hasa 1/72 Apache

[T. van Vuuren]

Hoed-nam you say.....sounds way to much like AFB Hoedspruit. During basics I was nearly posted there.....dodged that bullet by the skin of my teeth and went on to become a Loady at AFB Swkps instead


Theuns

 

[Snowman]

I was nearly sent to "Bloem", 1 Infantry Battalion - "Cannon Fodder".:eek:


You would have loved the weather in "Hoed'Nam"....."Hot as Hell"!! Its a good excuse for "biere vir die spiere"!


Maybe that's why we had the highest alcohol comsumption in the SAAF????:rolleyes:

 

[T. van Vuuren]

The SAAF always had the best pubs of any base


I grew up in Phalaborwa so I know what hot is....high 30's to low 40's nothing special...I am a bosveld oke by heart, now I reside in JHB


I recall walking home fro m school one day and when I looked back I could see my footprints in the soft tar, is was so hot the outside pool was as hot as a bath....ah good times

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Does this look farmiliar??


http://www.kwikweb.co.za/mvo/photos/RMVO%20-%20KORPORAAL%20EN%20REKRUTE.jpg%20WEB.JPG


http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a43hNpHx1r7zwbxo1_1280.jpg


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/94/7e/b3/947eb3430e4aa2dbbb56fe6dbe9c46c2.jpg


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d0/4f/44/d04f4425c2853146de8bc8ada0afe0c4.jpg


Cant believe it has been 26 years since I did basics....


Best part of my life I NEVER want to do over LOL

 

[Snowman]

Cant believe it has been 26 years since I did basics....

28yrs for me......


Remember the comedian Joe Parker...... "They patrol the camps at night, in fast Jeeps! They are known as 'Korporaal'!!":rolleyes:


To mention one of his many hilarious military skits.... :D


We have moved on and are in our own respective "big smokes", up and onwards!!


Keep up the good work on your build!


Cheers!


Gavin

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Just looked at a PTI badge now, the crossed sabre swards above the corpral stripes...still get shivers when I see the "pik stel"


I actually did another 6 years PF after that , so I could not have been "messed up" to badly.


T

 

[T. van Vuuren]

How does a "Saffer" fit in up north, you okes almost never see the sun LOL


As they say in the UK "I remember last summer.....it was a wensday" (hat, coat, door ...exit fast!)


Theuns