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Any model builders in Iraq?

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Any model builders in Iraq?
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 28, 2004 6:06 AM
I'm deployed to Iraq serving in Balad. Just wondering if there are any other model builders over here? Who are you, where you at and what are you building??
Hope to hear from you
SSG Ackerson
TF 1-77 AR
"Steel Tigers"
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  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Friday, May 28, 2004 2:21 PM
I'm not but I know for a fact that the person who started this thread is there. I just got an email from him a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17086

Not sure exactly where in Iraq he is though. Drop him an email, I'm sure he'd be glad to hear from you.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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  • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
Posted by LemonJello on Friday, May 28, 2004 11:42 PM
Not in Iraq, but sunny Afghanistan! I may be headed that way next year. Take care of yourself over there.
A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:11 PM
Good to hear from you, I will drop that guy a line.
Also good to hear from the other front. Are you getting to work on any thing over there? I brought a few 1-72 scale tank kits with me and get to work on them an hour or two a night. My wife sends me any stuff I need or I mail order it from Squadron mail order. I was in Kosovo for seven months with out my models. It sucked! So when I found out I was going to Iraq I made sure to pack some stuff to work on.
We live in an old building that we built up so its not to bad. The only real problem is the dust. So I leave every thing in the box after painting or working on it. I have 5 room mates so 1-72 scale kits are perfect for the amount of space I have to build. I built a small table out of scrap wood that I model on. Its also my night stand.
Its not perfect or like my shop at the house but it works and I'm happy just to have stuff to work on.
Stay safe, hope to hear from you again. See you on the high ground.
Pat

P.S. Check out my Rommel bust in the Readers Gallery
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  • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
Posted by LemonJello on Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:15 AM
Sadly, I didn't bring anything with me this time, we were in a bit of a rush to pack up and deploy, and most of my kits were still in boxes from the movers (Long story). But the next "trip" I go on, there will be a small, but comprehensive styrene survival kit going with me. I'm just lucky that my job let's me be on the computer so I can enjoy our hobby vicariously through everyone here.
A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:42 AM
Another member from the Armour Forum is in Iraq ..... Redleg .... he posts from there every once in a while and is still building models while there.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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