StealthyMarksman Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Well we took a day trip to Military Odyssey on Sunday and the first thing that struck us was how empty the show was to previous years. In particular, many displays were extremely spread out and this only degraded the quality of the display. On the (long) walk to the arena was a Civil War re-enactment group who had the whole field to themselves and not enough of their excellent display to fill it. Military vehicle numbers were also down and this contributed to a large number of spaces, and it was possibly due to this that the number of stalls had dropped, and there were few, if any, selling MV spares. However, the quality of the battles was, in general, excellent and the use of aircraft added to this effect. The running commentary was also helpful in understanding what was going on. One thing I can't understand is, how does a German force, that outnumbered the Allied Force 3:1, with tanks, anti tank guns, heavy machine gun emplacements and armoured cars, lose to a small mechanised force of jeeps and GMCs :dunno: On to the pictures :-D Harry Thanks for looking ;-) Edited June 3, 2008 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) And some more... WW2 Battle this time Edited June 3, 2008 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Last ones for now... WW1 Aircraft Sorry they are a bit pixelated, unfortunatley I can't put them full size onto the forum :-( Edited June 3, 2008 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Most of this year concentrated on the Great War. about time they had alook in. Monday was busy. you know what they say 'Saturday for Tesco, sunday for the show'. There was some nice Axis kit there. MOD EDIT.. Title changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Nice pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightweight Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 (edited) Nice weather! First show this year where I haven't got my feet wet. Saw TTM and Grasshopper - nice to see you again chaps. Forgot my new (and so far unworn) HMVF shirt though! Couldn't get an invite for the Lighty so drove my mates Series 1 Landy up. Some more photy's Edited June 3, 2008 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Most of this year concentrated on the Great War. about time they had alook in. Monday was busy. you know what they say 'Saturday for Tesco, sunday for the show'. There was some nice Axis kit there. MOD EDIT.. Title changed Oops, sorry for that it was Sunday we went :roll: And Cheers Joris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracenstump Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 H,we went monday and thought the same how empty it was,was impressed with the ww1 battle nice to have somme authentic aircraft in the senerio,great pics with that camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 (edited) H,we went monday and thought the same how empty it was,was impressed with the ww1 battle nice to have somme authentic aircraft in the senerio,great pics with that camera! Didn't you see your Brother in the pictures :roll: Edited June 3, 2008 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 H,we went monday and thought the same how empty it was,was impressed with the ww1 battle nice to have somme authentic aircraft in the senerio,great pics with that camera! Thank you for the comments. The WW1 battle was great fun. Even had a Bergman MP18 in it, and yes I know a year to early but, boy's and their toys. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Great Pic's, cheers. Your comments have born out those of a mate of mine who always 'battles', at this event;.............numbers and 'battles' down on previous years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracenstump Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 (edited) Didn't you see your Brother in the pictures :roll: yeah but didn't want to make his head bigger :whistle: Edited June 3, 2008 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Harry - good snaps. Watch it!!!! Tony B - I was there Saturday with James...we had a good walk round and I wished I'd seen your MP18....maybe another time. WW1 stuff was great. Got great pics of German Germans wearing Pickelhaubes and blue striped bathing suits and there was a wonderful RFC display with two actor chappies doing a recce flight over the Arras front in 1917. Pure magic - light hearted but making a serious point. It was, dare I say it, educational. James and I don't watch the battles. Can't be ar5ed. I was asked to stop snapping some SOSKAN blokes - it was suggested to me that this was due to the Sweeney effect. Hmmm. Met Karl Joynes and his Pinky mob, Clive Stevens and Phil Benham from Bolero, Cara and Mick from 514 and Nick Halling was strolling around doing his thing. Didn't see Zoomer Phil or Stu Gould, but found the Rolling Thunderers and even Colin Tebb from Essex MVT. Shame you weren't there Saturday Harry, James would have loved to have met up with you. We managed to spend....£9 in the market. Mess tins, 58 pattern compass case, and a skrim net. Happy days. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Harry - good snaps. Watch it!!!! Tony B - I was there Saturday with James...we had a good walk round and I wished I'd seen your MP18....maybe another time. WW1 stuff was great. Got great pics of German Germans wearing Pickelhaubes and blue striped bathing suits and there was a wonderful RFC display with two actor chappies doing a recce flight over the Arras front in 1917. Pure magic - light hearted but making a serious point. It was, dare I say it, educational. James and I don't watch the battles. Can't be ar5ed. I was asked to stop snapping some SOSKAN blokes - it was suggested to me that this was due to the Sweeney effect. Hmmm. Met Karl Joynes and his Pinky mob, Clive Stevens and Phil Benham from Bolero, Cara and Mick from 514 and Nick Halling was strolling around doing his thing. Didn't see Zoomer Phil or Stu Gould, but found the Rolling Thunderers and even Colin Tebb from Essex MVT. Shame you weren't there Saturday Harry, James would have loved to have met up with you. We managed to spend....£9 in the market. Mess tins, 58 pattern compass case, and a skrim net. Happy days. Mark Cheers Snapper! The battles (especially the WW1 one) were excellent, you should have watched even if just for the aircraft ;-) Its a shame we couldn't meet up, it has been ages since I saw James last. Oh well, some time soon :-) Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Hey Mark, I'll pass on the praise to the Essex lot. You want to see the skit when the beers been flowing, that was th clean version. Worked though. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 No worries. I gave one of the "ground crew" my business card (no kidding, I have one) so they could get in touch with me to send them the snaps I took. Which hopefully means I'll see your MP18 at some point. Just finished reading Martin Middlebrook's old gem The Kaiser's Battle, I'd like to see someone representing that earlier era of Stormtruppen. Much less controversy. I know one of your blokes in passing - Barry, the Machine Gun Corps bloke. Hopefully see you to do some proper snaps one of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Cheers Snapper! The battles (especially the WW1 one) were excellent, you should have watched even if just for the aircraft ;-) Its a shame we couldn't meet up, it has been ages since I saw James last. Oh well, some time soon :-) Harry Yep - he was disappointed not to see you. We'll miss Chelmsford thanks to my work. But, there are always plenty of other opportunities. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Mark, any chance of copies of the Germans in bathing suits? I can then get them pssed onto the guys. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 definitely. PM me with an address and I'll send you a disk of all my WW1 related pix from Odyssey. You can skim off what you like for the German chappies. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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