TOADMAN'S TANK PICTURES

ABOUT ME(updated 6DEC09)

I'm Chris "toadman" Hughes. I've been building models off and on for the past 30 years or so. I've also been taking pictures of military vehicles periodically for about the past 20 years.

I spent 8 years in the US Army Reserve as a UH-1H helicopter mechanic and as single channel radio operator(RATT section). I'm married with two children and currently work as a residential real estate appraiser.

My photos have appeared in the following books and magazines:

M4 Sherman At War by Michael Green & James D. Brown

Armor PhotoGallery #16, M4A2 Sherman Part 2 by Wojciech J. Gawrych

Armor PhotoGallery #20, British Cruiser Tank A34 by Dick Taylor and Chris Hughes

Lioness & Lion of the Line Vol.1 by Dr. Robert Manasherob

Squadron Walk Around #5706 M26 Pershing by David Doyle

Squadron Walk Around #5714 M24 Chaffee by David Doyle

Squadron Walk Around #5717 M7 Priest by David Doyle

Tankograd Technical Manual Series #6007, U.S. WW II 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriages M7 & M7B1 Priest, edited by Michael Franz

Tankograd Technical Manual Series #6016, U.S. WW II 105mm Howitzers M2A1 & M3, edited by Michael Franz

Allied-Axis #23, "SPA/Fiat TM40 Prime Mover" by David Doyle

AFV Modeller #21, "Xtreme Detail: The Israeli M50 Sherman"

AFV Modeller #31, "Xtreme Detail: A34 Comet"

AFV Modeller #49, "Xtreme Detail: SdKfz 222"

My favorite modeling subjects are Shermans, especially post-World War II foreign aid exports along with US armor used by foreign nations after WW II. I'm also currently building quite a bit of 1/48 armor kits.

The majority of my early digital pictures were taken with a Sony Mavica. Now, the vast majority of my pictures are shot with a 6.1 megapixel Nikon D70 digital SLR.

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