My grandfather was a British Army tank driver in the war, he started as a Universal Carrier driver, had a brief spell driving a Grant before becomming a Sherman driver. He loved that firefly. I used to listen to his stories all the time and got facinated by the day to day operations of tanks.
Through my school life I used to live not far from Bovington Tank museum and visited all the time.
Going through college right now collecting grades, started doing 3D stuff as a hobby (Here's a tiger I made) and once I finish college in a coupla years I'd like to join the Royal Armoured Corps and drive a Challenger 2. Daskal I know what you mean by people thinking it's a weird hobby. My bedroom is full of tank models and unopened kits. My friends all know I'm obsessed with tanks and think it's kinda weird, so I don't get to talk them very often. It's ok though, I'm happy to keep my hobbies to myself
EDIT= AK47, if you ever get the chance to visit England, go to the bovington tank museum between Pool and Weymouth. They recently finished restoring a captured Tiger tank to running condition. The only running Tiger tank left in the world. It's fantastic!!
[ October 08, 2005, 03:02 AM: Message edited by: killakanz ]