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January 16, 1991 was when it all kicked off and it's hard believe that it was 30 years ago (hands up if that news is making you feel old right now
so i was thinking of using that start date, albeit 30 years later January 16, 2021 as the start date for this campaign. So the usual rules apply, any scale, any vehicle, any branch of service, partially started kits welcome as are dioramas and vignettes.
other rules to be discussed and added later on, so who's up for it?
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Campaigns AdministratorGood plan.... But a few questions.
1.With the swap over to this new beta forums and a more permanent move planned a bit later, will these campaigns go ahead? I'm thinking if this site ceases to be or things get lost in the crossover etc ?
2. Can it be a 12 month campaign ? Would be great if it could....I don't enjoy short campaigns and then not completing ?
3. Will it be only Armour or would you open it up to Tri service ? Not that it matters as I will doing another Chally 1 lol....
And on that day, I was just stepping onto a TriStar to start a 6 month tour in Cyprus with the UN. Although prior to that I was part of a veh maint team that helped prep some Chally 1s down at Bovington.
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I was going to build my tamiya M60 but since there are a few other people building those i'll go for my M551 academy sheridan i need to check it is the first gulf war and not the second, otherwise i'm gonna look a right idiot submitting that.
or since there are so many people interested in the M60, i might suggest a campaign build just for the M60 alone :-)
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Quoted TextGood plan.... But a few questions.
1.With the swap over to this new beta forums and a more permanent move planned a bit later, will these campaigns go ahead? I'm thinking if this site ceases to be or things get lost in the crossover etc ?
2. Can it be a 12 month campaign ? Would be great if it could....I don't enjoy short campaigns and then not completing ?
3. Will it be only Armour or would you open it up to Tri service ? Not that it matters as I will doing another Chally 1 lol....
And on that day, I was just stepping onto a TriStar to start a 6 month tour in Cyprus with the UN. Although prior to that I was part of a veh maint team that helped prep some Chally 1s down at Bovington.
Hi John,
regarding your first question about the site and the cross over to the new one, the simple answer to that is i don't know how that will work in the long run. I'm sure "Big Jim" is doing his best to make the transition as smooth as possible; this site will be archived as far as i know which should still give some access to it, as to medals and campaign ribbons, i'm sure there will be some sort of "work around", in short the campaign will still go ahead in some shape or form, that i am 99% sure of.
your second question about the length of the campaign, is up for discussion. i usually run them over a 9 month period so the start time would be january and the end time in september but partially started kits are acceptable, so in essence that would give you a head start which is almost 12 months and then there is the possiblity of extensions due to issues in real life.
your third question, is a simple yes. it's open to all branches of service that were there, Army, Airforce, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard or other Territorial Army units/reserves, hell even the 132nd Gargunnock foot and mouth (a private running joke with a mate of mine about an imaginary local infantry unit).
Gary,
thanks for your info about the M1's it's much appreciated but you never said if you wished to take part in the campaign..i'm assuming you are though.
well as of this morning 12 people have put their hands up and volunteered to take part so that is enough to submit a request to make this live.
I was going to build my tamiya M60 but since there are a few other people building those i'll go for my M551 academy sheridan i need to check it is the first gulf war and not the second, otherwise i'm gonna look a right idiot submitting that.
or since there are so many people interested in the M60, i might suggest a campaign build just for the M60 alone :-)
Maybe a Sheridan. I have the new Takom M60 Blazer (Rise?)kit, but it's an Army tank. Needs to be converted to a Marine tank, and they are different. I do have an M1a1 from RFM somewhere. Still let me look into the M60 quagmire or the Sheridan
gary
Is the tamiya M1A1 a passable option as it will be straight OOB with perhaps some stowage and basic PE ??
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Maybe a Sheridan. I have the new Takom M60 Blazer (Rise?)kit, but it's an Army tank. Needs to be converted to a Marine tank, and they are different. I do have an M1a1 from RFM somewhere. Still let me look into the M60 quagmire or the Sheridan
gary
Gary
By all accounts the Takom M60 ERA is gtg for a Marine tank.
https://www.amps-armor.org/SiteReviews/ShowReview.aspx?ID=14245
The other Takom kit is a Army tank but I don’t know the details of that kit.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/takom-2132-m60a1--1276627
Not aware of any other Takom M60 kits, other folks have made Blazer and Rise kits.
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Maybe a Sheridan. I have the new Takom M60 Blazer (Rise?)kit, but it's an Army tank. Needs to be converted to a Marine tank, and they are different. I do have an M1a1 from RFM somewhere. Still let me look into the M60 quagmire or the Sheridan
gary
Gary
By all accounts the Takom M60 ERA is gtg for a Marine tank.
https://www.amps-armor.org/SiteReviews/ShowReview.aspx?ID=14245
The other Takom kit is a Army tank but I don’t know the details of that kit.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/takom-2132-m60a1--1276627
Not aware of any other Takom M60 kits, other folks have made Blazer and Rise kits.
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