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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 11:05 PM UTC

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Rob---is Patton's grave in the Hamm cemetery easy to find?
DJ

Yes, it's overlooking his men.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 11:43 PM UTC
I have collected Star Wars items since 1977. My most cherished item is my Revenge of the Jedi one-sheet, which is framed (with a crack in the glass) on the wall right next to me. I also started collecting the Hasbro figures back in 1995. That got me in a lot of trouble $$$ wise. Those suckers add up fast!

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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 11:54 PM UTC

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I have collected Star Wars items since 1977. My most cherished item is my Revenge of the Jedi one-sheet, which is framed (with a crack in the glass) on the wall right next to me. I also started collecting the Hasbro figures back in 1995.

I have a few of those and a B-Wing and TIE from way back (was my little brother's). I got a few of the esoteric Star Wars figures like the Luke clone and Mara Jade from Shadows of the Empire game and the Dark Trooper and Space Trooper from Dark Forces game.
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 05:50 AM UTC
I used to play american football, I played for ten years. DE and Center. Liked the D-line best :-)
I also was in to scubadiving but couldn't find the time anymore.
Besides that I collect Zippo lighters, preferebly military and NFL.
I'm also into photograping, I run my own website with armor pictures, mostly Swedish.
Besides that I enjoy a beer or five. :-)
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 07:32 AM UTC
Studied Physics in school, with a minor in Astronomy. My other hobbies revolve around Astronomy, and keeping up with extra-solar planet discover & research. I'm also a POA (classic Planet of the Apes) fan, and I've participated on a pretty nice fan site from an Astronomical standpoint.

I also like botany, and take care of house plants. I have Bonsai Trees that I grow for relaxation. They're good companions when I'm reading.

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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 09:19 AM UTC
I've got all the old collectors plates, a bunch of the old figures, books and more of the LEGOs. My brother bought almost all the new figures when they came out fot the Special Editions (including the TIE, X-wing, Falcon, Luke's speeder and AT-ST). However, we were younger then and... and... we played with them!!! (*gasp*) Oh well, at least they can be displayed in cool scenes now.
Only one regret: The Vader we had came with the long lightsaber... One of our cats ATE IT!!!

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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 09:39 AM UTC
I love to build computers and collect fossils and arrowheads
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 07:20 PM UTC
Heavy into war/strategy/simulation games on my PC. I also oil paint. Last summer I tried metal detecting and found a Revolutionary Era minnie ball along a stream bed where Arnold's Expedition marched through Maine to get to Quebec. Talk about instant addiction.

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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 11:03 PM UTC
I love computers. When I stopped scale modeling years ago part of the reason was that I was caught up in computers. Now, I spend most of my time building (my wife says collecting ) models. However, the computer and the internet are an important part of modeling now. I live in a very rural area and this site, RMS, and a couple of Yahoo clubs have become my "model club".
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 11:12 PM UTC

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I've got all the old collectors plates, a bunch of the old figures, books and more of the LEGOs.



Do you mean the Hamilton plates from the early-mid eighties? I have all of those too from when they were new.....before you were born. :::thump::: (me falling over at how old I am getting)
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:26 AM UTC

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I love computers. When I stopped scale modeling years ago part of the reason was that I was caught up in computers. Now, I spend most of my time building (my wife says collecting ) models. However, the computer and the internet are an important part of modeling now. I live in a very rural area and this site, RMS, and a couple of Yahoo clubs have become my "model club".



Same here CF, in the small town I live in there are no hobby shops never mind clubs. Armorama is the place where I meet friends with the same interests, trade ideas and it is great.

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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 10:37 PM UTC

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Do you mean the Hamilton plates from the early-mid eighties? I have all of those too from when they were new.....before you were born. :::thump::: (me falling over at how old I am getting)


Yup, those are the plates. We've also got the newer plate collections: the Vehicles and the Heroes and Villans collection... but unfortunately my Dad lost his job when the H and V collection came out, so we don't have the last four plates.
One other hobby of mine (which I can't believe I forgot) is astronomy. I love reading about the stars, galaxies and of course the NASA of the '60s. The Space Race is quite an interesting topic.
Oh yeah, my Dad and I are also working on building a Dobsonian telescope. Basically, it's a pretty big telescope, and with it we can see the rings of Saturn.

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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:06 PM UTC

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Do you mean the Hamilton plates from the early-mid eighties? I have all of those too from when they were new.....before you were born. :::thump::: (me falling over at how old I am getting)


Yup, those are the plates. We've also got the newer plate collections: the Vehicles and the Heroes and Villans collection... but unfortunately my Dad lost his job when the H and V collection came out, so we don't have the last four plates.
One other hobby of mine (which I can't believe I forgot) is astronomy. I love reading about the stars, galaxies and of course the NASA of the '60s. The Space Race is quite an interesting topic.
Oh yeah, my Dad and I are also working on building a Dobsonian telescope. Basically, it's a pretty big telescope, and with it we can see the rings of Saturn.

