RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Thank you for the kind words Danny. As always, I enjoyed your company immensely. Andrew is always a pleasure for me to have around. I hope to see you again over the winter, I hope the winter battle comes to fruition.

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

We tried a few new senarios at this event. One was a 9 versus 9 team battle. We always start in a corner or one side and attack towards the other. Time for a little change... Imagine it is the second day of Kursk. Where is your enemy and where are your buddies??? But is now dawn, the morning after a big battle. Each tanker was spaced evenly around the permitter of the battlefield. They were spaced alternately Team-mate...Enemy....Team-mate...Enemy. The tankers had to fight their way to a buddy of face anihilation. I must admit that it was a little difficult getting everybody emplaced...but it was fun watching guys scramble to find a teamate to fight alongside while dodging enemy shots. We had a good time once the concept was understood. And the terrain and cover played a big part. Just like a real battlefield.

Coming up next....TANK FOOTBALL?

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Well I finally got around to pulling all of the frames from the videos I shot at Danville in November.
I'll start with the pictures of the Dioramas that Bill Campbell brought for display and then the tanks on the tables and Benchtops.
Steve

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

More table top pictures.
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RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Still more table top pictures.
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Still more pictures from the benchtops.
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Now some pictures of the E-100 under construction. As well as someassembly areaposed shots.
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RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

More posed shot from the assembly area as well as some combat pics.

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Some more combat pics. As it turned out the KV-1 was in some sort of "God" mode it took 15 hits.
Steve

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Some more combat pics with the invincable KV-1 the first picture looked to me like Cochran wasabout to get his nose blown off. Steve

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Still more of the KV-1 wreaking havoc and taking more hits.
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The demise of the King Tiger.
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RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

The Stug and the T-34 go at itas well as the Panzer IV and the Sherman.
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RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Some more assembly area pics.
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RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

More battle action in the "bowling alley".
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RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

More battle action near town, can you say point blank range?
Steve

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

The Panther gets taken out by the Bulldog, but an early Tiger 1 challenges the Bulldog and takes it out. It too gets challenged by the Tiger across the river.
Steve

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Awesome pictures and what a battle that had to be. :D














~ Jeff

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Tiger against Tiger the Blue flagged Tiger is Victorious. After rotating field positions the teams are ready for battle. Herman takes theslope defense to the maximum deflectionpossible with his Sherman. Even though he is down he is not out, much to the dismay of the Bulldog and the other Sherman.

RE: 35 TANKERS HAD A BLAST AT THE NEAD Battleweekend @ Danville despite Hurricane Sandy
 

Unable to rotate the turret into firing position to protect his rear he is destroyed. The battle continues with the Porsche Tiger and the Sherman and then the Panther.
Steve

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This is a three way battle between the Porsche Tiger the Panther and the Panzer IV, then the Bulldog enters the melee
Steve.

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Finally the T-34 and thePorsche Tiger destroy the Yellow flagged Tiger 1. There is more to come plus the videos.
Steve

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Panther F,
Thanks and yes it was quite a battle, they did a respawn battle where everyone got to respawn once during each battle.
Steve

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SUPER PIX...as always from Steve. Thanks so much for sharing them with us just in time for the l o n g Thanksgiving weekend. Now we are even more motivated to work on our projects.

FYI Steve has been doing this for quite a while... below is a pic of him and a Tiger he made photos of as a child.

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Great pics Steve, do you have any where my apple isn't lit up like a christmas tree?? :)