Summer of '45

Going back, I wasn't even sure what this statement meant. I'm still not sure, but just to make it clear, posting a picture of a burnt out tank wasn't a criticism of your flatcar load (which is outstanding, by the way). I can't quite figure out how it could be taken as such, but sometimes things are misconstrued in strange ways.

Sometimes a problem with emails is when the recipient can't tell when a statement is made humorously. So let me make it clear - the burnt out tank picture and statement about it was NOT a criticism of your flatcar load. It was only meant as humorous statement about how a Sherman often ended up after confronting Tigers. 

I hope you continue to do these loads and share them - the military loads are always interesting. Here's a shot I took at a local yard a few years ago:

i was electronic maint chief for 3bn 10th marines and we had the M109 seld propelled

i did all the comm work on all of the Bn assets

i am surprised that they did not break the back on the flat cars lot of tonnage to spread around

my final thoughts on this evolution, if i po'd anyone, well not sorry, why, because i did not make my model to do that, i made it to enhance my railroad layout, and that was the only reason, not to challenge anyones far outreaching knowledge about tanks.  what did i know about em, other than big and loud, nada!!! my only armor was ripstop, i was a grunt until my captain found out i had a ham radio license

but i thought it would be neat to build due to a childhood exp.  only that

I along with the entire neighborhood played war, we killed every kraut killed every jap, destroyed every pill box in the neighborhood, all wearing our fathers WWII clothing.  I had a mattel thompson 45 that chewed up a roll of caps with every pull of the cocking piece and man did it look real, had a cartridge belt , holster, canteen, helmet and jacket, looked like Sgt Rock from comics minus the cigar stump.  like i said 60th street was Normandy beach in LaGrange Ill.  The real war for me started on March 15th '65 in DaNang, and it were not playtime...

my model was not meant to dis inform, it was put on there because i was proud of it and still am

and i will continue to make miniatures 1 to 48

but i thoght this was interesting, and it increases my admiration for my dads generation

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GySgtI R Jones USMC retired