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Pawel, your model is absolutely beautiful! Your attention to detail and your abilities to reproduce it are outstanding.
I'm glad to have been able to contribute to your project, and hope you will share the E1 version here when you build it.
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Absolutely splendid!
A tidbit regarding weapons - in the Army version, the driver often had an M79 grenade launcher. It fit in the gun rack between the front seats, and is seen in many period Vietnam photos on or hanging from his open hatch cover.
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The intricate detail, and your application of that, is very truly impressive. I love all the little gems, like the canteen labels.
Splendid work!
Sorry for the late reply, I missed the post on the 16th. ;)
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WillWagner covered the essentials well above.
I will add that, in my personal opinion based on driving my M109A3 and M185A3 for many years, stick with the duals on the back.
The trucks are "tippy" with that big heavy box on there, and having driven another chap's M109 with singled 11.00s on...
A slight delay from paint curing completely, then rain, then birthing some late calves.
So, finally time to put the bed liner on. This entailed removing the troop seats, and a lot of masking, then wrapping the whole truck in a cocoon.
No chance of overspray! ;)
The liner is the tintable...
Thanks! The video guys may be a bit goofy, but they do show the truck well. Even showed how the blackout covers on the headlights work!
Really cool truck. :)
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I added a tail light picture to post 90 above.
The jerry can holders cleaned up well. They were primed and painted the colour appropriate for the part of the truck that they go on, one black, one green.
The black one needed a green corner, and I find it difficult to get a clean line on a...
Are they 416 wheels, perhaps? The Irish army had those too, in normal cargo form.
My Mog runs stock wheels with 12.5s, but while the tread is still great, the tires are getting pretty old and I have doubts about finding newer ones that size at a reasonable price.
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