Poochnboo Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 Me at the controls of an F-16. And that's me and my son about to take off in our Sonex. On 4/2/2018 at 11:30 PM, DetCord12B said: ISIS VBIED attack at an IP Station. Detcord, cut it out. That's ARMA3 and you know it! In all seriousness, though....I hope the whole team made it out of there without a scratch.
DetCord12B Posted May 8, 2018 Posted May 8, 2018 10 hours ago, Poochnboo said: Detcord, cut it out. That's ARMA3 and you know it! In all seriousness, though....I hope the whole team made it out of there without a scratch. Everyone was okay after that one and the ensuing firefight. The next attack not so much.
Danziger Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 1 hour ago, ITAF_Rani said: Today in my town.. It doesn't look anywhere near as glossy as the game 202.
ITAF_Rani Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 (edited) It is a mockup Edited May 27, 2018 by ITAF_Rani
CanadaOne Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 On 1/5/2018 at 12:28 PM, SFF_Vellu said: In Finland I have also same hobby but I think that your trees are bigger. Just saw your post. Nice work! Sometimes I wish it were just a hobby, but it's a job and pretty much the only one I know how to do.
THERION Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 (edited) Me - new haircut in my home office... Edited May 29, 2018 by EAF_T_Therion 1
NETSCAPE Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 On 5/26/2018 at 11:25 AM, ITAF_Rani said: Today in my town.. badass!!!
-332FG-Gordon200 Posted June 6, 2018 Posted June 6, 2018 It's time I showed my face I suppose. Feeling good at my birthday lunch a few weeks ago. Shows signs of use with high mileage at 70 years old but garaged in the winters and only two owners. Well, three if you count the US Army for 12 years. 1 2
Irgendjemand Posted June 22, 2018 Posted June 22, 2018 This is me. After not simming for half a year. 1 1
Uufflakke Posted July 1, 2018 Posted July 1, 2018 I finally got my first sixshooter. A Smith & Wesson 17-3 (.22 LR) 3 2
FlyingH Posted August 12, 2018 Posted August 12, 2018 Me, happy as a child in a candystore without restrictions , sitting in a FW 190A8 june 16 2008! 4 2
Lusekofte Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 8:29 PM, Uufflakke said: I finally got my first sixshooter. I always wanted a revolver while I did pistol shooting, but ended up with an Walter GSP cal 22 and 32. Restrictions of only one caliber and use made me have to choose. Also had a Steyr Competition airgun and a 9 mm Glock, witch I never fired myself. Sold it all due to shoulder problems On 8/12/2018 at 10:40 PM, FlyingH said: Me, happy as a child in a candystore without restrictions , sitting in a FW 190A8 june 16 2008! Is that a full size FW 190 , jeez how small it looks
FlyingH Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Yes, Lusekofte, that is a fullsize 190! Christer Bergström, the organiser of the "sitting" told us that the `pit of the 109 is even more cramped! The pilots must have been "size small" to fit in! Wouldn´t think you´d have room in there! Edited August 27, 2018 by FlyingH misspelling!
=AD=uumembwa Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 look around this thread... BoS players so old...
Legioneod Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 11 hours ago, Mr_Pickles said: look around this thread... BoS players so old... So.... How old are you might I ask?
=AD=uumembwa Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Legioneod said: So.... How old are you might I ask? I'am only 38 years old? Spoiler I on duty, in city hospital, with our old car(now it utilized?) in our new car
SCG_Tzigy Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 On 8/27/2018 at 12:29 PM, FlyingH said: Yes, Lusekofte, that is a fullsize 190! Christer Bergström, the organiser of the "sitting" told us that the `pit of the 109 is even more cramped! The pilots must have been "size small" to fit in! Wouldn´t think you´d have room in there! i am 6'3", 225#, was not as bad as I thought , granted t-shirt and shorts.. 2
Uufflakke Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 8:29 PM, Uufflakke said: I finally got my first sixshooter. A Smith & Wesson 17-3 (.22 LR) On 8/27/2018 at 10:17 PM, LuseKofte said: I always wanted a revolver while I did pistol shooting, but ended up with an Walter GSP cal 22 and 32. Restrictions of only one caliber and use made me have to choose. Also had a Steyr Competition airgun and a 9 mm Glock, witch I never fired myself. Sold it all due to shoulder problems Each country has its own rules and regulations. In the Netherlands it is like this: after a one year membership of a shooting club you are allowed to have your own gun but only .22 caliber. The next year you can buy another caliber if you like. With a maximum of 5 guns per person. So next year it will be a .357 or a 9 mm revolver. Perhaps another S&W or a Ruger. The only disadvantage is the price of ammo though. 1
Lusekofte Posted August 31, 2018 Posted August 31, 2018 Yes prices of ammo is high, but I enjoyed competition shooting so I really did spend only cal 22 in training and a few cal 32 . And a lot of air pellets. Really never got into the bigger guns, never fired my 9 mm Glock before I just sold it
Legioneod Posted August 31, 2018 Posted August 31, 2018 On 8/30/2018 at 1:51 PM, Uufflakke said: Each country has its own rules and regulations. In the Netherlands it is like this: after a one year membership of a shooting club you are allowed to have your own gun but only .22 caliber. The next year you can buy another caliber if you like. With a maximum of 5 guns per person. So next year it will be a .357 or a 9 mm revolver. Perhaps another S&W or a Ruger. The only disadvantage is the price of ammo though. I'd get a .357, you can shoot multiple calibers through it, unless you can only own the exact caliber for the firearm.
1CGS LukeFF Posted September 21, 2018 1CGS Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) Having a fun time with some others on my company's Emergency Response Team. Edited September 21, 2018 by LukeFF 2
Trooper117 Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 But where's your bloody sporan laddie???
