I think it was MikeS who said, āWhat next, Omaha?ā It took about 10 seconds to say, “Why not?” Well, for one thing, 10,000 Allied casualties on the first day, It wasnāt a small battle, and a lot of shit happened all at once, kind of like war, anyway…
I decided to work in 1/72 scale this time (a soldier is 1ā high) due to the scale of battle, and I could get more men on the field that way. Next was deciding where I wanted to build. I chose a cliff that has a large bunker system full of artillery, and the Rangers are going to attack and scale the cliff, WooHoo! Uh, oh, how do you get there?
Higgins Boats: Built on a design from a Loosiana Swamp Boy, low draft and easy landing, they carry 15 troops, and are swampy as all get out, but they get the job done, of course, until the Germans open up on you. We will get to that….
Water: Yay! I get to spend a lot of time and money experimenting with surface water, you see, I need to have deep water, sunk/blown up Higgins Boats, and blood water up against the shore; mockups will be required.
Army Men!: I have 47/87 finished, and another 30 on deck, tedious is too simple a term for this tiny ass BS, but itās cool. Iām trying for at least 500+ men, 9 or 10 landing craft, multiple Shermans, and a very busy landscape.
The Germans: I found a guy who 3D prints out various useful objects, very cool but he ships like a snail. Weāll go over the Germans next.
’til next time!
WAR! What is it good for? Making dioramas!
HUH!
Check out all the photos here (so far)
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168 responses to “A Slice of Omaha Beach: D-Day, 1944 pt. 1”
Awesome, Yufus. Title it āWhite Male Privilegeā.
I have made much Progress since I wrote that, next week is gonna Cool! Basically, the Farther I go, the cooler is gets, a lot of prep goes into it, before you ever place a piece.
Sorry, I missed that, however, it may be the new Title, it’s good, Thanks !
“Antifa attacks some conservatives having brunch (2018,colorized)”
I Love my Granddaughter! Don’t mess with Cindy Lou Who……
https://photos.app.goo.gl/98vk6haF6AofmeZU9
That is really friggin cool! I wish I had the patience and ability to color within the lines necessary to create works of art like that.
Thanks, I tore everything down in the album, ‘cept for the Rock face, My new Base is much better already, I think it will be a nice Project
I built that Higgens boat model as a kid
I have to build 4 more, for various Deaths, Sinkings etc.
Yusef, I love your posts! (Except OMM-sorry).
The rest is pure gold.
OMM is the one responsible for checking the thermostat.
That’s why I fired him, that and He Gamboled too much and didn’t know how to use an apostrophe…………..
Thanks! I love doing this, and having People who give a Shit? That’s Gold to me,
/Humbled
OMM split to Pakistan for “unknown” reasons
That is way to much work for something you can’t eat.
I Work on rooftops, I come Home, I don’t want anymore Heat, I get Bored, I paint Army Men, listen to Classical Music, and type shit out to You,
Cheers!
Sexbots hardest hit.
Got one, 32 years running…
32 years running
Huh? Is that how they measure sexbots? Like how you say you have 120 hours on your boat motor. And if so, WTF? Given the amount of time, either your sexbot is an old hollowed out corn cob or that 32 years is compressed by having gang bangs with her (32 man/years would be the more accurate measurement in that case)
You kiss your Mother with that Mouth?
My Wife, Jeez
ROFLMAO!!!
You might learn a trick or two from these guys, Yufus. I saw a documentary on TV about them and itās amazing how creative they can get.
The folks who model the anime characters still blow me away.
I think many use this material.
Itās the small hands. My giant mitts end up turning every origami effort into gyoza.
Not for me, My issue is by the time I had the money and got good at it, my Eyesight started going to Shit, what ya gonna do,
Lose your hearing and take up pinball.
Already did, so I play Electronica………………
Air guitar?
The answer is robots, it is always robots.
Changed the Title, Thanks!
I’ve got little girl hands and I’m nearsighted, so stuff like this ought to be right up my alley. Funny thing, though, I also have little patience and drink about two pots of coffee a day, so repeated, precise, small hand movements are not really my forte. I tried, but after the fourth soupy decal tore on the model plane I screamed obscenities and hurled it into a wall.
I drink that much Coffee, I learned the art of Decalage, you can do this, if you want to…..
so repeated, precise, small hand movements are not really my forte
I have the same problem, but I don’t give up. I still masturbate all the time. Fucking quitter.
