Thanks Ryan ..... thats good enough for me. The anti skid is one of the reasons I fancied doing an M1 as its a technique Ive wanted to try out for a while and this seems a good as time as any. And if some nice person could send the link to Ginos method that would be great. Thanks all ....... John

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?

Good news everyone, thanks to Richard S. a.k.a. Gulf Warrior we have been approved and you can sign up here, which is the same link that Gulf warrior has listed:

Enlistement Page

i'm going to have a chat with the higher ups with regards to a campaign gallery page as i want to make certain that there is an option for that as i am not sure when we will be officially moving to the new forum.

I will also post and official campaign thread once we get to the start date (16 january 2021) assuming i'm not killed off by a certain virus going around.

in the mean time, start stocking up on kits and accessories for the campaign... not that you need me to tell you guys how to do that and for our younger members a certain jolly fat man who is tracked by NORAD in late december might be able to help you out when choosing your model to build for the campaign.

Thanks Ryan, that is a really great link and helps alot and I will certainly use it. Thats the great thing about these sites, all the info you tips you can get.( and thanks Gino).

Colin, I think that date in Aug 90 was for Op Desert Shield (or something along those lines) which was the combined air campaign to soften everything up. The actual ground offence offence was launched on January 16, 1991. Was'nt the first shot fired by Apache gunships and Hellfires taking out a radar or comms set up ?

I did use to love watching the A10 fire, until a certain blue on blue with my unit in Iraq ....now Im not a fan......but life goes on...

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Thanks Ryan, that is a really great link and helps alot and I will certainly use it. Thats the great thing about these sites, all the info you tips you can get.( and thanks Gino).

Colin, I think that date in Aug 90 was for Op Desert Shield (or something along those lines) which was the combined air campaign to soften everything up. The actual ground offence offence was launched on January 16, 1991. Was'nt the first shot fired by Apache gunships and Hellfires taking out a radar or comms set up ?

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16 January was when the air war started. I was a budding, young signal intelligence interceptor at the time. 02 August was when Saddam went into Kuwait.

Yes, the first shots were fired by Apaches (101st Air Assault I think) taking out radar sites to clear a path for the aircraft coming in.

I have seen some mine plough versions with the large box (air Con ? Generator ? ) on the right hand rear of hull and some without. I dont want to buy a kit that has the wrong configuration. All help appreciated. John

David, is it worth starting a new thread over on the new site for this as more and more people are posting there now, and this side may well be archived by Dec/Jan...

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I have seen some mine plough versions with the large box (air Con ? Generator ? ) on the right hand rear of hull and some without. I dont want to buy a kit that has the wrong configuration. All help appreciated. John

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Yes, it was a hull mounted auxiliary power unit. From what I understand they weren't widely used due to reliability issues, but I have a book titled "Americas First Team in the Gulf" detailing the actions of the 1st CAV Division that has a photo of a line up of A1s all mounting them so I guess you wouldn't be wrong to use it.

Sean

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I have seen some mine plough versions with the large box (air Con ? Generator ? ) on the right hand rear of hull and some without. I dont want to buy a kit that has the wrong configuration. All help appreciated. John

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Yes, it was a hull mounted auxiliary power unit. From what I understand they weren't widely used due to reliability issues, but I have a book titled "Americas First Team in the Gulf" detailing the actions of the 1st CAV Division that has a photo of a line up of A1s all mounting them so I guess you wouldn't be wrong to use it.

Sean

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