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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). |
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This Tiger Battalion is ready
for deployment. But until then, a little R & R is enjoyed in the French
Village behind. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A different view of the village, showing the new
railroad tunnel, bridge and track extension to the west. |
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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. |
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This Tiger 1 is raging thru
town, looking for anything to kill. The soldiers to the right are US
and better duck quickly. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Tiff Williams brought many
different Shermans and
an M-10. |