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  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:38 PM
who would ever think this would've been recieved so well?
I'll have to get my mohawk pics up, you guys aughta get a kick out of those?
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:25 PM
Hi duke,

Before you decide to throw in your picture, please read "Shermanfreaks Revenge" thread first.

Don't say I didn't warn you. LOL.

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Rowland Heights, California
Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:11 PM
Wow! I love this Thread! It should be sticky'd. When I get a chance, I'll get my picture posted. I'm already at the big 4-0 myself, so welcome to the club gentlemen! :-)
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Central MI
Posted by therriman on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:05 PM
Gee, Ya think?
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:55 AM
You have a point there, Dwight...
OK, you look for me!
I kinda stand out!Big Smile [:D]
~Brian
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:25 AM
J-Hulk,

I hope you can indeed spot me from the crowd. I have been mistaken for a Japanese guy for a millionth time already even here in the Philippines.

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:46 AM
Dwight! There you are!
Now I can easily spot you at Kansai Airport when I come to pick you up on your next visit to Osaka!
~Brian
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, September 22, 2003 9:19 PM
Tigerman: I am already laughing in anticipation.

erush: No, it's really me. Got my friend took a shot at me this morning at the office. I thought it would be fun to have my online buddies take potshots at me. I am actually looking for a picture of me at the construction site. You know we have this site uniform (overalls) with orange-brownish color (almost same as the color of my jacket in the pic but lighter) and a WWII G.I. type orange helmet. I can just imagine how much fun you guys will have manipulating it.

Anyway, fire away.

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Keyworth on Monday, September 22, 2003 9:16 PM
Hi Dwight. Nice to have a face to go with a name.
"There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: USA, GA
Posted by erush on Monday, September 22, 2003 8:44 PM
Dwight nice to meet you!!! Aren't you the brave one, posting a full frontal, crisp, clear shot like that. (It's really one of your friends isn't it? Wink [;)] Big Smile [:D] )

Eric
Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.     "Friendly fire...isn't"
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Monday, September 22, 2003 8:32 PM
Dwight, good to meet you before Shermanfreak gets done putting a fork into you. Wink [;)] Ron I still get an X on my screen.

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fo nd of it."-R.E.Lee

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 Eric 

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, September 22, 2003 8:12 PM
In the spirit of true sportmanship, I am posting here my pic for everybody's use (or abuse) for whatever legal purpose it may serve.


  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:46 PM
Hey!

It looks like it worked! Well, I'm surprised. By the way, that's my wife Sue. At this time, she was licensed with the Museum on M60 series, WWII half tracks and wheeled vehicles. Cool woman, for a PFC in a white T-shirtWink [;)]

Ron Poniatowski
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:41 PM
Hi,

I'm going to try this for the first time and will most likely get an 'X Box' Icon telling me I screwed up... So, if that happens, be assured I'll try again when somebody with brains shows up at work and tells me how all this works...

An attempt to load the photo of my wife and me with 'our' M3 Stuart at Fort Knox a few years back (when I was still an E-5!)Big Smile [:D]
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 19, 2003 11:36 PM
It's great to see so many people, of all ages, having a bit of fun here, and it's good to see a few more faces guys.

Gotta get my ugly mug up here soon, or I might be too late (at least all the chubby jokes might be used up by thenBig Smile [:D]

For you 'youngens', I remember when I was younger and thought 40 was old, but once you get there it ain't so bad. I still got a full head of hair at 42, it just ain't the colour it used to be; Anybody ever tried painting a figure with grey hairTongue [:P]

Keep up the good atmosphere in the forums.

Happy modelling

Peter
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Friday, September 19, 2003 7:05 PM
Rob good to see you my friend, you've been the source for any Abrams information. You, J-Hulk, myself are all in the 4-0 to be club. Tongue [:P]

Build22 you have me ROTFLMAO. That pic along with your other post with the pics of Shermie and Bill were just what the doctor ordered for me this week; I needed that! I like your Sturmpanzer also.

