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Outside of the Hürtgen Forest
Justin757
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Posted: Thursday, March 08, 2018 - 09:40 AM UTC
Passing by a German farmhouse near the town of Schevenhütte, elements of the US Army’s 9th Infantry Division are moving up the line to engage German forces that have taken up positions in the nearby Hürtgen Forest. Ammunition, food, fuel and medical supplies have been hastily thrown into the back of Willey’s Jeeps and 2.5 ton trucks in order to fuel the quick advance. A tired driver sips on his cup of joe while a couple of GI’s wind their way up the road. Across the path is an ambulance orderly attached to the battalion surgeon talking shop with one of the platoon medics. It’s quiet now, but the action is going to be picking up soon. All in all, the fierce fighting in what will be known as the Battle of Hürtgen Forest will claim 33,000 American casualties and end in a painful stalemate.

Took a little trial and error but I figured out how to upload the photos. Lol.

Cheers!
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Justin757
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Justin757
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MiguelBR
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Posted: Thursday, March 08, 2018 - 04:29 PM UTC
Great job, mate. Congratulations!!
obg153
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Posted: Thursday, March 08, 2018 - 06:05 PM UTC
Fine job all around. The pine trees look great and the sloppy, wet mud is convincing. Thanks for sharing!
jrutman
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Posted: Thursday, March 08, 2018 - 07:08 PM UTC
Nice work,really captures the damp wet scene.
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2018 - 01:52 AM UTC
Very nice work, my father-in-law always complained about the bone chilling mud.
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Justin757
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2018 - 06:23 AM UTC
Wow, thank you for the kind words everyone! I’ve been following a lot of very inspiring builds in these forums for a long time and the positive words are a great encouragement to me.
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Posted: Saturday, March 10, 2018 - 04:59 AM UTC
Looking good
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RAILROAD MODELING
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Posted: Saturday, March 10, 2018 - 06:33 AM UTC
Justin,

Nice work! I feel miserable just looking at your very realistic mud! The chill comes through well. I like the composition of the scene. That fir tree made with air fern - do you have a model railroading background?

I look forward to your next posts.
Justin757
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 09:35 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Justin,

Nice work! I feel miserable just looking at your very realistic mud! The chill comes through well. I like the composition of the scene. That fir tree made with air fern - do you have a model railroading background?

I look forward to your next posts.


Thank you very much! I’ve piddled around with scale modeling but never anything with this many moving pieces, I definitely learned a lot from the build. I actually never have done any work with model railroading, but I do enjoy looking at what others have done.
justsendit
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 09:20 AM UTC
Hey Justin, That’s very nice work! 🍺🍺🍺

—mike
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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 02:04 AM UTC
Very Cool work.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 - 03:12 AM UTC
Very nice job !!
Justin757
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 - 07:28 AM UTC
Thank you for the kind words everyone! I look forward to posting more projects in the future!



- Justin
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