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M88A1 Details Details Details!
dbusack
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:25 AM UTC
I finally got it done! The M88A1 is now covered in detail on Prime Portal. There are a total of 275 photos, all in 2560 x 1920! Here is what I have for you:

131 picture Walk Around
27 picture Interior Walk Around
15 picture & 1 animation of it folding it's boom
69 pictures of it on the Wash Rack
and 33 pictures of it at the NG Camp.

Enjoy!

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By the way, until you have actually stood by one of these monsters, you just don't realize how big this thing is!

Don
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:55 AM UTC
HI

What a monster! Last year in Bos I saw two still in the old MERDC scheme!! Cool looking.

Tom

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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 02:09 PM UTC
Hi Don,

Again great pics !
Keep them comming

Marc
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 02:27 PM UTC
Don,

Many thanks for using old gallery style for this one! New gallery engine is very good for watching photos online, but it is much more complex to download full size ones. And I can't use Teleport Pro software on the new gallery, as it uses java scripts to display full size pics, and Teleport is not able to retrieve them - I need to save picture by picture manually... I know that most people do it this way also in old style galleries, but I like the convenience TP gives

Thanks for great pictures!

Pawel
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:23 PM UTC
Pawel

Actually this is how I intended to do things all along. The gallery is great for groups of pictures that are hard to sort into a particular catagory, but when it comes to walk arounds and such, the web pages are the only way to go. Also as I get caught up on posting new materials, I plan on going back and sorting the OIF pictures out to pages. The entire group in the photo diary will always be there because its purpose is to tell the story of their year's tour of duty.

I'm glad everyone likes the pictures of the M88A1. I know I had a blast taking them!

Don
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:25 PM UTC
thanks a lot now we start the m88
TankCarl
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:40 PM UTC
Somehow the GIF without sound is eerie.I remember the gasser 88 we had in my Co.burping and popping its gas engine while doing the raise and lower.
Ahhh,I remember well.
cardinal
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 10:09 PM UTC
Good reference pictures Don. Thanks.
blaster76
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Posted: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 11:48 PM UTC
We had the old gasser version in my day too. Man you could hear that thing roaring a mile away. Sttay away from the back end of those mama's when they farted it could get deadly
steeldog51
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 01:29 AM UTC
Don this is of particular interest to me! just ordered on on line! from afv club! ace looking beast!
dbusack
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 02:12 AM UTC
It really makes me feel good when I hear all these compliments on the pictures. It tells me that I am doing something right and it is worth while.

Besides, I have way too much fun doing this!

Don



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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 02:19 AM UTC

Quoted Text

I have way too much fun doing this!

Don



yeah its great eh? thanks again these are going help so much! K
Henk
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 02:31 AM UTC
Don, these are the pictures I've been waiting for. They complement the ones Sabot has got perfectly. No excuse now not to get the interior right. Thanks for your effort. .

Steeldog, I've just started my AFV M88A1, and the first thing you might want to do ( and knowing the standard of your work you will) is bin the tracks. I'm puzzeled why they bothered to put them in the box. I'll be getting some AM ones when the interior is ready.

Cheers
Henk
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 02:32 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Don, these are the pictures I've been waiting for. They complement the ones Sabot has got perfectly. No excuse now not to get the interior right. Thanks for your effort. .

Steeldog, I've just started my AFV M88A1, and the first thing you might want to do ( and knowing the standard of your work you will) is bin the tracks. I'm puzzeled why they bothered to put them in the box. I'll be getting some AM ones when the interior is ready.

Cheers
Henk

thanks henk!
i'll look out for that!
Vodnik
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 02:29 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Steeldog, I've just started my AFV M88A1, and the first thing you might want to do ( and knowing the standard of your work you will) is bin the tracks. I'm puzzeled why they bothered to put them in the box. I'll be getting some AM ones when the interior is ready.


AFV Club M88 Vietnam version comes with plastic individual link tracks. Long time ago AFV Club put both indi and vinyl tracks in their M88 Vietnam kit, but later they only included indi ones. These tracks are also available from them separately.

Pawel
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 03:30 PM UTC
Thanks for that, Pawel. I'll keep my eyes open for those.

Cheers
Henk
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 06:07 PM UTC
Don,

great pictures again, so are the last batch of killed vehicles...

Any change on a M88A2 Hercules gallery?


dbusack
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Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 08:19 PM UTC
I have a couple more images to add in to the "in action" group, but I am waiting for a set of pictures that another contributor is sending in. These should be going up shortly.

Don
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