Night Attack!! Stoumont Dec'44
West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 08:14 AM UTC
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Thanks Kurt,
And we got another 3 inches of snow last night! More expected later this week followed by rain this weekend. Ground is frozen @20 inches so there will be nowhere for the snowmelt to soak into. So obviously flooding is predicted.
STILL better than Saudi,Iraq or Afgan though. FOR SURE!!!
J
While here in the north west of Europe we have temperatures from 8 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And thunderstorms ??? i have never seen in my whole life a summer storm occur in the winter???? Mother nature losses common sens , i guess.
Greets Kurt
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 08:14 AM UTC
Hey Jerry - sorry to see this! Glad you and yours are fine tho! Any idea yet if the cars have more than cosmetic damage? Saw your note about the compressed suspension - I've been surprised once or twice to see things (compressed suspensions) literally spring back to ok (torsion bars and struts too) fingers crossed!!
Take care
Nick
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 09:55 AM UTC
@Kurt-yes,the world is a crazy place without a doubt. Last year we had a very mild and dry winter but that made the bugs really bad the next summer. So how do you win?
@Nick-The suspension is one thing but the 3 or 4 tons of snow and debris still on the cars is slowly crushing both windshields even more,along with the hoods and roofs. I am wondering will all that weight compromise the allignment of the frame or whatever? All that pressure has to go somewhere.
J
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 10:24 AM UTC
I'd guess that the PT Cruiser is a monocoque so it should distribute the load better. The Ford is a too though I would have been outside knocking the snow off every day I could.
What cheek! Let them have it!
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 03:59 PM UTC
Yikes!!! Jerry was that a carport?
That's brutal. What a winter you guys are having in the East. I'm hoping for a bit more snow up here in Edmonton because we had such a mild December and early January, and you guys are getting blasted!
Hopefully you can get them dug out soon and begin the repairs and or replacement projects. Walking sucks in the deep snow. Be of good cheer though, spring is coming.
I selfishly hope you are able to return to modeling soon. Your work is sick! Really good sick that is.
Dave
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 11:38 PM UTC
Thats a pretty bad one for sure Jerry, sorry to hear about that. Glad you and yours are okay though. I hope the cars get dug out and turn out okay. Best of luck mate.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 03:36 AM UTC
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I'd guess that the PT Cruiser is a monocoque so it should distribute the load better. The Ford is a too though I would have been outside knocking the snow off every day I could.
Believe me,I want to dig them out more but the house appraiser said do not compromise the structure as he needs to see it as it was when it happened. I already removed all the snow that could be reached from the ground without getting on the roof. That would put more stress on the car anyway so I just have to wait it out!
This is trying my patience.
J
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 03:40 AM UTC
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Yikes!!! Jerry was that a carport?
That's brutal. What a winter you guys are having in the East. I'm hoping for a bit more snow up here in Edmonton because we had such a mild December and early January, and you guys are getting blasted!
Hopefully you can get them dug out soon and begin the repairs and or replacement projects. Walking sucks in the deep snow. Be of good cheer though, spring is coming.
I selfishly hope you are able to return to modeling soon. Your work is sick! Really good sick that is.
Dave
Thanks Dave,
Yep,been a harsh winter but I was loving it until this happened. I like the snow and cold weather but not this freezing rain crapola. Winter warfare school in Minn. was fun for me. Ice houses,cross country,ski marksmanship,getting towed behind an apc on a rope,camping out in way below zero weather-HOOOYA!! Great stuff. Loosing my car,not so great.
Is that an airborne beret I see in your piccie?
I may return to the workbench today. Haven't been inspired for a few days.
J
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 03:41 AM UTC
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Thats a pretty bad one for sure Jerry, sorry to hear about that. Glad you and yours are okay though. I hope the cars get dug out and turn out okay. Best of luck mate.
Thanks Karl,
We must soldier on,
J
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 04:15 AM UTC
Well personally, while I am always feeling blessed that I live in an area usually devoid of any kind of major weather events and certainly without any strife of the kinds other areas of the world see on a regular if not daily basis, I am getting tired of seven months of winter year in and year out. Hard to be a golf course superintendent in this climate.
My profile picture is actually a shot of my Dad who was a member of the 2PPCLI. He fought in Korea at Kapyong and other engagements there when enlisted. He did end up making hundreds of jumps however, but most if not all of them were done before our Airborne Regiment was created.
