Greetings all

JCFalkenbergIII · #1 (**permalink**) January 24th, 2008, 11:58 PM

Hi everyone. Just wanted to post my intro here. I thought I would check this site out. I hope to be able to make some new friends and get in on the discussions. Its nice to see at least one name I reconized LOL. Just alittle about myself. I am a Civil War reenactor and an avid target shooter and weapons collecter. I have been studying military history since My parents bought me a book on WWI when I was 9. My particular interests are military history of the 30s,40s,and 50s.And I especially like studying about the smaller and minor countries. I also like to wargame using miniatures. I use 1/600th for air and ground combat and also for naval coastal combat. I used 1/285th-1/300th/6mm for ground combat. And 1/4800th scale for WWI/WWII naval battles. Thats pretty mush it so far

. I look forward to chatting with you all soon. Robert

Fallschirmjaeger · #2 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 12:02 AM

Hi nice to meet you. You collect war miniatures? That's cool. Takes a lot of patience to paint them.

JCFalkenbergIII · #3 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 12:07 AM

Thanks Fallschirmjaeger . I don't know why I went in for the more tiny scales LOL.

PzJgr · #4 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 12:08 AM

Welcome aboard Robert. I look forward to reading more about your interests especially your wargaming with miniatures. Happy posting.

JCFalkenbergIII · #5 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by PzJgr

Welcome aboard Robert. I look forward to reading more about your interests especially your wargaming with miniatures. Happy posting.

Thanks

. A nice welcome so far. And its nice to see a forum where the Mods aren't just invisible beings who can act without rhyme nor reason but are actual members too.

bigfun · #6 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 01:23 AM

Hey Robert!
Welcome, look forward to sharing some posts with you!!

JCFalkenbergIII · #7 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 01:28 AM

Thanks Bigfun. I look foward to it too. LOL. I think I really like the way you can customize your profile and other things here. Makes the other types of forums quite boring

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Slipdigit · #8 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by JCFalkenbergIII

Thanks

. A nice welcome so far. And its nice to see a forum where the Mods aren't just invisible beings who can act without rhyme nor reason but are actual members too.

Howdy JC,

I've never learned to rhyme and you can't reason with me.

It is good to see you here. If you know Terry, then that is a good thing. Hope we can learn from each other.

JCFalkenbergIII · #9 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008, 01:59 AM

Hi yas! I just wonder how long it will take to reconize who I am LOL.

Robert

JCFalkenbergIII · #10 (**permalink**) January 26th, 2008, 07:36 PM

Well so far I am really enjoying it here. Thanks to all who have said hi so far LOL

. Im seeing a few others that I have reconized from THC here too. And I have my first medal!!! WHOOOOOO HOOOOO!!! LOL

. Robert

C.Evans · #11 (**permalink**) January 26th, 2008, 10:15 PM

Hi Robert, welcome to the site and glad your enjoying mixing it up with all of the Rodents - er-I mean--Rogues here ;-))

JCFalkenbergIII · #12 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2008, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by C.Evans

Hi Robert, welcome to the site and glad your enjoying mixing it up with all of the Rodents - er-I mean--Rogues here ;-))

Hello C.Evans. Thanks. I will sure keep trying LOL. Still trying to figure out my way around here. Robert

Skipper · #13 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2008, 07:21 AM

Welcome on the forum. I have colection of napoleonic figurines myself. I also have a few WWII ones.

JCFalkenbergIII · #14 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2008, 04:28 PM

Thanks Skipper67. Sometimes I think I have way too many hobbies LOL. Robert

Skipper · #15 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Same thing here. I collect Militaria, WWII pics, stamps, coins , figurines... I just can' t help it.

JCFalkenbergIII · #16 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2008, 05:56 PM

I seriously had too many LOL. BUt I think I have it down to a reasonable level LOL. Just a dozen or so collections LOL

Erich · #17 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2008, 07:25 PM

I'd be interested if you could possibly take some pics of your interests....war gaming mini's, i had some back in the 60's but they fell to the side of the garage and were destroyed by my younger brother while off to life elsewhere, I came back to find he had leveled the side of the yard in a gas/fire holocaust which nearly took the side of our house down

JCFalkenbergIII · #18 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Erich

I'd be interested if you could possibly take some pics of your interests....war gaming mini's, i had some back in the 60's but they fell to the side of the garage and were destroyed by my younger brother while off to life elsewhere, I came back to find he had leveled the side of the yard in a gas/fire holocaust which nearly took the side of our house down

Wow Erich. Sorry to hear that

. I lost my 30 year collection of minis and wargaming supplies when I had a break up with an ex. She sold them all!! Now I have been starting all over again. I had probably over 5000 dollars worth of just minis at the time. Luckliy I was able to save all the rule sets.LOL. That is one of the reasons that Im staying with just a few scales right now. I have started to collect some 1/444th scale vehicles and aircraft and I have some of the minis from the Axis & Allies game also. Robert

Skipper · #19 (**permalink**) January 28th, 2008, 02:35 PM

That sounds really impressive. Let me guess: your ex sold your old collection for almost nothing just to annoy you!