Building an IRAQ dio

Hey thompyt, we were part of the force that relieved ya'll upin the Diyala province. there was a guard brigade up there that was opconned to the 1st, and we were under the 1st until yall left around december. been to danger and spiecher quite a few times myself. i was in tikrit when that 42ID guy fragged his CO and XO unfortunatly. sooo glad we left when we did cause the 42ID was a joke. the 101st came in to relieve us in late 05.

thanks for the pics. doog ill give the flour mix a try.

Not sure what they are doing in Tikrit now.  We were relieved by 42nd ID in 05.  What a great feeling that was!!  I had my fun in Iraq for 13 months getting about 2K on the roads from An Najaf, Karbala, Al Hilla and north as far as Tuz to west as far as KMTB.  Someone elses turn now.

 

 

as far as I know they are. Most other areas are bumping up to 6 monthers though, still short for the army guys I know.

FOB Danger... you the guys basically guarding the mosque? I BSed with a couple guys that had come up to the Rusty Nail to get the uparmor kits. 

Been there quite a few times.  30 min travel by highway or 7 min travel through the city to get to Speicher from Tikrit FOB Danger).  When I did convoys - 70 MPH was the recommended speed.  :P  Speicher is huge anyways.  Zoomies still doing 4 month tours?  Our G3 FACs did, and they got the better equipment than we did.  M4A4s etc.

thompyt88 wrote:

Airtrans, Is this Tikrit or Speicher?  I thought US Forces turned over the main palace complex in Tikrit to the LN's?  I was on FOB Danger 04-05 on and off with 1ID.

Speicher right outside Tikrit... I am a zoomie that loads planes, so I never went off the FOB. Thank God cause we sent out the mangled tires and various IED trashed vehicles and occupants.

not fun 

Airtrans,

Is this Tikrit or Speicher?  I thought US Forces turned over the main palace complex in Tikrit to the LN's?  I was on FOB Danger 04-05 on and off with 1ID.

here are some pictures from Tikrit.

 

mud 

 

  

dirt

 

 

old iraqi bunker.... seriously 

 

this is all on the FOB, if you want more I can check my external HD, it is at work right now.

hope this helps

 

 

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screw it... shameless self plug here..

 

 

a few of my toys

 

You just can't go wrong with real sifted dirt for ground cover; I use it all the time over a base of Celluclay(affix w/ a coat of white glue after Celluclay is dry). I'd check some good photo references, maybe in some Concord Books; I'm not sure you're gonna ned a lot of vegetation beyond rudimentary grasses and a Verlinden palm. Plaster would be a pretty accurate look for Iraqi buildings as far as I can tell. Good Luck!

Well assuming its 1/35, how big are the culverts fullsize? It'll probably be N scale. for groundcover I'd say to maybe sift some dirt then bake to sterylize and maybe try some clay or something. Groundwork is a lot easier than people make it out to be. Honestly you can just go and mix a bunch of pastes and powders almost. Experiment with different techniques. I've even use flour mixed with paint, dirt and water to a thick consistency for groundwork. It makes nice hardpacked looking dirt for roads and such.

it sounds really good.

i dont know a lot about what to use for dios, but for foliage, i'm sure you will need palm trees!