Curse You Pete Skaar 🤭

[pvt64]

Pete's beautiful M4 Shermans have pushed me over the edge to start WWII too. Starting with the 1941-42 Philippines Campaign.

[BurtWolf]

Man that is intriguing - Philippines Campaign! Love to see that done!

[Guroburov]

My stuff will never match Pete's but I'll still try but stuck doing modern still. Maybe when I go to WWII, though I'd like to build Canadians.

[pmskaar]

That Pete Skaar guy, he's such a nuisance! LOL! Thank you all very much!

Tom, good luck with your WWII Philippines project. I am not sure what you would use for American/Filipino infantry but perhaps the British WWII infantry might be close enough with the helmet type.

If you decide to do Philippines 1944-1945 then you can use the same terrain but add in your regular American infantry and some Shermans as well.

Pete

[pvt64]

Pete,
My plan is to use WW1 British in helmets as Americans. At 6mm I figure that it's close enough.

Tom

[pmskaar]

Hi Tom! Are you planning to use WWI or WWII British for your early American WWII? Truthfully there is not too much difference from a distance as we alluded to. If using WWI, did you have a particular brand in mind other than GHQ which does not currently make any WWI stuff except if you count the FT-17 in their WWII French line.

Pete

[pvt64]

Pete,
Was planning on using Baccus WWI British for the infantry and artillery. The infantry should be close enough; the artillery there was rebored British guns from WWI. They had 2 battalions of M3 light tanks and a cavalry regiment still on horses. They even had British Universal Carriers as they seized them off of a freighter that had been bound for Hong Kong and used them to mechanize an infantry battalion. They also were still using 2.95" mountain guns from the Spanish American War.

Tom

[pmskaar]

It sounds like a lot of interesting equipment for the Americans. I know they had M-3s but I did not know about the Universal Carriers or the re-bored British WWI artillery pieces.

[Begemot]

"Curse you, Pete Skaar!"

Indeed. This guy is responsible for getting me involved with Microarmor in the first place. And it looks like it's a terminal addiction.


Begemot

[pvt64]

Begemont you are spot on!

[pmskaar]

Thanks Begemot and Tom! I am happy to expand the world of micro armor, and especially GHQ micro armor, for more people. I started into GHQ around 1981 after using the models in tabletop exercises in my Armor Officer Advanced Course. My obsession really started in the mid 80s after I got back from Germany and GHQ was expanding their line and replacing their older models with new ones like the Tiger I, Panther, Tiger II, T-34, KV-1 etc.

[panzergator]

You weren't far behind me. I finished AOAC in '79. Got my addiction to GHQ after the big AOAC Dunn-Kempf game session, too.

[pmskaar]

Ahh! AOAC. Those were some good times as I recall. I got to Ft. Knox in October 1980 and left in May 1981 getting ready to go to 3AD in Germany. I remember getting my first GHQ T-62s, BMP-1s, and BTR-60s at the Cav Store. One of my classmates and friend bought some M-1s at the same time. My first paint jobs were just a basic green color for the Russians using Imrie-Risley Paints that I had left over from my figure painting days.

Needless to say, I have learned a few things since that time but the addiction continues.

[pmskaar]

So, you went right into the Canadian Army while still in college, Cama? That is pretty impressive.

[panzergator]

You went from AOAC to 3AD? Where in 3AD? I left Friedberg (3BDE, 3AD) in 78 for AOAC. After AOAC, it was on to 5ID at Ft. Polk. It was a bit of a shock to after 3AD. Bn Cdr wanted a TV in the TOC so he coukd watch football games during tank gunnery. I wouldn't do ut for him. I couldn't imagine a tank bn cdr watchinf a foitball game while his crews were shooting. I surely missed 3AD and Germany while at Ft. Polk. EVERY SINGLE GD'D DAY! I still miss it. Went back to 8ID eventually. Still not the same, but better than 5th Mech, where the bde cdr always blew the bridges BEFORE he withdrew his armor. @#$&@@#!