Fireman Tim

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Ok CAN-AM lads, how about we start planning our Battlefield. We have a 40'x60' space to landscape. I am working on getting some on site storage.

What I can contribute:
-50 pine trees
-Church
-Barn
-Two story manor house
-2 one story cottages
-2 Pillbox/Bunkers
-M16 Halftrack and Sdkfz251 with 76mm Pak Halftrack
-A Dozen soldiers


What would you like to see on it?


What can you add to it?


What else do you think we need?

hulu

two bridges.

Fireman Tim

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Ke, Frank is working on a bridge but we will need another.

What would I like to see on it?:

-I'd like to see a dried river bed cutting across the field, with two bridges and maybe a third crossing point.
-Whatever earth we dig out, we can use to build hills with.
-I'd also like to see some anti-tank trenches to block approaches
-An airfield as there are some nice 1:18 Stukas and Me109s and 262s out there.

What else do I think we need?:
-More trees. I have 50, but I think we need another 50. I found a cheap source for them, but shipping to Canada is insane. If Eggman will agree for us to use his NY post office box, we could get more for a good price.
-I also have a source for free rail road ties, but we will need a truck to get them.

hulu

We can make a simple temp bridge on the river bed.
Although I don't have tools and skill to create a beautiful one. I have some wood panel can be set as temporary bridge..
Maybe I still can create some little small farm houses. 

Captain Action

I will make a large wood bridge ,like in my back yard but stronger ( I will send tim a pic) I also can build a second one latter. I have the tools and I use skid wood so thats free....
I may have two Foam bunkers too.
I am also going to make Dragons teeth for my back yard so I will make extra in spring....How big should I make the dragons teeth, I was thinking big, so I can also use them with my 1/6 stuff..
Ho and big rocks , I like big rocks....Honken AC/ DC rocks....

Fireman Tim

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Dennis made some fantastic Dragons teeth last year by making a prototype out of wood, then pressing the tooth into a bucket of wet sand to make a mold. Then he poured concrete into the sand molds. He also stuck a piece of cloths hanger in the bottom so that they can be anchored into the ground. Ingenious!

Whatever rocks we bring have to be removed after play. The center is afraid of kids using them to break windows.

M1A2 Commander

Hi Tim, Long time no hear. Grad to read your club has finally found a battlefield you can call home. Starting a battlefield from the ground up will take some time and hard work but once finished, you guys will have a blast. Between you and Dennis you guys should have a lot of buildings and accessories already made you can add to your new battlefield.

Does your club have any up-coming battle days coming up? If so, I can add the dates to our Facebook page under “Events”. Just don’t see anything on your clubs website at this time. Just let me know!

Please post some pictures of your new battlefield once you get started.

Gene

Fireman Tim

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Thanks Gene. If you hear from Dennis, let me know. We miss him.


My Battlefield building work continues (its nice being off work, but my fun is about to end).

The Normandy cottage is pretty much done. It needs a clear coat. The thatch roof is made from a blanket I got at Wally Mart.

M1A2 Commander

Sorry Tim, have not heard anything from Dennis in a few months or longer but if i hear something i will let you know. Hope Dennis is doing well? Your Normandy cottage looks really good and should look great on your new battlefield. Gene

Fireman Tim

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Loads of time on my hands today. Here is my first Battlefield idea. What do you think?

-Tree and Buildings can be placed anywhere. The roads, airfield, river bed, trench and hills are all permanent... well for now anyway.

Fireman Tim

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With our April 9th Battleday only 10 weeks away (seems like a life time) I thought we should plan when to 'Break ground' at the field and have a planning day to do some initial digging and plotting out of the field. Since we are planning to have bridges and hills, I figure a river bed and a few hills are an achievable goal during a 1-3 hour afternoon on Saturday March 26th or April 2nd.

I'd also like to run past you the idea of expanding our calander to include Saturday May 14th, July 16th, Sept 17th and November 5th. These dates would serve as rain dates for the Battledays or as work/play days to work on the field and just have fun with your tanks. Work/Play days would only last about 3 hours and give us more use of the field. Digging is not for everyone. Some of you may have injuries or afflictions that prevent you from such work, so don't feel pressured to work hard, just come out, shout out some directions and have fun.

Expanded 2011 Calander:
March 26: Field planning day
April 9th: Battleday
May 14th: Work/Play day
June 11: Battleday
July 16: Work/Play day
Aug 13th: Battleday
Sept 17th: Work/Play day
Oct 8th: Battleday
Nov 5th: Battleday

TJM has also offered to host an Airsoft shoot-out at his home in St. Catharines this spring. We may add this or just substitute it for the May 14th work/play day.


Any objections?

Glen B

Not a bit, its all good.

thomasjohnmurphy

I have some tanks I can contribute. They can be made to look like destroyed tanks. Maybe we should meet to do some detailing/planning

thomasjohnmurphy

I have a truck we can use to get whatever material we need

Captain Action

Yup ......Meet see the site and plan....Look at tanks...see if they work...

Fireman Tim

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Great! It would be nice to look at the field together, so we should meet when the snow thaws, plot out the site and decide what we want to start on.

SgtPearce

i am a Canadian, Sask, Infantry NSASKR, where is this? and uh is my Leo aloud to come as its not a WWII era tank

Edit it is an Air soft, if you allow them...

Fireman Tim

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SgtPearce,


Our club is in Southern Ontario and our new field is 15 minutes south of Niagara Falls (great vacation spot). Visitors are always welcome.

You can bring whatever tanks you have, modern or WW2.

We have had to resort to only IR at our field (due to insurance reasons), but we are planning to run airsoft events at private residents.

hulu

Great Tim.  I put it in my calendar.

SgtPearce

o i see well then i may not be able to attend sorry... i has a child on the way so funds are frozen lol.

Fireman Tim

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Some good news.

We have another 50 17" pine trees on the way thanks to Hulu (Ke) and also to Mike for letting us use his Lewiston NY postal box.



I know the club vision was to take everything we bring to the field home with us, but I am going to push for some on site storage (every other organization there has access to storage). I have 7 buildings that I don't want to cart back and forth and with a 2400 sq ft field, that makes for a lot of battlefield props.

And more good news, Wiarton Willy predicted an early Spring! Grease your gears and charge your batteries!