Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 08:51 PM UTC
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Cheers Al.
I think it's only fair to allow pre-built tracks.
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 08:52 PM UTC
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Thanks Paul, appreciate it 
Cheers Neil ! Good luck with them !
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Texas, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 06:43 AM UTC
Paul, that is what I am looking for, I need all the help that I can get
still you have a pool to choose from for help and eveyone does help whether they say so or not. BTW how many entrants are you predicting for the campaign by the end?
Bob
If it aint broke dont fix it.
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 03:53 PM UTC
I got it !!! It'll be my Tasca Sherman II dv kit.... Starting to gather things up to do this one right....This might just be an almost out of the box build .......YEAH Right!
Guess I should sign up now...
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 07:20 PM UTC
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Paul, that is what I am looking for, I need all the help that I can get still you have a pool to choose from for help and eveyone does help whether they say so or not. BTW how many entrants are you predicting for the campaign by the end?
Bob
Hey Bob !
I think we can push 90 - I'd love to see triple figures, 100 or more would be awesome !
Sign up, sign up and enlist guys !!!
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 07:21 PM UTC
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I got it !!! It'll be my Tasca Sherman II dv kit.... Starting to gather things up to do this one right....This might just be an almost out of the box build .......YEAH Right!
Guess I should sign up now...
Welcone Richard !
Tasca kits rule !!
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 02:35 AM UTC
Shermans?
I´m in!
There are 2:
Tasca M4A1 Normadny or Sicily and a M4A4
how to sign in to the compaign?
Evgenij
Texas, United States
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 05:34 AM UTC
If it aint broke dont fix it.
MichaelSatin
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 06:11 AM UTC
OK, clearly you've given us (or me anyway) too much time to think.
My latest idea, The First and the Last:
Right, as if I'll actually get ONE done let alone TWO!
I'm sure I'll change my mind again several times before July, but this is what I'm thinking right now. Hi ho!!
Michael
On the bench:
Sorta depends on your definition of "on the bench"...
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 08:35 AM UTC
Michael, the correct answer is Sherman II
"Nelson be damned.......Lets get the hell out of here!"
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Posted: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 10:40 PM UTC
They're both nice kits Michael.
I'm partial to the ISherman !
What period will you do for that beast ? 1967 ?
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
barkingdigger
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Posted: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 11:21 PM UTC
Michael,
With a year to run, the answer is of course "both"!
Tom
"Glue, or Glue Not - there is no Dry-Fit" - Yoda (original script from Return of the Jedi...)
barkingdigger
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Posted: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 11:27 PM UTC
Having looked at my stash, I can now commit to at least the following:
Tasca Sherman III to be a tank from B squadron, Fort Gary Horse (Canadian 2 AB) as seen in Groningen in April '45 (AM decals & tracks...)
Tamiya M4 as H-2 "Hurricane" seen debarking a LST in Normandy June '44 (with lots of surgery & AM stuff)
Academy M51 Isherman built OOB - just cause it's neat-looking!
We'll see if the time allows others to creep from my stash...
Tom
"Glue, or Glue Not - there is no Dry-Fit" - Yoda (original script from Return of the Jedi...)
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 11:32 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Having looked at my stash, I can now commit to at least the following:
Tasca Sherman III to be a tank from B squadron, Fort Gary Horse (Canadian 2 AB) as seen in Groningen in April '45 (AM decals & tracks...)
Tamiya M4 as H-2 "Hurricane" seen debarking a LST in Normandy June '44 (with lots of surgery & AM stuff)
Academy M51 Isherman built OOB - just cause it's neat-looking!
We'll see if the time allows others to creep from my stash...
Tom
Nice Tom,
this could be a real stash clearer for me also.
On a side note I've also entered the Movie / TV Campeign and plan doing Oddballs M4A3 with the Formations conversion !
Too many Shermans and too little time !
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
barkingdigger
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Posted: Monday, April 26, 2010 - 12:17 AM UTC
Paul,
Stash clearance is a definite goal! My plands might have to change, as the Ultracast decals for the Fort Gary Horse are sold out. If I can't get them by kick-off that Tasca kit may have to become a Three Rivers Regt tank in Italy instead...
Tom
"Glue, or Glue Not - there is no Dry-Fit" - Yoda (original script from Return of the Jedi...)
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Monday, April 26, 2010 - 03:50 PM UTC
Hi Tom ...I'm pretty sure that the Three Rivers Reg. had M4A4's in Italy..The only sherman III's I'm sure about in Canadian service is with the Sherbrook Fusiliers ...there may be others but I don't have my references handy right now ..
Rick
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Posted: Monday, April 26, 2010 - 05:15 PM UTC
Is there a good source for info on the M4 DV being used in Italy? The only web site I have found is for the 752nd tank battalion. It has a few photos but they are small. I sent Gary Holt an e-mail but he hasn't responded.
Great nations do not fall because of external aggression; they first erode and decay inwardly, so that, like rotten fruit, they fall of themselves. The strength of a country is the sum total of the moral strength of the individuals in that country.
Ezr
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Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 11:01 AM UTC
Hi Tom ..I just checked and only the 1st Hussars,Fort Garry Horse and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers were issued the Sherman III`s ..There might be a slight possiblity of a few Sherman IIIs being used in Italy because the Canadians were to take over the British shermans on arrival,but these tanks were in pretty bad shape and were replaced quite quickly with M4A4s...GGHG received Sherman Is and IIs while in Italy.
Hth
Rick
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Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 07:21 PM UTC
I've just preordered the new Tasca M4A3 (76) W.
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
barkingdigger
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Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 11:22 PM UTC
Rick,
Thanks for the info! I was misled by an incorrect caption on a front-on photo of a Three Rivers tank that looked to be with cast hoods but early 3-piece tranny. If only I could have seen it from the side...
[edit: this is where I found it.
http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/vehicles/tanks/shermantank.htm]Well, that settles it then - it'll have to be the Fort Garry Horse! Sadly the Ultracast decal set is long sold out, so I'm going to have to piece together markings from several Archer Transfers sets. That'll bump up the cost nicely!
(With a year to run, I might eventually get an M4A4 to do that THree Rivers beast too...)
Tom
"Glue, or Glue Not - there is no Dry-Fit" - Yoda (original script from Return of the Jedi...)
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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:55 AM UTC
I've got a Formations update for the M4A4 and it came with decals for a three rivers tank and I'm sure I'll get to that one soon too.
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:49 PM UTC
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I've got a Formations update for the M4A4 and it came with decals for a three rivers tank and I'm sure I'll get to that one soon too.
Sounds good Richard..
I think the DML Tarawa M4A2 will get an appearance in this campaign also
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2010 - 01:09 AM UTC
"Nelson be damned.......Lets get the hell out of here!"
Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2010 - 07:43 AM UTC
Neil, sorry about that problem you show there. I think if you had started last year maybe there would have been enough time.
That looks like a punishment more than an accomplishment
All I am interested in is how your finger and thumb tips feel after the build of that massive pile of treads
Good Luck!
Bob
If it aint broke dont fix it.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - 09:14 PM UTC
Keep at it Neil !
Hopefully you'll be ready to start you build come July 1
I'm pretty happy, managed to get a new copy of the OOP "Polish Shermans Vol 1" (Wydawnictwo Militaria) on e-bay for a very good price
It'll be handy for by build(s)
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
