Welcome Rob!
Home of Rock n' roll indeed! My fave Kiss track is Detroit Rock City
We have many members from the US and Canada but of course it's a BIG AREA so I'm uncertain whether there are any in the Michigan area. We have over 500 subscribers and probably an additional 100 or so who are forum members but not Newsletter subscribers. The site does get hit pretty constantly and at the moment the average is about 300 per day which means a lot of repeat traffic. The reason for the explanation is that it is likely that people who are in your general area WILL see the post
With regard to advice on the periods you are interested in I can confidently say that all with one or two exceptions have been the subject of discussion or information exchange on the forum. Posted questions invariably get answers pretty quickly and I know for a fact that there are very many knowledgeable chaps out there from: US, Canada,UK, Sweden,Germany,Italy,Netherlands,France,Australia and many other places who make regular and valuable contributions to the forum.
Best approach is to be as SPECIFIC about your question as possible then the answer should at least come close to what you are looking for...
Hope you find the place interesting...
As a starter for 10.....Moveable trenches?.. a strangely coincidental question as I personally have just built four feet of moveable trenches for my Flames of War collection. These are constructed on 40 thou Plasticard and I hope to post some pics very soon. Not a major job to do but a little fiddly!
All the best
Barry