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"Lost in the Woods" 1/35 USMC Recon Team

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  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Monday, April 24, 2006 12:07 AM

Well you have an excellent diorama there.  I just want to say that the title is wrong.  Marine Recon teams don't get lost.  I think this is just another soldier trying to downplay the Marine Corps.  Marines are experts in land navigation and compass and map reading.  As a former Arty Scout Observer and Marine I can attest to that.  Nice dio though.  Oooraahh!!

 

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Posted by viper_mp on Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:00 PM
MPs undergoe BCT and AIT at Leonard Wood.  Although lately they have been sending some to Ft. jackson for BCT.

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Posted by m1garand on Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:45 PM

 viper_mp wrote:
Thats where I got the idea.  I remember my squad got lost during landnav training cause we had a dipstick who thought he knew everything. We were not happy.  SMOKE SESSION!!!!

 

Is that where you did AIT for your MOS?  I have never been there, but have friends who are MPs (and those guys busted my chops for not turning my headlights off when I was entering base at night time.)

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Posted by viper_mp on Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:03 PM
Thats where I got the idea.  I remember my squad got lost during landnav training cause we had a dipstick who thought he knew everything. We were not happy.  SMOKE SESSION!!!!

Rob Folden

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Posted by m1garand on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:07 PM

"Lost in the woods".... We used to call Fort Leonard Wood "Fort Lost in the woods."

 

 

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Posted by viper_mp on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:00 PM
Thanks Zander.  You kickstarted my brain.  Tamiya Thinner cleaned the windshield right up.

Rob Folden

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 8:59 PM
Nice diorama...You might try some mineral spirits and a que tip to get the windshield clear again.
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  • From: DSM, Iowa
Posted by viper_mp on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:34 PM
The largest SATCOM I have seen came up to my shoulder, and had another array under the X. and the Screwy Louis the 2nd would be the one on the radio trying to get them un-lost.


Yeah, its more grassland, but I when i look at it, i think back to Landnav training at Ft. Leonard Wood aka Fort Lost in the woods. [MO]  The windshield originally had the wiper streeks until i hit the dio with dullcoat.  Then the windshield became mud.  And yes, all three have camo faces.  Two are green/black and the third is brown/black.  they also all have gloves [you can see the patern on them up close.

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Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, April 17, 2006 2:43 PM

Nice set up and good ground work, but it says to me open grassland rather than woods to me.

The windshield is totally obscurred, maybe that's how they got lost. Smile [:)]

Are these guys in camo face paint or are they all African-American? The skin tones look very dark, but maybe that's just the picture.

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  • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
Posted by LemonJello on Monday, April 17, 2006 4:07 AM

That's a neat, well put together diorama.  The figures and humvee look really good, too.  That has to be the biggest SATCOM antenna I've ever seen.  Most of the x-wing types I've seen are only maybe a foot or two tall on their stands, but that could be a type I just haven't run across.  I'm a computer guy, not a radio operator, after all. 

Still, you've got yourself an excellent dio.  Which one is the Lt that got them "lost"?

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Posted by DURR on Saturday, April 15, 2006 11:50 PM
nice work
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Posted by viper_mp on Saturday, April 15, 2006 10:42 PM
Has far as I know, the SATCOM system is not widely used.  I have only ever seen it used once in real life, and that was just a demonstration.

Rob Folden

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Posted by Darr on Saturday, April 15, 2006 6:21 PM

Awesome Job!

Is the Sat Com. satillite of common use by troops? Just wondering, I thought It maight look good in one of my dioramas.

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  • From: DSM, Iowa
"Lost in the Woods" 1/35 USMC Recon Team
Posted by viper_mp on Saturday, April 15, 2006 3:38 PM
I have finally finished my first Diorama.  It depicts a USMC Recon team lost during manuevers.  [the name refers to the nickname for my BCT/AIT site.]

the base is a shadowbox frame with lightweight plaster.  All scenery is from woodland scenics.  the figures and weapons are from Dragon.  Gear in the humvee is from Tamiya.  The SATCOM antenna is built from brass rod and styrene.  The map is of Fort Polk.  The humvee is the M998 troop carrier from Italeri with wheels from AMT. The framework on the humvee is brass rod, and the camo net is dyed gauze.  the SATCOM radio is a TOW control box and the rest of the radios are Verlinden.  Finished in Tamiya Acrylics. 




more pics at: http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f86/ViperMP/Lost%20int%20the%20Woods%20-%20Diorama/

Rob Folden

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