAMO!
Awesome work!
Great job
Very cool, great job
The model was incredible. Although I am not a native Texan I did live in Texas for a year and a half. My son lived there for several years. Even though he had warned me before our visit about what had been done with the Alamo grounds I was still stunned and horrified that the site had basically been destroyed for commercial reasons. It was if Gettysburg or Normandy had been overrun by streets and buildings. Evidently today's Texans are more respectful of the site than the previous generations who literally destroyed it. Shame on them.
WELL DONE I AM GOING TO MAKE ONE NOW..
À beauty , bravo
This fantastic model that you created gives one an idea of the tremendous job the defenders faced covering such a large perimeter.
Looks great.
Im always surprise to hear how meaningless the Alamo was to where even the US military rented for storage. For many years after they had it, The Alamo was a meat storage and haven for the homeless.
I have always wanted To do this in fact i am JUST started gathering up the "players" from both sides..I've been concentrating on the "king and country" remember the Alamo figures..i know is a long uphill climb for me .What figures did you use if i may ask? ...i have seen buildings online and i think i will focus on trying to "piece" something together.Again great job and thanks!
I just used Conte and other similar ones from the 70's and 80's. The King and Country are much better but are much more expensive because they're already painted.
The Oak tree had not always been there, it was transplanted there in the early 1900's.
Eric Scott thanks for pointing that out. I had been told that the tree had always been there but after seeing your comment I did a little research and found that the tree was moved to Alamo Plaza in 1912. It was 40 years old at the time.
Well, an oak tree does represent Wisdom Strength and Endurance and isn't that what the men at the Alamo demonstrated during the 13 days? Also, you did an amazing job.
Great video though...
yeah it is. I also love how he put the figures in to show the last day's battle.
Sasskitten he also has a great story telling voice..
I really appreciate the effort there ..wonderfull job
.but there was no taco bell curvature on top
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I wish they would of left some more of what it is to be.
how much would you want for this
I do ghost hunting tour's in San Antonio.
Good place to go ghost hunting
Next time try holding your phone horizontally when you want to record a vid.
Always nice to have Cecil B. DeMille check in.
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good job on old model and i always hated how most of the property was taken over and turned into something else.
It is wonderful to see young children this interested in the history of our great State of Texas. I don't know what School d
District your children attend, but I for one think that all the others should take a direct lesson on the importantance of our heritage.
Thank You, from one Texican to another.
YES, THANK YOU. VERY INTERESTING. YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AS RE THE ORIGINAL MODEL & ALSO THE NEW ONE ---- EXCELLENT !! I WILL WATCH IT AGAIN . JOHN IN U.K.
Looking for ideas to help my twins with their 4th grade Alamo project. Your dioramas are very beautiful. Thank you for making this video. Great work you did there. Best I've seen.
Aimee Loderus Thank you very much.
Aimee Loderus If you have any questions about what these projects are made of feel free to ask.
Aimee Loderus ...4th grade Alamo project ? AWESOME....Im glad to hear that there's still a school doing such things. There survives some wonderful writings/ memories by Mexican officers who took part in the battle. I would think it might be a cool school project to look at and present the history from the Mexican point of view. If not politically, militarily, tacticaly.
Both are great..I especially love the 1836 version.. Awesome work..very detailed..
A MESSAGE FOR JEREMY KILROY. YOU AREN'T BY CHANCE A RELATIVE OF EDDIE KILROY WHOM I MET WAY BACK IN 1973 IN LONDON. HE WAS OVER HERE WITH THE SINGER / PIANIST JERRY LEE LEWIS. --- I DID TALK WITH HIM AS RE. THE ALAMO. HE APPARENTLY WORKED ON THE JOHN WAYNE FILM -- THE ALAMO. YES , HE WAS OVER HERE DOING SOME WORK WITH JERRY LEE -- PROMOTION WORK AS RE. THE ALBUM ---- THE SESSIONS. WITH GUEST ARTISTS BACKING JERRY LEE. JOHN IN U.K. ---
Good job! Superb job! We may be relocating there!