YodaMan
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YodaMan - you're a man after my own heart. Astronomy and real-space 1950's and 1960's is a favorite for me too. I've been researching a model 1/144 scale Saturn/Icarus Interceptor. Have you ever heard of the proposal / project? Icarus was an asteroid interceptor proposal from the late 1960's - probably the most thought-out and planned program to build a real doomsday asteroid defense vehicle(s). The movie Meteor was loosly centered around such a vehicle - except they turned it into an orbital defense platform with nuclear-tipped missiles on it. The real Icarus was an intercept vehicle with a high-yield nuclear device on-board (I believe upwards of 40 Megatons for each interceptor). The Saturn V - still in development at the time - was to be used as the launch vehicle. The Saturn/Icarus would have looked very similar to the Saturn/Skylab vehicle.

Six Saturn/Icarus Interceptors would have been build - and the project was named after the Asteroid Icarus that routinely passes so close to Earth. It was a "what-if" project to use best available resources to halt or deflect Icarus from slamming into Earth.

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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:11 PM UTC

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I have collected Star Wars items since 1977. My most cherished item is my Revenge of the Jedi one-sheet, which is framed (with a crack in the glass) on the wall right next to me. I also started collecting the Hasbro figures back in 1995.

I have a few of those and a B-Wing and TIE from way back (was my little brother's). I got a few of the esoteric Star Wars figures like the Luke clone and Mara Jade from Shadows of the Empire game and the Dark Trooper and Space Trooper from Dark Forces game.



Not to play 'one-up-manship' here but, I've got enough Star Wars toys (original) to fill a store...(because I used to have a store )

Tread.
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:14 PM UTC

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Have you ever heard of the proposal / project? Icarus was an asteroid interceptor proposal from the late 1960's - probably the most thought-out and planned program to build a real doomsday asteroid defense vehicle(s).


Hmmm, I've never heard of that... I know a little about the Apollo/Skylab, but haven't heard about the asteroid inteceptor before. Is there any reference material anwhere? Books, websites?
Currently, the Father-Son project in the works is Apollo 11 on a scale launch pad. We're in the 'planning and resource allocation' phase.
I'm looking forward to the article about modeling Alpha Station in next months FSM. I'll be able to put a model of it together before the real thing is finished!!! (but opinions about NASA's current state is another forum altogether... which I'll be starting soon)

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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:46 PM UTC
YodaMan - here's the best link I know of on the Icarus Interceptor - hope you find it inspirational:

http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/special/icarus.htm

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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:55 PM UTC

(.... moment of silence to let all these posts sink in...)

wow. Who would ever again dare repeat that modelers are boring people ???




The enemy diversion you're overlooking is theri main attack
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:57 PM UTC

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(.... moment of silence to let all these posts sink in...)

wow. Who would ever again dare repeat that modelers are boring people ???



That's why I love this forum - I learn something new and interesting from all you guys - every single day!

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Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:59 AM UTC
Hi all
Besides model making my hobbies are fishing, reading,my pc,collecting paperbacks(inc Louis L'amour westerns and Mack Bolan series) , talking to people in other countries via my CB and chatting up pretty girls.Where i find time to work i don't know.
All the best
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Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 07:47 AM UTC
Located in BFE, I have to travel 2 hours to get to a hobby shop, and to my club meetings. It's also 45min. to the nearest Wal-mart and to the nearest grocery store. I feel like I live in "Green Acres". I also like to play the Clarinet. I have downloaded some sheet music to play for the kids. They actually want me to play for them.
Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 02:06 AM UTC
Fanatical about pc gaming and history of the Third Reich.
Game to play for all modellers is Sudden Strike!
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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 03:06 AM UTC
I don't know how I missed this thread, musta been sleeping.
But now it is time for me to chime in. Besides modeling, a bit of computer gaming. I had Panzer General III, both Steel Panthers and Combat Mission ( which the game developers sent me because they used 2 of my models as examples in the game ) I had these games on my computer until the HD crashed, I haven't reloaded any games yet. Also stamp collecting, American western history, and WW2 history.
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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 03:19 AM UTC
I know I started this post, but I thought of a couple of more interests of mine. I also like computer games, Panzer Commander, Squadleader, Sims and my favorite Civilization III. I also like reading about history, right now I am reading Victors by Stephen Ambrose.

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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 11:29 PM UTC
Well I think I'll throw in my 2 pence here. When my wife lets me I love Historical Re-encating, WWI & WWII, did do 7 different time periods but got too expensive. I also enjoy Rugby (my knees don't) Leatherworking and Carpentry. Collect firearms and the uniforms that go with them. Ever try to match model paint to an original, but faded British Denison smock? Don't! You'll only become a bald headed alcoholic with bad eyes and the shakes!!

Drewgimpy-I'd love to learn to fly fish, used to trout and salmon fish back home in washington State. Do you give lessons?

Ladymodelbuilder-I'll trade you places to live. I live in Oklahoma City and would love to live out in BFE, but the Mrs. would probably have something different to say. CHEERS!!!

Oh, I love a Guiness on occasion. :-)
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Posted: Friday, March 15, 2002 - 04:29 AM UTC
There's plenty of open mountain air here ,and in alot of places you can still be in the cityand have a yard full of trees. If you need to relocate try Abingdon, VA or Roanoke, VA.