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Ronnie's Rangers- Grenada 1983- Completed Oct 22nd

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:53 AM

Reminds me... An 82nd buddy of mine made the cover of Soldier of Fortune magazine during Urgent Fury...  I didn't know him in 83, but we were room-dawgs at Ft. McClellan in '87 during Chemical ANCOC.. He had it framed, lol...

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, December 11, 2009 4:24 PM

This link to another site is to a thread that has a boatload of photos that were taken during the invasion and shorlty therafter. Some great stuff to see.

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, December 6, 2009 10:31 PM
Cheshire Volunteer Miniatures did a line of then current figures (Grenada, Lebanon, Falklands, etc.) that included this one back in the 80s. I found it on Ebay. In the Grenada series, there is also an 82nd Para, a Marine, and a SEAL. I still want to get the 82nd and SEAL figures.

 

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Posted by Grimmo on Sunday, December 6, 2009 8:24 PM
very nice! where did you get the figure from?
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Posted by I make stuff on Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:36 AM

The figure looks great, Stick.
Aint it a teeny tiny world?  In October 1983 I was a lowly knob at the Citadel in Charleston, SC.  My dad was visiting and had me out at Charleston AFB in the VOQ for my first overnight away from campus.  He kept getting calls on the room phone, they all went like this "no, it's an unsecure line.  I can go to the command post for a secure phone."

Then he dropped me back off at the barracks, apologized, and said he couldn't tell me anything, but to read the paper the next day.  He left.

I found out later he caught a hop to Bragg and form there on a 130, he was on the first plane over the island as part of the invasion.  He was air mission commander for the invasion.  That was good for some relaxed discipine at a military college, at least for a week or two.

Anyway, Nice figgie, sorry I coldnt make the meeting tonight.

Bill

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:16 AM
I was in basic when Urgent Fury was going on. We got a lot of stuff drilled in to us there because of not so good incidents that happened during the mission- several pertaining to map reading. Later during my career I would meet many guys from 82nd and one from the Rangers who would fill me in on their personal stories of that place.

 

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Posted by Gus00 on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:36 AM

A small historical note. At the time of the invasion U.S. forces had very few detailed maps of Grenada available. Almost all troops on the ground were given very simple road maps and tourist maps to get around with.

The map you ended up using looks like it fits perfectly.

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Posted by camo junkie on Friday, October 23, 2009 2:47 PM
that's awesome stik...i'd like to have some of those for mayhem!!
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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, October 23, 2009 2:44 PM
 modelchasm wrote:

Stik .... NICE JOB!!!! Dito to what Tom said too ....

As far as the Jump Wings and the Batt scrolls ... Just do a little playing around w/ your computer. It takes a couple of print outs to get the size right, but I can usually get a pretty good "decals" just from regular paper...

I'm sure that your friend would be VERY please w/ this piece.

Well I did find this decal sheet which covers most of my needs...

http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~kriegsketten/P353001.htm

 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:43 PM

Thanks guys, I do appreciate the kind words.

Scott, you may be right about computer onto paper. I am quite pleased the way that worked out for the map. That worked out pretty sweet. I dont hold out much hope for finding the pre Regimental Batt scrolls...

Now to get around to scratch build the standing gunner for my gun jeep one of these days... 

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by modelchasm on Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:22 PM

Stik .... NICE JOB!!!! Dito to what Tom said too ....

As far as the Jump Wings and the Batt scrolls ... Just do a little playing around w/ your computer. It takes a couple of print outs to get the size right, but I can usually get a pretty good "decals" just from regular paper...

I'm sure that your friend would be VERY please w/ this piece.

"If you're not scratching, you're not trying!"  -Scott

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Posted by camo junkie on Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:12 PM
well, they may not be your strong point to you...but i think you did a nice job on him stik!! Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:46 PM

He is now done- unless I happen to stumble upon some 1/35 uniform markings for jump wings, Ranger Battalion Scrolls and Ranger tabs.

Many thanks to Boomer and Modelchasm for the suggestion of miniaturizing a map from off line. I found a decont one of Grenada and he is actually looking at the souther portion of the island, including the Pt Salinas area where they parachuted in.

This figure is dedicated to an old Army buddy I served with who was there with A Co, 1st Ranger Battalion.

Figures are not my strong area, but the only way to get better is by doing them. Comments and critiques welcome.Blindfold [X-)]

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by modelchasm on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:06 PM

The good thing too about using military maps is that the graphics are so small that you couldn't tell if it was Grenada or TX. I've got a WIP B-17 on the shelf that has a few squares of Fort Hood on the Navigator's desk. I went back with a very sharp pencil and drew in light grid lines to make the map "smaller" and more to scale.

Good luck with this one! Its already on it's way .... and you've got plenty of time to plan!

"If you're not scratching, you're not trying!"  -Scott

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:47 AM
MC, I think I will see if I can websearch some maps of Grenada and see what shows up this weekend. I was thinking that or some sort of Cuban stuff. I painted the casing a dark red to give that good "revolutionary" look.... LOL But those ideas are great! Like the title says this is a slow WIP... my tentaive goal is to have him done by October 25th of this year.... LOL!

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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Posted by modelchasm on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:35 AM

Hey Stik .... As far as maps for me ... I've got a couple of "old" Fort Hood maps from when I was stationed there. (I keep one intact just in case ...) But when I need a map, I just clip a couple of grid squares off and paste them on. The heavy paper works great and real map paper just looks like well, ... real map paper!

Just my two cents ....

I've tried to print out little JPEGs like those shown, and they worked fine, I just prefer to use the real map grid squares.

"If you're not scratching, you're not trying!"  -Scott

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Posted by model maniac 96 on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:47 PM
SWEET! from now on I'm going to use that trick, cool!


Jim
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Posted by Boomerang on Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:33 PM

   Stikpusher......  Nice work on the figure so far mate. I had the same problem with finding maps for dios. I just went to Google images, typed in say....Vietnam War Maps and hey presto, lots of maps already at the size you want. Just print em out!! Just type in 'MILITARY MAPS' and you will get loads including modern day maps, perfect for modern themes.

    Here are a few that might be of use. They are Vietnam, not Granada, but at this size who is going to know?Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] If they are too big just cut a section of one out and glue it to your figures 'map'............

         Here they are, just click and print....Make a Toast [#toast]

        

       

        

        

        

          Hope they help mate!!!

          Boomer...

            

             

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, April 12, 2009 7:27 PM
I'm not sure yet. I have no decals in my stash that would work and am not not sure if I can pull off a decent freehand. Any suggestions?

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by modelchasm on Sunday, April 12, 2009 7:19 PM

Hey that's looking good, stik! Are you going to freehand the map or decal it?

"If you're not scratching, you're not trying!"  -Scott

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Ronnie's Rangers- Grenada 1983- Completed Oct 22nd
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, April 12, 2009 6:04 PM

I decided to start this figure several months back. I have been doing a bit of work here and there over the past months never getting too involved to keep from rushing. It is the first white metal figre I have done in many years. As of today I have the base colors done and have some minor detal work done. Next up is washes, drybrushing, shadows and highlights.

I am mainly working with enamels on him. Flesh tones are not gonna be an issue here because the finished figure will be greened up in camo paint. Advice, input, and critiques welcome...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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