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[JamesOLeary]

Hello All,

My name is James O'Leary and I just registered as a member of this site. A friend of mine who is a member here, Shawn Gehling, turned me on to this site. Thanks, Shawn.

I am primarily a figure and figure diorama modeler with most of my work being of Vietnam subject matter. I am looking forward to being a part of the "Charlie Don't Surf" Group Build.

I've been modeling off and on for the past 35 years or so. I started out helping my Dad put together train layouts where I would play with my cars and tanks when I was about 5. It progressed to playing wargames with Roco Minitanks and then into building some Tamiya tanks and figures from various manufacturers. I have mainly modeled Vietnam or Modern subjects. I mostly concentrate on figures because I'm not too good at making tanks and APCs look real. Hopefully through some of the conversations on this site, I will learn some techniques to make my vehicles look better.

I've been in the military for 22 years and am going for 30. I started my career as a Recon Marine (1988 - 1996) and then have been Infantry and Armor in the Army since 1996. I feel that the things I have experienced in the miltary have helped me convey certain details and nuances in my figures to make them seem more realistic in their poses and the arrangement of the equipment. I've served down south and have deployed to Iraq twice. Perhaps one of these days I will do some figures or some dioramas of OIF subjects.

I look forward to be being a contributing member of this site and hope to learn alot.
Sincerely,
James O'Leary

 

[jknaus]

Welcome James to the best site around. Good first name :laugh:
I look forward to seeing your figures as I am getting back into painting them, and having to learn all over again.

James

 

[MrT]

James welcome to the T-N-T gang. Glad to here you want to jump into a GB. I think that is great; so go on and sign up and I'll add you to the list.

Terry B)

 

[AndyFettes]

Hi James

Welcome to the site mate and another figure person to join the gang

 

[JamesOLeary]

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone.

Mr T, as soon as I get back to the computer where I have my photos saved I will insert the photos with the newpaper and unbuilt kits for the Charlie Don't Surf build. I have several different single figure projects and diormas that I want to work on this year as I have been out of the loop for about 5 or 6 years due to deployments and an increased OPTEMPO. Now I am starting to have time to work on my figures and stuff. Do I sign them up as separate entries?

Thanks.
James

 

[panzerace007]

JAMES,

Welcome ! Come on in th House & make your self at Home ! I joined almost 2 months ago & I can tell ya ... These Girls/Guys have made it a very Warm & Friendly place. Free with Humor & Advice !!

We'll get you building Realistic Armor in No Time ! Especially with your experience in the Military you have an Eye for Realistic Weathering ... We just need to Tap that Root ! We are ALL here to help No Matter what Level you build at or How Accurate You wanna make it. Remember - It's Really up to you How accurate you wanna make your Armor !

I look forward to seeing your Figures ! I mainly build WW II German Armor, Dios & Figures. I'm Drawn to th Americans during th Vietnam Era, SO I'll check your stuff out with Keen Interest & may Talk your Ear off on Techniques & th Vietnam Uniforms etc !


Talk to Ya' Soon, :drink

ERIK

 

[Jenny Croft]

G'day James ,

I am glad you joined us , we are always glad to have another serving member of the armed forces with us .

Well I hope you will get into one or more of the group builds with us as they are great fun.

Looking forward to seeing some of your builds.

Jenny :kiss:

 

[shawngehling]

James,
Welcome aboard, Sorry I missed your sign up, yup I've been busy,
No excuse though for not checking in at TnT...
Another member corrupted (I mean added to the site) hmy: :huh:
James, once you get the hang of this place and how to add stuff
(there are some great step by step how to's and everything). You will
be off and running.
I can't wait to see your figure for the "Charlie don't surf" group
build (just like everyone else) only thing is, I know what your
older figures look like so I won't have to pick my jaw up off the
floor... :evil: :evil: :evil:
Glad you finally had the time to come on over and join up.
Talk with you later.
Shawn

 

[Dragunov]

Hi James welcome at T&T!! A friend of Shawn is a friend of T&T :laugh:

looking forward to see some of your work and remember have fun!!

Cheers from Holland

erik

 

[moon puppy]

Looks like Shawn is the self appointed goodwill ambassador and recruiter for Tanks and Things. Can't think of a better person for the job.

Welcome aboard James. I see you've found your way to our Gallery also, good job and Welcome!

 

[shawngehling]

moon puppy wrote:

Looks like Shawn is the self appointed goodwill ambassador and recruiter for Tanks and Things. Can't think of a better person for the job.

Welcome aboard James. I see you've found your way to our Gallery also, good job and Welcome!

MP are you calling me the town crier or what??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Hey I know a good thing when I see it and just want to share the wealth.
Shawn

 

[JamesOLeary]

I'd like to thank everyone for such a warm reception.

This is my new favorite site. It's a great one stop shop for the exchanging of ideas and techniques, seeing what is new on the market, and just a plain good time.

Shawn had told me about this site a while ago, but I was trying to get back into modeling and wasn't on the computer much. I'm glad I finally got off my butt to see what the site was about.

James