I’ll Bake you Guys an Artsy Cake, you will Laugh, maybe in the next article……
Semi OT – when a thread gets big, a good way to navigate through new comments is to hit ‘Ctrl-F + 7:’ or ‘Ctrl+F + 7:2’ to scroll through the comments made in the last hour or last ten minutes, respectively (those in EST, MST, or PST remember to subtract or add hour(s) to even up with Central time).
An alternative is to install Eyepiece or Monocle and click the “Hide old threads” button.
Mmm… good point.
I just scroll real fast and look for my avatar, if it’s not a response to one of my comments I really don’t care about new comments.
The rest of us do not like to be reminded that we are simply figments of your imagination Hyperbole. You could at least pretend that we are real and won’t disappear when you shut your computer off.
THIS IS THE LATE NIGHT THREAD, OT IS REQUIRED….. THAT IS ALL………….
See the violence inherent to the system, well, not yet, but I’m sure it will be awesome.
Stick around, much death and Blood water, still have do do that experiment,
*Staples toupee on firmly*
Heading out into the storm. Gānight all.
Toupee my Ass!
/Cheers!
Toupee my Ass!
That’s gonna look weird, but go for it!
Hmmmm, oops?
If fake hair used for pretending you have a pubic bush is A Merkin, (SFW-NSFBH*) What is fake hair used for pretending you have a hairy ass? A Canuck?
*Safe For Work – Not Safe For Browsing History
Grilled dry aged strip steaks, leftover bbq beans and sautƩed carrots from he garden. Time to hit the patio with a boubon.
Nice! Just fried up some burgers in the pan. Nothing to go with them… Oh well.
Pan Burgers work well, Just Say’n
Wifey made matzo ball soup & egg sandwiches. Perfect after a shitty half week.
You have a (((wife)))?
Hah! No, but she (and I) like that (((deli))) style of food.
Didn’t eat dinner tonight, had Culver’s for lunch, so I’m still full.
Reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes, “How did they paint eyebrows on a pilot less than an inch high!”.
Seriously, tho, that looks great. Reminds me of the guys from my era who used to do model trains.
As a matter of fact, if I build a table over here and remove this door then I could have a track that ran around the basement. Hmmm…
… Hobbit
This still reminds me of the hours I spent building cars, planes and ships…
and then blowing them up.
We did that, until the tank blew up and glued itself to the Garage, while on fire, Good times hiding it from Mom,
/Good old Days
B-17, clothes line, lots of glue, matches, C02 cartridges.
We still seemed to have survived.
We once hung a P38 from the tree in my backyard. Then took turns with the BB gun. I have a vivid memory of shooting and my buddies heckling “you missed!”
I was sure I hit it, so I insisted on an inspection. As it turns out I took the pilot’s head clean off. A nice little FU as I handed the gun to the next guy!
Man, I am awestruck by your level of dedication and skill. Like, just reading the description of what you’re planning on doing made me want a drink.
OT:
I successfully smoked some pork tenderloins in my grill, and they turned out pretty damn good if I do say so myself. Nothing special, just coated them in olive oil, rolled them in some Steak Shake, smoked them around 250 for a couple of hours over apple. Came out medium rare, with a nice ring. In the future, I think it’s an either/or thing with apple and a very flavorful rub. I think next time I’ll skip the rub and do either apple or like a cherry, or keep the rub and do mesquite. I love hickory, but I kind of like it with beef more than pork.
Can I come over?
It’s a long drive. Maybe there should be a companion program to BIF. SIF? Smoke it forward? Wait, that might not work…
I use apple a lot. I like hickory but it seems to overwhelm the meat easier.
I have a rotisserie for one of my grills and it’s my favorite way to do pork tenderloin. Some veggies in the drip pan and go!
I use apple a lot.
I had a friend who smoked a lot and said that apple was the best. I recall going to a party at his house when he asked me to cut some more smoked turkey. I was caught by his wife eating one slice for each slice that I put on the tray.
… Hobbit
“I had a friend who smoked a lot” Sure You did…..
Veggies in the drip pan…interesting. I’ll try that next time.
Apple wood is pork’s best friend. Pork Chops and Apple Sauce!
Iāve gone from Apple to cherry. Both are superb paired with hickory.
Next time try smoke for the same amount of time at 225 and finish with a reverse sear.
So like 1/3 hickory 2/3 apple?
