Love it!
I have seen many in my younger days, sold off to Construction Companies. Looks brand new, ready to ship to the Marine or Army base of choice, “C’mon guys lets get those markings on, and on the rail car with it!” Oh! Couldn’t help but notice in the early pics, Are you sure you got enough Bullyets?
Thanks TB. I like how it is turning out.
Good!
You should be. You have done stunning work so far!
Dunno, cal…30 cans are around US$12-15 each; the cal…50 are $15-20 (“fat fifties” are pretty much $25). The various 20, 30, & 40mm ammo boxes are all over the place for prices.
Dang those bulged tires are the bomb, they capture the overloaded look so well.
LOL! How much did soldiers pay for ammo cans in Vietnam?
(Said in jest, as I realize how much empty ammo cans go for now.)
She’s coming along nicely! Great to have her all together and ready for decaling when you get back.
Thanks Gamera. Back from a great visit. Hope to get onto the decals this week.
I got all the decals on it this week, finished final assembly, and added a bit of gear to it. The decals are a mix of kit decals and from the Star Decal sheet for Easy Rider. Most are from Star, with only the instrument panel and cab placards from the kit decals. I also added some placard decals on the quad mount parts and added ammo can decals on all that have exposed sides that would be marked.
Here it is so far.
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Some close ups of the bed and inside the cab.
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And the quad .50 mount.
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Next up is to weather it and call it done.
Outstanding model! Can’t wait to see some red dust on it.
Have you ever modeled an M211?
Bill
Thanks Bill. I really like how it is coming out.
As to the M211, I have not tried one. It would be a lot of work though as you would have to scratch the whole cab, fenders, hood, banjo axles, etc., etc., etc. since there is no kit of one.
Looking awesome Gino!
Hello Gino!
Your truck is looking very good. OD with white stars is one of my favourite schemes!
One thing that bothers me a little (sorry, I just noticed it now) is that you have the gunners platform behind your quad - that’s the banana shaped platform that only supposed to be there on half-tracks but Dragon (and Dynamo, and all PE manufacturers) keep pushing it in their instructions…
Thanks for sharing and have a nice day
Paweł
Thanks gents. I like how it is coming out.
Pawel, that is an easy fix. I’ll remove it tonight. Thanks.
No weathering on it yet, but I did make a correction. As it was pointed out above, the platform at the rear of the quad mount was only used on the M16 Halftrack version, not on the Vietnam version.
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I have since removed it.
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Simply outstanding work and great dedication for scale modeling.
Thanks DRUMS01. I like how it is coming along.
Looking cool!
S.H.
Wonderful work! “Tail Gating Not Allowed!” [:D]
Gary
Thanks Gary,
Maybe more like, “Tailgating Not Recommended!”
Looks great Gino!
I need one to take care of all these crows that keep flying around…