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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 Eric 

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 19, 2003 5:11 PM
This turned out to be a pretty good idea, and lots of fun!
I should show you guys the mo-hawk I cut when I was in Kosovo, it looked horrrrrible!
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, September 19, 2003 5:00 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Poniatowski

Major,

You fit in a T-72?
At 5'2" and 140 lbs, I fit comfortably into most modern as well as vintage armored vehicles.
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 19, 2003 1:19 PM
Major,

You fit in a T-72? I had to turn down a chance to drive one because they couldn't find a shoe horn big enough to squeeze my fat butt into it! I've driven a T-34/85... my leg still hurts from the clutch (I prefer Stuarts and Shermans, yes, over M1's, M113's and M109's). I'll have to find a photo that's fit to post. It'll scare the heck out of all of you!

Just looked around my office. I found one of my wife and me with an M3 Light I was driving for the Patton Museum. I'll have to scan it, then figure out how th' heck to get it onto this page!

Have a great weekend all!

Ron.

Ron.
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Upstate NY
Posted by Build22 on Friday, September 19, 2003 11:36 AM
Okay, Okay,

I give in. This is a picture of me a few years earlier. You can definetly see I had an interest in German Armor





I took an extended trip to Argentena, but I'm back in the states now. Just don't tell anyone you saw this picture.

Hey SF,
Shhhhh, I was thinking more of one of those little french tankettes. Congrats on number 1800 - closing in on 2,000!

Major Rob - glad to see you. Redleg and Erock as well.




Jim [IMG]
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, September 19, 2003 11:13 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by shermanfreak

Good to be able to put a face to the "voice" Major Rob.

But of course you now know you may be fair game for the photo manipulators around here.
Soon they'll have you in the commanders hatch of a Russian T-something-or-other.

I've TC'd in the commander's hatch of a Kuwaiti M-84 (Yugoslav made T-72) as well as in a former Iraqi T-59 (Chinese made). I'm not that unfamiliar with Soviet tanks.
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 19, 2003 11:08 AM
At least he doesn't have to worry too much about Chinese Buffet jokes.Tongue [:P]
  • Member since
    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Friday, September 19, 2003 10:22 AM
Good to be able to put a face to the "voice" Major Rob.

But of course you now know you may be fair game for the photo manipulators around here.
Soon they'll have you in the commanders hatch of a Russian T-something-or-other.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, September 19, 2003 7:52 AM
Here is a picture of me taken by a friend during a field trip to my motor pool back in July. I was giving rides in an M113A3. I was just under 39½ years old and now I am just over 39½ years old. The big 4-0 is looming ahead, on the plus side, I have less than 4 years to go before I can retire!
  • Member since
    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:42 PM
Not that pack Bubba !!!!!
I know you're the big fella' in the middle and isn't that your right hand trying to slip the ration pack out ...
hmmm ... I think so.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: USA, GA
Posted by erush on Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:15 PM
Tigerman You figured it correctly. Qatar is a country south of Kuwiat below Saudi. Doha in Kuwait is an old port converted to an Army base. Still neither place is somewhere I'd want to go Tongue [:P]

Sherm you do me wrong brother. I'm facing the camera and that's a female army Lt going through someones pack Wink [;)] Actually that was Lt B's pack and I guess she wasn't done packing Big Smile [:D] I'm talking to PFC (now SPC) Lisa Walters as we prepare to roll out.

Eric
Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.     "Friendly fire...isn't"
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    April 2014
Posted by r13b20 on Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:00 PM
posting my pic would break monitors all over the world!! Big red one!!! Nice alice pack redleg. My back still feels them! Thanks to you and erush for your service!!!!!!!! I salute you and all the other vets here! God bless you all! Bob
  • Member since
    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:28 PM
Redleg - That's better now .... another youngin' .... but I see that there is more proof in this photo between building armour models and hair (or lack of it).

Eric - Quit trying to steal that poor soldiers rations from their pack !!!!
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:10 PM
Great idea Redleg, curiosity kills the cat...

Erush, my brother-in-law got back from Doha Qatar(I assume its the same place as Camp Doha) recently after the major ops ended in Iraq. He hated the place with a passion. He said he had sand in every crack of his body constantly. Oh yeah, it was hot, hotter, and well you've been there....After reading your post again, I think they might be different places. Yes?

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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 Eric 

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