I need to get a good thermometer I can mount to the lid. From my beer brewing days I get OCD about checking the temperature, but right now I’m just cracking open the top vent and poking a digital thermometer in the top.
The reverse sear is a great idea. Now that I know I can do it without botching it, I want to move on to fattier cuts. Really, this is all part of a long plan to develop my own source of burnt ends and crispy fat.
https://www.thermoworks.com/
This goes back to my stance on recipes, if I try to figure out the temp of meat it always fucks things up, I’m better cooking by ‘feel’.
Watching some old Milton Friedman lectures on YouTube. What a man! Interesting also to listen to some of the issues of the day in the 70s… Socialized medicine came up more than once.
I love his Snark, it helps present his cause that much better IMO
His snark was made so much better by how stuffy he looked.
Totally. He would have fit in well with You People.
Me people? What is that supposed to mean? German descendants who fled in the late 1800s and claim Catholic heritage but look surprisingly jewish?
*drops gloves*
Beats the fuck out of me, I just wanted a fight!
/ScottishItalianGermanIrish mutt
By the by, Happy birthday.
Thank you, brother. It was a good day.
HappyBirthday! Agreed, Tundra! hope you had at least a pleasant day..
It was funny. My family wanted to do something and I said nope. It’s Tuesday. That’s all.
I got my hair cut, tried a new burger joint and had lunch by a lake.
The part about getting old that I love the most is not giving a fuck. It’s good.
Whatever you say old man. I’m just trying to barter for your daughter.
I’d be disappointed if you weren’t!
Glad we have an understanding.
How did you even end up in Minnesota?
Well Playa, when a man and a woman love eachother…
“Iām just trying to barter for your daughter.”
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDXYzUlv0S8
Yusef, I know you like geek gear as well. You need something like this.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/260119.aspx
I have one! I was thinking of doing a flyby Once it’s done,
Great minds!
You know who else had models of Omaha Beach?
The Atlantic Wall was a Poor Maginot Line, the Germans had 4 Years, and dropped the Ball at the worst time,
Superiority Complex?
I think that’s a bit unfair. The Maginot Line was a perfect example of preparing for the last war, not the next; the French didn’t understand the threat and the Blitzkrieg simply went around. The Germans, on the other hand, did understand the threat, but had thousands of miles of coast to protect. You must admit the defenses were formidable. The Allies did a great job convincing the Germans that the invasion was going to be elsewhere, and if IRC, had diverted an entire division of Panzers north. As to the 4 years, that’s not really accurate either, because for the first two or three, they were simply not worried about defense, and besides the Superiority Complex, there were other reasons not to be. Namely that they were still expanding, Britain was almost defeated, and the US took its sweet time becoming a major threat in the European theater, and even then was first a threat mostly to the Italians. I doubt I would have been planning defenses 4 years before D-day.
err, *The Allies did a great job convincing the Germans that the invasion was going to be elsewhere, and if IRC, THE GERMANS had diverted an entire division of Panzers north.*
+1 inflatable tank
and inflatable planes and transport ships and even inflatable soldiers.
Fucking Pedant! I know! My point still holds true, We got around it, build a model or something…….
Roughly two years according to wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wall
Yes, and its actually one of history’s major engineering accomplishments to build that amount of fortifications, covering that distance, in that short a period. I forget the exact numbers, but seem to recall that never before or after has so much concrete been poured in that amount of time.
When I visited in 1987 it looked like a moonscape covered in grass. When the offshore batteries scored a direct hit on the gun emplacements only piles of concrete rubble were left. I still don’t feel bad for those Nazi bastards.
87 was the year I graduated from high school. Two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, which may actually be when future historians will date the end of WWII. I’d like to see it. Wonder if it still looks like it did in 87.
As for “feel(ing) bad for those Nazi bastards”, well, they were just dumb kids fighting for what their elders told them was righteous. Are the US soldiers (average age 19) who fought in Vietnam personally responsible for the war crimes of the government that sent them to fight?
The people in those bunkers weren’t evil characters from Call of Duty; they were 17 and 18 year old kids doing what their society told them they should do: fight for their nation, countrymen, women, and children.
Mr. Lizard?
Just set up a bitchute.com account – will hopefully start uploading older reviews and junk there this week – but gonna be busy with reserve stuff for about the next 9 days.
URL please, I’m a Lurker..
