I don’t know, I kinda like the look of a brand new quarter ton. Can’t remember ever seeing a new one, so it excites me
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Thanks guys. Gary, I never saw a new 1/4 ton myself. All the ones that I crossed paths with were well used. But some were in better shape than others (can you say Division Command Sergeant Major?)
Paddy, I had no idea about the hood star orientation until someone pointed it out awhile back on another site.
Rich, the 70’s era fatigues had no thigh cargo pockets. But the jungle fatigue pants and field pants of that era did have the cargo pockets.
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That’s what I thought stik yes
For use in the field in Europe, the Zone 6 field trousers were issued to troops which were of a heaver material and had accommodations for liners for additional warmth. The field trousers did indeed have the cargo pockets on the side of the thighs.
M75, in the 80’s we had those field pants issued at Ft Polk. I had two pair issued. They were part of the packing list for REFORGER and winter NTC rotations. Along with two very thick wool field shirts. No poly pro or gore tex back then. But since were were in MOPP 2 for most of those exercises they weren’t really worn. At least not by me.
Yes, from REFORGER 74 though Alaska 1979, the field trousers and heavy wool shirts were common items. Back to the Tamiya Command Group though, it’s not the trousers that place the figures in SE Asia, but the jungle fatigue shirts on the group. We really need Cold War-era troops in OG-107 fatigues, as has been mentioned not a few times on Armorama forums. More than a few of us were stationed across CONUS and the rest of the globe besides Viet Nam during the Cold War time frame, and we’d like representation!!
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Amen to that M75. The BDU era has decent representation. You can easily make some Dragon figures backdated by swapping their K pots for steel pots and M16A2s for M16A1s.
But yes, the Tamiya Command Group has jungle fatigue tops with standard fatigue trousers- a no no. Aside from the driver figure in the Tamiya M151A2, I can’t recall another 1/35 figure in the square pocket older ERDL cammies.
Yes I remember getting issued those now. I was in Germany from 85-87 but never even unpacked them once I got them lol. Yeah this was before goretex and poly pros
Lots of resin figs out there too but more expensive
Resin figures, aside from those Valkyrie tank crew sets, are more geared towards Vietnam or the Gulf War for US figures. Verlinden does make some generic mechanic type figures in coveralls, and some US tankers, but again, those are mostly 80’s. Other NATO armies are even more poorly represented in injection plastic. Peddinghaus does make some white metal Bundeswehr figures, ADV Azimuth does resin French army figs, and Barton did some white metal UK figures.
Kit makers are slowly filling the gaps in mid Cold War AFVs and Softskins. Now we just need the figures to place with them.
Fatigues and field jackets with the pre ALICE M1956 web gear would be nice… 
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would loved to had those pants up on the mountain tops in the winter of 68/69. It’d often get into the high forties, and you just couldn’t get warm. They even brought out wool long johns on one OP I did with the 101st. Good thing it turned out to be a bust as half the kids had walking pneumonia.
gary
Great movie lol!
Yes nothing for the 70s era true
Looking really good !
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Thanks Brian! It’s just about finished now!
Today’s update, wash clean up…
A flat coat, a bit of detail item painting and some last parts to glue on and this one is done.
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Looking better each update! Looking forward to the final revel!
The oil wash really added another dimension to the paint finish.
One comment, not to be critical at this point of the build, is that if this particular truck had the top in place, the radio antenna would not be able to be tied down. The antenna corner mount has two big pieces, with the extension that places the matching unit up high enough to allow the antenna to flex forward without striking the raised top.
It would be a simple fix even at this point in the build.
Don’t forget to run a black Sharpie around the edge of the windshield clear part before installing in the frame. It really eliminates the edge that otherwise is evident without it.
It didn’t rain or snow every day that I spent in Germany.