Ich hab so Heimweh nach dem Kurfürstendamm

[carlos marighela]

Nice! I am holding to get mine out of storage soon so I can get back to my NVA project.

Yeah, the motor riflemen have been painted and based for ages, just been procrastinating on doing the vehicles. Ash was super kind and arranged for a chap in NZ to supply some extra stowage bins for the T-55s.

NVA paratroopers are finished, just need to get off my arse and finish their ride as well.

[CapnJim]

Effort and issues notwithstanding, that Chieftain looks pretty damned good.  Well done, boyo!

And a 1:1 Land Rover is what I want if I ever decide to get a "classic" car.  Nearly bought an surplus Australian Defender a few years ago.  The price was doable (Higher HQ was even amenable to it), butt getting it from Utah to Michigan might have been quite the trick...    


 

[commissarmoody]

 Nice, did you use the VDV to represent the 40th Willi Sänger?

[carlos marighela]

Nope. Converted a bunch of Copplestone baddies in berets along with a couple of Empress insurgents and a Eureka Soviet or two.

[commissarmoody]

Looking forward to seeing them.

[AKULA]

NVA paratroopers are finished, just need to get off my arse and finish their ride as well.

{cough} photos {cough}

 

[commissarmoody]

{cough} photos {cough}

 

[carlos marighela]

Alright then. Courtesy of my six year old iPhone.

[carlos marighela]

Group shot before departing.

[carlos marighela]

Meanwhile.. some rather shady characters could be seen lurking around SportScheck and assorted clothing stores along the Ku'damm, kitting themselves out in the latest in shell suits, tracksuits and assorted sporting kit.

[carlos marighela]

However, in the lead up to the balloon going up it wasn't all one way traffic. An observant eye may have caught a glimpse of some rather buff looking chaps, clad in civvies and toting bulky bits of luggage alighting from a commercial flight at Tegel.

Just days before, most had been pursuing their various civilian careers. Stowed in their luggage was some very exotic kit. Still, as the man at the departure desk said: 'Berlin is nice this time of year'.

[carlos marighela]

The more typical British resident population in Berlin could be seen carrying out training drills. Anti-armour training was popular for some reason.

[commissarmoody]

All looking very nice! Thank you for sharing. I am also impressed that your phone is still functioning after 6 years. 

[carlos marighela]

I have a 3 year old phone too but it isn't set up. Long story... full of grief and woe involving long gone office managers, lost passwords and the desire to avoid manually replicating hundreds of contact details, which, IT tells me, will be the only sure fire method of not losing them. Mostly it gets used as a phone, so hey.

[CapnJim]

A.  Nice-looking chaps, all those are.  Age of phone regradless.

B.  Ain't technology a wonderful thing?