Nothing on it yet, it’ll take me a few minutes work tomorrow night to start things. My youtube account is current though (click my name). May eventually be able to create alternate versions of some reviews – like Razorfist just reuploaded all his blocked DS9 commentary vids. Good stuff.
Now make it into a cake in 30 minutes using these 3 ingredients: roasted grasshoppers, dry aged beef and tortilla strips! /Food Network
Add some Caramelized Onions, and lose the Grasshoppers, We are Civilized here, good God Man……
/why I dislike Chopped
Looks like Austin Peterson didn’t make it this year. https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/missouri/
On the other hand, the Republican winner with <60% of the primary vote has more votes than McCaskill who picked up 81% of the votes in her primary. Good sign?
Very good sign.
8.1%? That would normally not be terrible, but you’d think now would be a good time to run as a “fuck you both” candidate š
Looks like Balderson is going to win. CNN busy spinning. Special elections are always weird. My guess is Balderson wins easily in November when the media isn’t so focused on Ohio. Democrats will probably stay home.
That is funny. When I checked a few hours ago, it looked like the GOP was going to get edged. Now I can look forward to more tears tomorrow morning.
What is extra funny about the way it went down was that when I checked the spread was .7% or something and there was squawking on both sides about a recount. I guess anything less than .5% is an automatic recount. When I was checking the GOP was demanding a recount anyhow and the Dems were saying no way, a rule is a rule. Now that it has flipped, I’m sure that both sides have also flipped their arguments. I love the hypocrisy.
Scoff all you want at the “spin” the mediaā¢ will put on it, but I live here, the fact that this was so close is not a good sign for team red. I hate ’em both so it’s no skin off my nose either way. Should have been a slam dunk for Balderson.
Balderson sounds like a Viking name. That is all I have to comment on.
I haven’t followed this race – what’s going-on? Is there something “wrong” with Balderson?
It’s about the ‘Blue Wave’ I think he’s the Rep, and projected to win, so teams are projecting that on the fall elections.
Not that I’m aware of, he’s a run of the mill Republican, hits all the GOP talking points – low taxes, pro-military, tough on crime, build the wall, loves God and guns. I think the bad news for R’s is the enthusiasm of the D’s, maybe the R’s mailed this in because they, like me, the thought it was going to be a walk in the park, but the D’s apparently had other ideas, and got out the voters. That had to be the reason it was so close because as I said earlier this district leans hard right and has for decades.
Thanks for the insight. I have sincere concerns about the Dem’s using illegal voting, particularly students.
The poll spread was basically a tie for several months now so him winning I donāt take as a bad sign for Republicans necessarily.
But the polls are all run by leftist and they distort things to fit their narrative, that’s why they all said Trump was dead it the water. You can’t trust poll. /Right wing radio guy
Nice work Yusef! Can’t wait to see the finished project!
they get the job done, of course, until the Germans open up on you
One summer had the pleasure of doing amphibious landings with the Brits. Everything is way too slow. The boats maneuver too slow. They beach too slow. Wading and slogging up sand is too slow. After that, I have no idea how anyone made it onto the beach on D-Day or off the sand without getting killed.
The sad strategic fact is they did it by sheer numbers, a horror show for a victory.
This^ It was insane,as I will show you, until next week……
That, and Robert Mitchum’s leadership.
Don’t forget John Wayne and Tom Hanks, heroes all.
Heh heh heh.
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/socialist-star-cortez-strikes-out-all-endorsed-candidates-lose-tuesday-primaries/
āAlexandria Ocasio-Cortezās primary record on Tuesday night for her chosen primary candidates was as bare as a Venezuela super market shelf.ā
So stocked with all of the fruits of the PEOPLE’S hard labor. It would have worked out if not for all those pesky wreckers and kulacks!
FFS she hasn’t won an election and she’s already doing “whirlwind tours”? WTF is it with progs constantly lectur– oh yeah, that’s what they do.
There’s arrogance and then there’s Socialist arrogance.
I’m out, Summer Time and the living is Hell, hope you enjoyed it, til Next time,
I know who Alex Jones is, that’s about it, so Why are all his feeds banning Him? This is what a Conspiracy looks like…..
Well, it’s a good play, as Alex Jones is the Gay Frogs conspiracy guy.