Thank you.
Well done, beautiful work...
Both models are amazing.
I would have lived to have this as a kid!!👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
Where is the JCH Museum? Where can these models be viewed? Here in Texas?
I have now moved them both home and have reworked the large scale model by adding more detail, more men, and making corrections on things that I've realized since building it. I have also reduced the size of the large model. Only approximately a third of it exists now. I may be building other sections of it later but a lot of it was wrong or way out of scale so an overhaul was due. Yes the models are here in Texas but no longer displayed. Since the remodel both dioramas were featured at this years Alamo Symposium in San Antonio.
The Mengar Hotel has one or two models.
In 1836 the church did NOT have windows on what turned out to be a second floor. The second floor and windows were added long after the battle.
Great Models. Is the model of the 1836 version to exact scale dimension wise? I am not an authority by any means but the modek seems shorter and narrower to me.
Well done, but it is to small.
How about you show a vid of your diorama for comparison. The man put a lot of time and effort into this diorama.
Is this to precise scale? The figures seem too large. The many animated representations have been misusing those damned wide angle lenses. Reckon I better go take a look in person. Nice model, all in all.
It amazes me how long it took to get the respect it deserves. Pitiful, but better late than never.
Amazing model. What talent!
Thank you
Thank you very much
Absolutely stunning.
Good job. Very good....
I wish this had been recorded the proper way--horizontally instead of vertically. :-/
So lay on your side and watch it.
There are many different old pictures of the long barracks, I wonder if it was redone or was it always there
The Long Barracks was once 2 stories high, and was used as a grocery warehouse prior to being purchased for preservation. The second story was removed.
BEAUTYFULL!!!
Well done by all...
Were there horse stables with an overhang close to the church possibly with arches? This is why I am asking.
This is gonna sound weird but when I was little about 8 years old I had a very vivid dream that I was shot and killed at the Alamo. I am 41 now but remember the dream to this day. First I saw a guy that was sick and bed ridden but believe he was in the church at the time in a small room on the ground level that was doubling as an infirmary for him he was an important man because he was given special care. This would have been the night before the final battle. Then the next morning I am looking from a vantage point and saw a man sniping off Mexicans left and right much more than the other men (I think he may have been Davy Crockett). The Mexicans had make shift ladders and were putting them up against the wall to get over, while many were getting shot their numbers became too many and they got inside and they opened one of the main gates (I believe it was the southern gate). Once they got the gate open it was all over and they started pouring in. I ordered everyone around me to the church as a last refuge of defense. I moved to the ground level met up with my wife and she was in front of me running as well and wearing a beautiful blue dress. I was close to the church and under some sort of overhang with make shift horse stables and trying to make it I believe to a side door of the church or a side walkway that comes out near the front of the church. As I was running I was shot in the back by a musket ball and collapsed to the ground dying, I saw my wife continuing to run and she did not know I was shot at the time. One of my men next to me bent down to help me but was immediately shot in the head. My last thought before perishing was that I would see my wife again in the future and then I died and woke up.
Jeremy Kilroy wow! Thats a heck of a dream. The you described everything is the way i picture it based on old photos, drawings, and other reading material. Very cool.
I have been to the Alamo and while there I also had the feeling that I had been there during the battle.
You wouldn't also have a bridge for sale too, would you?
Fantastic!!!
Thank you
I say uuummm too much in my videos. Lol
If that's the worst thing you can say, friend, you're doing OK.
It's not to scale or even an irregular shape like the real Alamo. Its semblance is like a shoe box, but it's a good effort.
Well, seeing as how you were there in 1836, you would know. Please provide a video of YOUR diorama for comparison.
@@hrfardan66 I can't it's all in storage - but it's correct not silly looking like here in this video.