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English forums => Contributions - Customs => Topic started by: cheng on March 29, 2006, 04:22:55 AM
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they were also called the 'desert rats'.....(inspired by our Ralf!)
their uniform clothes ranged from desert sand color to green/grey
(too bad i dont have the other type of peak caps )
(by the way, the back-strap of the soldier in the first picture should be a 'Y' type...not this 'X' type which is more correct for the opposing british 8th army)
(http://www.playmoboard.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=18309)
and a little trivial pursuit.....
can anyone tell me what original(and uncut) 3 PM parts were used to make the mortar?
(http://www.playmoboard.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=18310)
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Where is the picture?
Regards
Bennain
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ah, thanks to Krystal...now i learnt that Bennain did not log in
before asking this question :-)
..anyway to enable non-members to se them,
i will repeat the 2 pictures below
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and the
little trivial pursuit.....
can anyone tell me what original(and uncut) 3 PM parts were used to make the mortar?
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can anyone tell me what original(and uncut) 3 PM parts were used to make the mortar?
Wow! Uncut??? It's amazing what new accessories you can make out of existing parts! 8)
Great job, cheng!
I don't recognise the pieces you used but they seem familiar. I'm sure I'll be kicking myself once you tell us what they are. ;)
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ah, thanks to Krystal...now i learnt that Bennain did not log in
before asking this question :-)
..anyway to enable non-members to se them,
i will repeat the 2 pictures below
Well, I was log in when I post this question! ;D Because you can only post here if you are log in, or is that not true?
But by the way, great scene and also a great construction of a mortar.
I have one question, is this know the german "Afrika Korps" or are they members of the british 8th Army?
If they are germans, they called not Desert Rats (these is the nick name of the british troops). The germans have called "Wüstenfüchse" - Wüste/Wueste(n) = Desert and Füchse/Fuechse = fox.
Regards
Bennain
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Well, I was log in when I post this question! ;D Because you can only post here if you are log in, or is that not true?
Quite right! ;D
I think I may have confused cheng when I tried to explain this in another topic. :(
His first lot of images are directly linked to playmoboard's server and won't show up unless you have recently logged in at playmoboard.
Like you, bennain, I couldn't see them at first either. They are appearing for me now, because I logged into playmoboard this morning and even after logging out again my PC must still be carrying some cookies from there which help me to see the images. No wonder we're all getting confused! :P
Cheng's second lot of images are attached to GW-PC's server, so everyone who visits THIS forum will be able to see them, even if they are NOT logged in here. I hope this makes sense to everyone! ;)
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I have one question, is this know the german "Afrika Korps" or are they members of the british 8th Army?
If they are germans, they called not Desert Rats (these is the nick name of the british troops). The germans have called "Wüstenfüchse" - Wüste/Wueste(n) = Desert and Füchse/Fuechse = fox.
Regards
Bennain
sorry i have caused 2 confusions in one day :P (hey Richard & Yoyei, thanks for the emoticons!!!)
Bennain,
sorry, i was making German Afrika Korps(i spoke of their peak caps & distinctive 'Y' belts) (so youre right, 'desert rats' was the nick name for the British 8th Army fighting them)....
actually the Desert Fox reffered to Rommel alone...thats another long long story ;D i'll have to custom him using a fat figure and knee-high boots ;D
and Krystal,
youre the IT genuis here(how young r u? ;D )
i linked it to playmoboard as i didnt know how to attach pictures until you taught me...thanks a whole lot :D
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very nice scenery cheng!!! great details and ur mortar is really cool! ;D
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actually the Desert Fox reffered to Rommel alone...thats another long long story ;D i'll have to custom him using a fat figure and knee-high boots ;D
Oh no! Rommel wasn't a fat man!
Here are some informations about him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel and http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/ba940039/index.html!
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i stand corrected Bennain!
thanks for the memories!
yes....he's not fat for his age ;D
but i remember my plastic scale model of him....feet astride and one hand behind his back like napoleon's famous pose....maybe he was made larger than live :D
ANY ONE LIKE TO GUESS WHERE THE BARREL CAME FROM? LAST CHANCE! goldenknight of playmoboard has given everyone there a very good clue.....they are found INSIDE.....TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR PM STUFF...YOU HAVE THEM!! ;D
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ANY ONE LIKE TO GUESS WHERE THE BARREL CAME FROM? LAST CHANCE! goldenknight of playmoboard has given everyone there a very good clue.....they are found INSIDE.....TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR PM STUFF...YOU HAVE THEM!! ;D
A wild guess because I haven't read the topic at playmoboard... ;)
Is it part of the inside workings of one of the various Playmo cannons?
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BINGO, Krystal !
you dont have any big berthas? its only partially hidden ;D
i've seen some customs of contemporary soldiers and i've always wanted to tell them that they dont have to look elsewhere for their mortars and missile launchers...well, i hope the see this :)
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Great stuff.
I love the camel. One of my favourite "themes" is soldiers on camels.
Lots of Armies had camel mounted regiments - even the Germans (in SW Africa) and the Indian Army's present day camel mounted "Border Security Force" look magnificent in their full dress uniforms.
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Hello Dan,
maybe you start customizing (and sharing) some soldiers on camels. Or you may post some pictures of "originals", so that we can start a little customizing contest on that theme.
All the best
specialist
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I will Specialist. The two problems are: I work very slowly (2 figures a year on average) and I haven't got a camel (yet!!).
I'm currently working on a 14th century English Bowman and my only completed covversion, so far, is a Napoleonic Wars British Rifleman.
If you want to see that, its here: https://gardenwargaming.playclicks.com/forum/index.php?topic=263.0
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BINGO, Krystal !
you dont have any big berthas? its only partially hidden ;D
I think I do have one or two, but they are packed away somewhere at the moment, and I haven't looked at them for a while. ;)
Your biggest clue was telling the GW-PC members that they all probably owned one of the accessories containing this part. I knew it had to be inside some type of wargaming weapon after that. ;D
Which sets do the other parts come from? The grey triangular stand/base holding it up, for example? It looks familiar, but I can't quite place it.
I will Specialist. The two problems are: I work very slowly (2 figures a year on average) and I haven't got a camel (yet!!).
It's a shame they can't be bought through the DS catalogue these days. I would quite like to get my hands on some more too.
But I wonder if they can be ordered using the part number found in the Wise Men Nativity set?
Here's some camel stuff in Heather's PlaymoDB (http://www.playmodb.org/cgi-bin/textsearch.pl?text=camel&sortby=partnum&pics=on). :)
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thanx for the link krystal!!!
dan im really impressed he really looks like a rifle man from the 60s rifles (capt. fredrickson perhaps ;) realyl nice work!!! 8)
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hello Krystal!
the tripod comes from the speed radar set (and Gordon says its the same ones that hold up the road works sign)
as for the mortar base plate...all ACW collectors have those shell-carriers
those are easy to spot...but you identified the hardest part instead ;D
hey Dan...work overtime...burn midnight oil, whatever it takes ;D you are a good customiser ;)