The most charitable explanation is that he is currently being sued by some parents of kids killed at Parkwood? for calling them “crisis actors” If the parents win he’s guilty of libel or slander and that is why the sites are booting him, they don’t want to be involved/liable for any of that. The worst case, i.e. tin foil hat crowd theory, is that he’s a test case for banning all conservatives even tho before this most conservative thought he was a nutjob as well, and you can follow about 56,231 just as crazy if not more so conservatives on those sites every day.
I’ve had this infection affecting my voice and my hearing (the two things you need in radio) going on over a week, and it’s really starting to bring me down. Hopefully I get over it soon.
Lead Singer, I get it, Sorry
He might be nut’s, But Alex Jones is Right here, please listen….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0yhtgdZYDI
I’m glad all my Stuff is Local, YT etc. Can Bite me
Yes, Alex Jones is nuts, and should not be taken seriously, and this is just going to help him build a case of conspiracy his fervent followers will buy hook line and sinker and won’t help anyone other than him.
OK, I’m in for the next installment. It’s the water effects that interest me the most – I’ve seen some amazing stuff people pulled off that I have no idea how in the hell.
“I have no idea where water comes from” spoken like someone who grew up in a communist country. (I kid, or did I)
I’ve lived most of my life on well water. /knows where water comes from
And my folks did the gentleman farmer thing /knows where the hamburger comes from
You don’t know where water comes from unless you have a sandpoint.
Static water level is 70′ at my place. Clay starts about 6-9″ down. Good luck hand driving! It should get easier at around 30′ when it transitions to sandy clay before becoming sandstone.
I’m working with EPS foam and Acrylics, no clay here…..
WTF?
Lame.
I guess he just doesn’t want to drill it very hard.
I’ll stick to a drilling service with powered equipment. Last time they air drilled it down to 165′, according to the well card.
I grew up with water from a well with a sandpoint. I remember changing the point a couple of times.
I’m experimenting with the Water,so far so good, I’ll let you know….
Where the ladies at? Tundra told me there were lots of hot chicks here.
Fuck you! Cold Ethyl,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFE9tkq4KM&list=RDz685bpKblCI&index=4
My dad loved Alice Cooper! /make you feel old
I’m not Old, I’m in my Prime,
/Come get some š
I Love the Dead,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNou0R7rCM0&list=RDz685bpKblCI&index=16
Ultimate Alice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2kBG5dcVtU&index=23&list=RDz685bpKblCI
I’m a Momma coming Bitch for You,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDj3shXvco
Something about the Charge of the Light Brigade of the 21st Lancers, Horses and Spears against Cannons, Jeez,
It’s a true Story….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4bgXH3sJ2Q
I think the reason I like Iron Maiden over other 80s metal is that the bass is present, so many others are just too high pitched for me.
Steve Harris will just kick you out of the way, He’s playing the Bass!
James Hetfield reluctantly nods in agreement.
I play Bass guitar,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUsFQbWZFs
For fans of the Brothers Chap and Nephilem.
I’m so pissed about this social media censorship I could spit. And I am weary of this idea that “the market will correct what’s going on here”. If we had a free market, yes, of course it would. But every tech brand anyone’s ever heard of – Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram – are in bed with the Democrats. Tech companies might be “private companies” (please, spare me), but the Democrats occupy house seats, senate seats, a shit-ton of unelected positions in DC, and they are unapologetically pro-censorship.
We don’t have a free market. Free market solutions don’t apply where the free market doesn’t exist.
This censorship of ideas, whether by private corporations with an effective monopoly or by the government itself, is the single most worrisome erosion of rights of my lifetime.
It’s a big effing deal.
We have little Maoist Red Guards conducting struggle sessions first in supposed institutions of higher learning and then in ordinary society, now we have wide swathes of society advocating for the very unamerican idea of stifling opposing opinions. Only a couple years ago the ACLU were free speech extremists, opposed to suppressing the vilest of speakers.
It’s as sad as seeing MLK’s dream of a colorblind society being burned upon the pile of identity politics and greivance mongering.
What GL said.
I’m not sure it is a monopoly HS. At least I don’t think it is one that can last. I think this goodthink agenda is becoming a marketing opportunity for upstart competitors.
FS Jr, there are ways to go after these companies that limit the reach of government and ways that would expand the reach. Iād suggest going after them for false or deceptive advertising, breach of TOS and forcing them to be either publishers or simply platforms. As of now, they get the protections of being a platform w/o the legal liabilities involved with being a publisher.
Awesome, Yusef. I love dioramas, and have exactly zero of the skills or temperament to do them.