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Photo Gallery  - FRAG Battle Day, September 28, 2002

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` The Battle Day participants and their drivers.  Don't bother to count, there are 25 tanks there.  The drivers are:

(Standing L-R) Dave Closson (Guest of Tiff Williams), Henry Harvey of Kansas, Wayne Bretschneider (FRAG), Paul Howald (FRAG), Ken Bettis (FRAG);

(Kneeling L-R) Tiff Williams (of South Dakota), Jason Chan (FRAG), Ron Hacket (FRAG), Keith Graybeal (MADD), Kevin Rimrodt (AGE), Pete Troyce (FRAG), Dick Bernier (EastPAC), Steve Neisen Jr. (FRAG).  Not shown Steve Neisen Sr. (FRAG).

` This Tiger Battalion is ready for deployment.  But until then, a little R & R is enjoyed in the French Village behind.

Umpire, Paul Howald, re-starts a battle game.  Participants, and spectators focus on the remaining battle worthy tanks.  In this game, the Allies won.  14 tanks started the game.

An overall view of the French village, with canal and railroad track in the distance.  German losses were flagged red, with Allied killed, flagged green. Many more buildings are needed before those ugly boxes will disappear.

A different view of the village, showing the new railroad tunnel, bridge and track extension to the west.

Some dragon teeth's blocking the rear entrance to the village. 

In large scale armor battles, 1/18th scale models do not look out of place.  This is a 21st Century US Half-track.

This Tiger 1 is raging thru town, looking for anything to kill.  The soldiers to the right are US and better duck quickly.

This type of wall is very easy to make.  It’s a strip of 6” tall plywood (1/2”) by 3 feet long, coated with colored “Rough Stuff” stucco mix, and a wall cap of bass wood painted gray.  The “blown out” sections are just cut out portions overlaid with doll house bricks (1” scale).  The exposed portions in the side wall are similarly done with areas cut out by a router, then bricks glued in place and touched up with Rough Stuff.

Participants hard at work making repairs to tanks between battles.  Note that the work tables are chest high for better visibility and access to vehicles.

One of our latest additions to the battlefield was the railroad tunnel.   The problem was keeping Keith Graybeal's (MADD) Sherman out of it.  Keith's impromptu modification of the speakers was a nice touch.  I think he watched Kelly's Heroes too much.
Tiff Williams brought many different Shermans and an M-10.

 

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