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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 05:55 PM UTC

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Jan-- you provided some interesting works on the PBYs. I always wanted to make the B-24 version PBY in 1/48. Have you done one?
DJ

Hi there DJ. Do you mean the USN B-24 Liberator (PB4Y-1)? If you do I haven't done that one, yet. :-)


Jan-- yes that is the model I am referring to. I have always wished that they would come out with a 1/48 scale of this unique modification to the B-24. One can only hope.
thanks
DJ
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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 06:36 PM UTC
Among the well-thumbed books on my shelf are:

Caen -Anvil of victory by Alexander McKee. Plenty of first-hand testimony and he later went on to rediscover the Mary Rose using the easy method of finding a 19th century Royal Navy map...

If you survive by George Wilson. Normandy to the Bulge with US 4th Infantry Division.

Tank by Ken Tout. Ringside view of Wittmann's last battle. And the author is from Hereford which is where my mother is too

Mailed Fist by John Foley. Churchill tanks from Normandy to the Reichswald (some of the same actions also appear in Douglas Sutherland's Sutherland's War as both were in A Squadron 107 RAC, but neither author mentions the other).

The Boilerplate War by John Foley (again). Some mistakes, but great stuff on Great War tanks.

David





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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 09:04 PM UTC
David-- I also enjoyed that book by Wilson. Very well done and a quick read.
DJ
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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 09:47 PM UTC
Also

Guns of August Tuchman
Dreadnought
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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 10:06 PM UTC

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Jan-- you provided some interesting works on the PBYs. I always wanted to make the B-24 version PBY in 1/48. Have you done one?
DJ

Hi there DJ. Do you mean the USN B-24 Liberator (PB4Y-1)? If you do I haven't done that one, yet. :-)


Jan-- yes that is the model I am referring to. I have always wished that they would come out with a 1/48 scale of this unique modification to the B-24. One can only hope.
thanks
DJ

Hi again DJ. Check this one out mate.....
1/48 Scale Monogram/Koster PB4Y-1 Conversion. You can buy the conversion for $20.95 here.

210cav
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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 10:54 PM UTC
Jan-- Alas, I just paid my yearly taxes and I am flat broke. We hardly have enough money for food and shelter.
DJ
PS-- On second thought, we can lose some weight. I just ordered the conversion kit with the milk money. He did a beautiful job on the model.
thanks
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Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 11:49 PM UTC
Anytime matey....
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 07:11 AM UTC
Several years ago,I read a book called Patton's Best It was a Sherman tank commander's experiences of the war with the fourth armored division I can't remember the name of the author I will look it up Sadly I don't have the book anymore Time to go to amazon.com
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 06:01 PM UTC

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Several years ago,I read a book called Patton's Best It was a Sherman tank commander's experiences of the war with the fourth armored division I can't remember the name of the author I will look it up Sadly I don't have the book anymore Time to go to amazon.com


I trust that was not the book purported to be by amember of the 4th Armored Division. If so, I still have the book and will gladly trade it to you.
DJ
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Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 07:35 PM UTC

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Several years ago,I read a book called Patton's Best It was a Sherman tank commander's experiences of the war with the fourth armored division I can't remember the name of the author I will look it up Sadly I don't have the book anymore Time to go to amazon.com


I trust that was not the book purported to be by amember of the 4th Armored Division. If so, I still have the book and will gladly trade it to you.
DJ


DJ

If I am reading your post correctly ,the man who wrote it wasn't part of the 4th AD? Nate Frankel was the name of the man who wrote of hi sexperiences
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Posted: Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 07:17 AM UTC

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Several years ago,I read a book called Patton's Best It was a Sherman tank commander's experiences of the war with the fourth armored division I can't remember the name of the author I will look it up Sadly I don't have the book anymore Time to go to amazon.com


I trust that was not the book purported to be by amember of the 4th Armored Division. If so, I still have the book and will gladly trade it to you.
DJ


DJ

If I am reading your post correctly ,the man who wrote it wasn't part of the 4th AD? Nate Frankel was the name of the man who wrote of hi sexperiences


Chad-- same guy. Let me see if I still have the book.
DJ
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Posted: Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 03:45 AM UTC
HELLO-i have a good copy of"black cat raiders of ww2 by knott,if you still need it. i think i might have some of the others too.i like to trade for other books and 1/35 ww2 armored vehicles.or i will take cash as a last resort!
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Posted: Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 02:25 PM UTC
Sorry to be lame but as a Jarhead my pics would be:

"Star shells, Condoms, and Ka-Bar's" by Harry "HAP" Pierce

and

"Flags of our Fathers" by James Brady

210cav
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Posted: Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 07:01 PM UTC

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Sorry to be lame but as a Jarhead my pics would be:

"Star shells, Condoms, and Ka-Bar's" by Harry "HAP" Pierce

and

"Flags of our Fathers" by James Brady



Flags is great as his follow-up book Flyboys. The other book you cite has an alluring title, what period of history does it reflect...WW II, Korea, Vietnam or the Gulf?
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