In fact I believe it was he and some of his buddies who were the original catalysts to the creation of that group, but I only say that because of the timelines that i have researched a bit. He was a great man, and a great modeler, with the skills of a Shep Paine I believe. Sadly none of his work remains to be admired as he died when I was in High School.
Sorry to hear about your car, but it is just a bunch of metal and plastic and maybe pleatherette...
Take care, Dave
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 04:19 AM UTC
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Well personally, while I am always feeling blessed that I live in an area usually devoid of any kind of major weather events and certainly without any strife of the kinds other areas of the world see on a regular if not daily basis, I am getting tired of seven months of winter year in and year out. Hard to be a golf course superintendent in this climate.
My profile picture is actually a shot of my Dad who was a member of the 2PPCLI. He fought in Korea at Kapyong and other engagements there when enlisted. He did end up making hundreds of jumps however, but most if not all of them were done before our Airborne Regiment was created.
In fact I believe it was he and some of his buddies who were the original catalysts to the creation of that group, but I only say that because of the timelines that i have researched a bit. He was a great man, and a great modeler, with the skills of a Shep Paine I believe. Sadly none of his work remains to be admired as he died when I was in High School.
Sorry to hear about your car, but it is just a bunch of metal and plastic and maybe pleatherette...
Take care, Dave
Ah yes!! Canadas' Para Regt was a rough bunch as I recall. We trained with some of them a few times. Even more crazy than the Brit paras. And that's sayin somethin'!
J
J
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 05:17 AM UTC
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Thanks Kurt,
And we got another 3 inches of snow last night! More expected later this week followed by rain this weekend. Ground is frozen @20 inches so there will be nowhere for the snowmelt to soak into. So obviously flooding is predicted.
STILL better than Saudi,Iraq or Afgan though. FOR SURE!!!
J
While here in the north west of Europe we have temperatures from 8 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And thunderstorms ??? i have never seen in my whole life a summer storm occur in the winter???? Mother nature losses common sens , i guess.
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8 degrees fahrenheit eq. -13,5 degrees celsius
8 degrees celsius eq. 46 degrees fahrenheit
which is more the west European reality.
Just a matter of using the right names, I guess.
No hard feelings intended
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 05:26 AM UTC
They were "badass" I gather. To this day I have mixed emotions about not staying in long enough to take my Airborne training. I had been seeking an opportunity for the last nine months of my initial stint, running my office while the NCO in charge was home nursing a broken leg, all the time trying to get into the training program. When I had to make a decision to stay in or begin the process for release, I chose to leave the military. The following monday my NCO came in and said he had received my paperwork and approval for the jump course, but because I had put in for my release everything was put on hold...
The part that makes me ok with it in the long run is that the group I would have gone to training with ended up having some very poor experiences, and ultimately it resulted in the dismantling of the Regiment altogether. I'm glad I wasn't a part of that for sure. Not a great badge of honour for a group of soldiers to be remembered by.
And so ends the history lesson for the day.
You may be interested to know that i have once again dusted off my cyanoacrylates and my acrylics along with my Iwata Revolution and begun to modify and finally complete my diorama which i have posted here at Armorama. I am about to go outside and take some more updated pics of the little bit of work i have redone. Our family has sorta gone through its own little storms of late and I have taken to the hobby again as a release and look forward to adding the finishing touches to a project that has probably already taken too much of my time. I hope to "finish" it in the next month or two at most as I have had my next project buzzing around in my head for ever it seems.
L8r, Dave
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 05:57 AM UTC
Dave,
Yes,the demise of the para regt was not the right way to go out. Too bad.
On a brighter note,happy to see you are back at the workbench and I hope to see your pics shortly?
J
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 06:37 AM UTC
Yeah I can only imagine how anxious you must be for the appraiser to get there.
He must be a pretty popular guy right now.
What cheek! Let them have it!
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:26 AM UTC
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Thanks Kurt,
And we got another 3 inches of snow last night! More expected later this week followed by rain this weekend. Ground is frozen @20 inches so there will be nowhere for the snowmelt to soak into. So obviously flooding is predicted.
STILL better than Saudi,Iraq or Afgan though. FOR SURE!!!
J
While here in the north west of Europe we have temperatures from 8 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And thunderstorms ??? i have never seen in my whole life a summer storm occur in the winter???? Mother nature losses common sens , i guess.
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8 degrees fahrenheit eq. -13,5 degrees celsius
8 degrees celsius eq. 46 degrees fahrenheit
which is more the west European reality.
Just a matter of using the right names, I guess.
