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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: cheng on August 22, 2011, 03:30:36

Title: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: cheng on August 22, 2011, 03:30:36
here you go WoT!
(followed by 2 english gentlemen)  ;D
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: Wolf Knight on August 22, 2011, 08:16:36
 :lol: :lol: :lol: sweet!!!
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: PrimusPilus on August 22, 2011, 10:49:22
Looks very good, cheong!
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: WarriorOfToys on August 22, 2011, 13:27:54
OH Canada..... ;D
Looking good Cheng! Very nice customs, all! :wow:
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: playmofire on August 22, 2011, 15:15:34
Very good, cheng.   :wave:
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: Wesley Myers on August 22, 2011, 18:47:38
Canadians first started wearing berets in '37 in armoured regiments (when they adopted the black beret of the Royal Armoured Corps). 

From '39 to '45 a khaki beret was used by infantry.  Parachute troops wore maroon, the same with all British forces. 

After '45 a series of coloured berets were adopted, with infantry regiments wearing scarlet, rifle regiments wearing dark (rifle) green, the armoured corps wearing black, and other arms and services wearing midnight blue berets, with a large coloured "flash" in corps colours.
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: cheng on August 23, 2011, 00:29:38
oh thanks for the info WM!
so my black beret isnt too far off (altho I wasnt thinking of any specific units except day dreaming of how nice if I had a Bren Carrier for them to ride in...without a Bren of course  ;D)
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: Playmoholics on August 23, 2011, 01:25:33
Very good customs, as always  :clap:
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: playmogal on August 26, 2011, 10:46:38
Cheng,
Like the gas can and beret! A larger hat would do more for the bugs (a bigger problem in Canadian summers) and sun, but the beret looks pretty cool.

If a Canadian had to choose one of the two, I bet it would be the gas can. Having driven down solo from Alaska through western Canada to the US twice in 1975 and 1983 going to grad school, the gas can would have made a big difference because there are few gas stations on remote highways there. Supplying and finding adequate fuel is a major problem up North. And there are few people on those highways. The Alcan Highway was finally paved completely by 1983 I think. Northwest Canada is quite beautiful and empty...like Alaska.

Have you ever visited North America? Sorry it is so far from Malaysia. Cheers, Pgal :wave:
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: cheng on August 26, 2011, 11:05:11
no chance till today  :'(
only twice to west coast  :P
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: playmogal on August 26, 2011, 17:43:55
Cheng,
That is so cool! Glad you made it to the US! Sorry you did not see many PM in the store here.
Can't say I have been to Malaysia....closest I have been is Thailand.
But my son enjoyed Tioman and KL when he was studying abroad in Singapore.
is it easy to buy PM in KL? Where do your DS items come from?
You may be better off in Malaysia this weekend... as we gotta hurricane bearing down on us. Similar to the cyclones in Asia.
Keep building your shirtless men....PLEASE! Pgal :wave:
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: BlackPearl2006 on August 26, 2011, 18:33:55
very nice!


Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: cheng on August 27, 2011, 00:34:18
thanks BP2006!

..is it easy to buy PM in KL? Where do your DS items come from?
..Keep building your shirtless men....PLEASE! Pgal :wave:

the old PM in KL are leftovers from a french baby products chain which stopped bringing them in for maybe 5 years now...like in australia, PM is just too expensive and the biggest factor is that kids here are more attracted to the internet than playing with PM or with their parents (who are busy working and saving for their children's studies  :P

I buy from the German DS (I managed to buy a few times from the US DS but almost half the parts are not available)  ;D
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: WarriorOfToys on August 27, 2011, 01:18:09
... (I managed to buy a few times from the US DS but almost half the parts are not available)  ;D

Annoying isn't it. ;)
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: playmogal on August 27, 2011, 13:11:52
cheng: Sorry PM is so rare and expensive in Asia. And we think we have it rough here in the US. You do an amazing job under those conditions, Pgal!
Title: Re: a Canadian in the desert
Post by: cachalote on August 27, 2011, 16:52:08
a perfect custom cheng.  :love:
 8} ... for a moment i thought about running to watch the news imagining canada had invaded lybia.
 :) but then i remembered they were also a part of the allies that fought in the 39-45 war.