[N.O.G.F]_Cathal_Brugha Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 It is a utility kilt, so it has cargo pockets. My sporran goes with the traditional style kilt.
Bremspropeller Posted September 26, 2018 Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) On 8/27/2018 at 10:17 PM, LuseKofte said: Is that a full size FW 190 , jeez how small it looks Yes, it is. There isn't any space to move your head sideways (which can be VERY claustrophobic if unused to it*), but other airplanes had similar restrictions (so does the Spitfire - Malcolm hood or not). On the 190, the fuselage tapers outwards a bit below the canopy rail, so your arms are quite comfortable at elbow level. I once sat in the 190 at Hannover Laatzen. * Kind of makes you glad the gas won't last much longer than 2h - even with external tanks. Edited September 26, 2018 by Bremspropeller
6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann Posted September 26, 2018 Posted September 26, 2018 13 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said: Yes, it is. There isn't any space to move your head sideways (which can be VERY claustrophobic if unused to it*), but other airplanes had similar restrictions (so does the Spitfire - Malcolm hood or not). On the 190, the fuselage tapers outwards a bit below the canopy rail, so your arms are quite comfortable at elbow level. I once sat in the 190 at Hannover Laatzen. * Kind of makes you glad the gas won't last much longer than 2h - even with external tanks. Yep, sat in the Laatzen one as well. The 190 has less Shoulder Room than the 109.
Lusekofte Posted September 26, 2018 Posted September 26, 2018 2 hours ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said: The 190 has less Shoulder Room than the 109. The old IL 2 and this do not give impression of that, I guess I all these years believed the 190 was a huge brute and it was not
=AD=uumembwa Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 4:19 AM, Cathal_Brugha said: Off to work... I'am interesting, how to work on truck in US, how much salary(min/avg)? If someone not resident how difficult to find such a job in US or Canada and get drive license(convert truck drive license from another country to US)?
[N.O.G.F]_Cathal_Brugha Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Mr_Pickles said: I'am interesting, how to work on truck in US, how much salary(min/avg)? If someone not resident how difficult to find such a job in US or Canada and get drive license(convert truck drive license from another country to US)? I have no idea about converting a license from another country to a US CDL (Commercial Drivers License). Average truck driver salary for a company driver is about $800 to $1500, usually payed as per mile driven, as 40 to 50 cents per mile. I am an Owner/Operator, meaning I own my truck and have to pay for all fuel, maintenance, insurance and registration,which takes about half of my gross pay, but I also get payed double or more than a company driver, who's truck the company takes care of and pays for.
richard23 Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Well here's me then.... The little guy in the second photo is a 1/12 resin bust, painted by me. He represents my main hobby as I'm not a hardcore "Gamer" but love the combat flight sim genre and other military sim stuff. So here's a question...... Being new to the forum, how does the combat flight sim/military sim genre fare when it comes to younger people being interested? I've been building scale models of one kind or another since I was a kid (I'm 57 now) but I find that virtually no youngsters are interested these days. I run a modelling forum and we have just one junior member, with everyone else being late 30's to pensioner range. We often comment on what will happen when we're gone and whether the hobby will die out. I have two adult sons who are Playstation or X-Box fanatics but it's all the "first person shooter" arcade stuff they like. To them, the idea of using skill, thought, tactics and strategy beyond grabbing the biggest blaster then running around killing everything in sight, is just boring. Is the whole flight/historical simulation gaming genre a preserve of us older folks or are there youngsters involved too? 2
BlitzPig_EL Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) richard23, The model railroading hobby is currently a dead man walking. We used to have two really good "hobby shops" in our area that were model railroad focused. Both went out of business as older hobbyists passed on and not enough younger people took their place. Console based games, and so called "free to play" massive online games are the 800 pound gorillas in the room of electronic gaming... hobbies as we used to know them are a dying thing, why? No expensive equipment needed, no practice needed, no reading about historical operating procedures needed. Just open a can of your favorite overly caffeinated "energy" drink and blow some stuff up. Sad but true. Edited October 24, 2018 by BlitzPig_EL 1 3
bzc3lk Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said: richard23, The model railroading hobby is currently a dead man walking. We used to have two really good "hobby shops" in our area that were model railroad focused. Both went out of business as older hobbyists passed on and not enough younger people took their place. Console based games, and so called "free to play" massive online games are the 800 pound gorillas in the room of electronic gaming... hobbies as we used to know them are a dying thing, why? No expensive equipment needed, no practice needed, no reading about historical operating procedures needed. Just open a can of your favorite overly caffeinated "energy" drink and blow some stuff up. Sad but true. While I agree about the younger generation not taking up the baton, I feel some of the older (myself) generation who wished/demanded that the industry increase the details and features of the latest models to unheard of levels has to take some responsibility for the decline in sales and interest. The price for locomotives and rolling stock has gone absolutely crazy as of late, with sales taking a major nose dive, evidence being the recent closure of factories in China. I was one of the lucky ones who procured a lot of my stock before the GFC, as many of those manufacturers now cease to exist or have cut their product line to the minimum. Everything is pre order limited run these days with hobby shops reluctant to stock expensive locomotives without a deposit being laid down by the customer. The customer in turn is reluctant to lay down the deposit without first viewing and running the expensive locomotive, so this becomes a vicious circle. I model the Union Pacific 1950-58 Wyoming Division which requires broad curves and a big dedicated train room which is another added expense certainly out of reach of the average person with a mortgage and young family these days especially in Australia where you have to take out a second loan just to pay for the power to run your railway empire. I agree, the hobby is on life support at the moment. Edited October 25, 2018 by bzc3lk
=FEW=Hauggy Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Well my pictures were deleted so here's another one with some German reenactors a few years ago. 2
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