Going to try my first picture post...

[catnhatnh]

...you should see here a photo of a Vietnam memorial I worked on in the 80's which is a larger than life bronze in upstate NY. It was cast by the old "parrafin perdue" method in Bridgeport Ct.I worked on a lot of this with about 5 other wax workers but the M-16 and strap were my own, working from an armory weapon and then forming a positive scaled for the figures which are approximately 8' tall....



If I hosed this up you can visit the memorial site at

http://Vietnam.smoke-eater.org

I hope...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. it worked

it's beautiful.

[NYC]

2. Well done.

The picture and the statue.

[lligrd]

3. What A Great Memorial

Great Job.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Nice job...

Very Nice job.
You should be proud.

[Nutmegger]

5. I'm sending this sucker to the greatest!

:thumbsup:

[fooj]

6. You've got it going on...

Beautiful work!

[catnhatnh]

7. Thanks to all...

..I was proud to have worked on it.I thought if I could pull it off it would be a good one for my first photo embedding project and I am glad it worked-however I am AMAZED how fast you put this puppy on the greatest page at this hour of the morning.Thanks, and I cant wait to see the comments in the real am...Regards,Cat.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. K&R and feel free to copy and use ANY graphics I ever post, catnhatnh...

as an old Nam' Vet, I want to thank you for the way you use your talents

[Eurobabe]

9. Wow, I went to HS in Troy NY, nice work!

I left when I was 18 though, haven't been back for years.

[Callalily]

10. What an honor

it must have been to use your talents on the Rensselaer County Vietnam Veterans' Memorial. And five years of fund raising? All should be proud who worked on this project.

:patriot:

[democrank]

11. So glad you posted this.

Nice job.

[DemReadingDU]

12. Thank you for sharing, very nice memorial

k&r

[Alamom]

13. Beautifully done.

Thank you for posting.

Congrats on "posting a pic", perfectly. :)

[myrna minx]

14. Very powerful work. K&R.

[knitter4democracy]

15. That's an amazingly powerful piece.

I remember standing next to it, weeping at the horror of it all, and I was born at the end of the Vietnam war. Here I was, someone who'd never been through it, crying at the loss of life and fear the survivors felt just trying to get home in one piece. It's that strong.

[catnhatnh]

16. Again Thanks to all...

...for taking my late night photo embedding test and making it my most recommended thread ever...Go figure...

[Kurovski]

17. It is excellent.K&R.(nt)

[Straight Shooter]

18. Excellent. Faces and hands are the hardest to sculpt.

You have done very well, you and the five others. Impressive. :thumbsup:

(I hope you're still sculpting.)

[Rex]

19. Oh wow.

Very moving.

[Uncle Joe]

20. I believe you have captured the humanity of an inhumane situation,

most powerful.

Thanks for the post catnhatnh

Kicked and recommended

[pacalo]

21. That's an outstanding piece of work. You must be proud to have worked on it. :)

[chloesmom]

22. Thank you for your work

I have lived near Troy for many years and I did not know anything about this memorial till now, other than it was about the war in VietNam. Thank you for sharing this photo with DU. I will think about you the next time I see the statue, as well as about the casualties in VietNam, and how similar the war in Iraq is to that horrible conflict.