No hard feelings intended
I'm sorry Jerry , i have made a big mistake here .
He's right !
8 degrees Celsius or 46,4 degrees
Fahrenheit .
10 degrees Celsius or 50,0 degrees Fahrenheit.
I can give you the conversion in Kelvin but that's not the point here , i guess.
Cheers , Kurt
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 08:22 AM UTC
hopefully later today Sir, or do you work for a living? Little military humor there. Unless of course you are an officer and take it personally. either way i think it's a funny and pithy one line zinger...
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 11:21 AM UTC
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hopefully later today Sir, or do you work for a living? Little military humor there. Unless of course you are an officer and take it personally. either way i think it's a funny and pithy one line zinger...
Ah yes,I used that line a few times. I retired as a senior NCO.
I must say though,I served with some mighty fine officers from time to time,my Platoon Leader that I went to Iraq with in Desert Storm being one. First Lt Yout,fine leader of men. There were more of course but he always comes to mind first. He was all about leadership and realistic training and minimal(if any) horse hockey. I like to think we made a great team. Although I am sure there were times he cursed my guts! LOL
J
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 12:01 PM UTC
My dad passed by promotion past to the upper ranks a few times, he retired a Chief Warrant Officer, roughly the same I think as a Regimental Sergeant Major down there I believe.
I was a lowly PFC, Postal Clerk 881 for the record. Never got posted anywhere but here in the great white north.
I have always been a member of Mid Management as it were in all my other various careers, for what it's worth. I have a high level of respect for, and understanding of both sides of the coin that is our Military. I think my Dad instilled that in me even from an early age.
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Posted: Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 12:14 PM UTC
In the USArmy the 4 warrent grades are between enlisted and officer ranks. Sort of a nether world where nobody really knows how to treat them.
Smallish update at last.
Got some long sleaves started on the signal/flare pistol guy and his mate is also started.
Simultaneous with the assault on the main building,the engineers also knocked out 4 Shermans lined up on the road below. So these two will be slightly off to the right side,denoting this portion of the attack.
First time a made my own y straps. Not too bad I guess.
I also almost went batty putting some PE buckles on the gaiters.
He will be wearing several layers of clothing. Cammo smock with 1944 pea pattern jacket underneath and then the wool service uniform under that! I saw several pics of guys like this in the Stoumont area.
Still a lot to do on these dudes. Takes my brain off the snow removal and car salvage.
J
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Posted: Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 12:37 PM UTC
Not to bad...
The Y harness looks great.
What cheek! Let them have it!
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Posted: Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 01:25 PM UTC
Looking good, Jerry
Is the Panzerfaust guy standing above his possible target? If not, the officialy suggested way to fire it was like this:
But that dosn´t mean your pose is inccorect, there are also pics of guys fireing it "the wrong way"... kinda "RPG-like"...
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He will be wearing several layers of clothing. Cammo smock with 1944 pea pattern jacket underneath and then the wool service uniform under that! I saw several pics of guys like this in the Stoumont area.
So basicially the normal/ early uniform and the the cammo smock over it? That was common procedure as there were no pockets on the smock and you couldn´t put all you badges, medals and awards on there
Or have I missed one layer?
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
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Posted: Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 01:59 PM UTC
@Chris.-Thanks for looking in buddy.
@Fabian-He is firing downhill,yes. I think it would be awkward to fire downhill like that with the pipe under the arm and still be under cover? Plus,the guy in your pic doesn't have his hand on the firing lever and I think he may be under cover,waiting for his target to get closer before he raises up and fires. At the sanitorium in Stoumont the tank hunters were on the high ground to the north of the road and had crept up to the American tanks under cover and not seen.
My guy will be wearing the wool service uniform and the 1944 pea pattern 4 pocket jacket over top of that and then the smock over top of everything. It was done for warmth as the LSSAH didn't have any winter issue uniforms in the ardennes.
J
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Posted: Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 10:18 PM UTC
Hi m8!
Your Y straps look terrific and the buckles on the Gamaschen are pure folly!!!!!
Great show with those figures!
The "correct" firing position for the PF has been debated already, but your guy is firing down anyway!
Eager to see more (as usual
)
Cheers
Romain
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Posted: Sunday, February 23, 2014 - 02:34 AM UTC
Thanks Romain,
I am now re-thinking the PzFaust. It was usually held under the arm to take care of some of the forces caused by the launch. I am wondering now if you could fire the thing over the shoulder and still be able to hit anything?
J
