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nice Armorama pic from Iraq :-)
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 07:38 PM UTC
Found this while surfing the other day... :-)



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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 07:41 PM UTC
Well at least now we know that the world knows about us. So we might have to clean up our naughty exploits. Nice, great pic!

~Chip :-)
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 09:22 PM UTC
I thought people would enjoy that pic, then the kids showed up to make it even better.
Enjoy
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 01:15 AM UTC
That is way cool!
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 01:37 AM UTC
thats an artwork from Rich.very very good. lets keep him in our prayers
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 01:49 AM UTC
Excellent!!
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 01:51 AM UTC
Wow! heheh that is a nice pic :-) :-) :-)
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:09 AM UTC
Wow, the pic is so cool!!
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:09 AM UTC
Soon, these children will come to this site of ours and start building models! I really like the art!
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:11 AM UTC
Those pics were posted a while ago by irocarmy88. There's more in his gallery.
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:12 AM UTC

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I thought people would enjoy that pic, then the kids showed up to make it even better.


Well, I could have guessed the graffitti came from one of our Armoramaniacs... :-)

Mario M.
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:17 AM UTC
Great picture. Kids are pretty much the same all over the world, aren't they?
Thanks for everything, Rich!

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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:49 AM UTC
Nice pic!!! Tanks for sharing and pse keep on posting...
Ciao
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:54 AM UTC
nice pic!what tank is that anyway?
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 05:27 AM UTC
Are they UDAY's kids?
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 05:48 AM UTC
wow bet those fruils cost a pretty packet, right hows gonny build this one!
nice pic mate keep them comming!
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 05:53 AM UTC
LOL!! Thanks...that just made my day. :-)

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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 06:01 AM UTC
Great photo, what's the FS number on the white paint ?
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 06:27 AM UTC
Hello
Glad everyone is enjoying the photo. It was good for me and the kids, I got the photo and they got some cookies. These kids are from Bedowin families that have moved on to the old Republican Guard base. Mostly very poor, no shoes, etc. We rebuild their school and brought them food, clothing and fuel. The good things that we do here, they fail to mention on the news. I have been in Iraq since March 03 and hope to leave in about 50 days. This bases had well over 500 AFV stored there, some were operational some not. It is a sight to see (I have photos). This is a great site and sharing my pictures brings me great joy. I'm a huge military equipment buff and I did models many years ago.
I will continue to share with everyone here, thanks for the support.
Rich
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 07:03 AM UTC
I like these two pics as well :-)

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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:27 AM UTC
Ooooh... ! Mr Killroy eat your heart out ! It would be nice to have the story & author for each of these pics.

Now THERE's a good subject for a diorama...

What was it these two old geezers on the muppet show kept saying ? More ! MORE !
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Izmir, Turkey / Türkçe
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 11:20 AM UTC
one of us should do a diorama for one of these photos ...
and name it 'OUR MAN IN IRAQ'
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 01:14 PM UTC
Wow..........I hope this brings more people into modeling......
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 02:42 PM UTC
Hopefully, much of that US armor will be saved. Maybe the Patton Museum could get a few.

Especially the M36 B1 and B2. How many surviving M36 B1's are there?
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 03:54 PM UTC
Howdy irocarmy88,

We are all really getting a kick out of your pics! Sometime ago I brought up the idea of getting someone just like yourself, who is on the ground there in Iraq, who could provide reference photos of the OIF vehicles for us here at Armorama, even tried to form a concerted effort.....but the idea kinda fizzled. That is until you came along! Your efforts at photographing the vehicle's there is priceless reference material that we will all be able to use for years to come. And your photos of the special vehicle's in the 'scrapyard's' are an added bonus!
Please keep up the great work, and we will all be counting down the days for you...50, ...49, ...48,......take care, and stay safe!

Tread.
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