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please some information about us paratroops!
biker
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 12:01 AM UTC
hello u all! I'm from Argentina so, please excuse if my handwriting isn't very good!
I'm doing an almost scrath-build diorama about some us paratroops nearly landed on the normandy airdrops!
I wold be very thankfull if some of you could give information about, all the airborne special equipment(such as backpacks,etc) worn for the normandy invasion, because is that what i want to represent! I wold like also some guide of how to paint them.
jjumbo
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 12:48 AM UTC

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hello u all! I'm from Argentina so, please excuse if my handwriting isn't very good!
I'm doing an almost scrath-build diorama about some us paratroops nearly landed on the normandy airdrops!
I wold be very thankfull if some of you could give information about, all the airborne special equipment(such as backpacks,etc) worn for the normandy invasion, because is that what i want to represent! I wold like also some guide of how to paint them.


Hey Biker,
Welcome to the site !
Here's a good site on the 101st Airborne to start with:


http://www.101airborneww2.com/

Cheers

jjumbo
biker
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 06:43 AM UTC
thanks! There's very good information there, I will keep researching about the equipment cause in fact, the information there is almost the same that I already have but thanks a lot!
primarly I'm focussing on the equipment suchas as back packs and field packs., I f you have any other information I wold be very happy!
thanks jjumbo
jjumbo
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 12:43 PM UTC

Quoted Text

thanks! There's very good information there, I will keep researching about the equipment cause in fact, the information there is almost the same that I already have but thanks a lot!
primarly I'm focussing on the equipment suchas as back packs and field packs., I f you have any other information I wold be very happy!
thanks jjumbo


Hola' Biker,
Here's another 2 good reference sites:

http://www.usarmymodels.com/index.html


http://www.olive-drab.com/

I hope that's of some help.
Cheers

jjumbo
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biker
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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 05:27 AM UTC
hola again! thanks , know I have some new ideas, what do u think i could use to represent high grass? remember that I'm form Argentina and it's not easy to get products from the shops ,, I could use some tipe of spices' I'm sure u know more than me about this! thanks a lot anyway==0
yolk24
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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 03:12 PM UTC

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hola again! thanks , know I have some new ideas, what do u think i could use to represent high grass? remember that I'm form Argentina and it's not easy to get products from the shops ,, I could use some tipe of spices' I'm sure u know more than me about this! thanks a lot anyway==0


biker,

about high/tall grass you can visit CK tang "its a jungle out there part1 & 2....i learn how to make grass from him...its under FEATURES click dioramas then jungle...enjoy
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