It’s (my) old age Ken. I was thinking “1991, would they still be using M16?”
M16 it is!
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Yep M16 would be correct. The MREs and cooler can go inside or near the ramp.
We did Tetris for real in packing and loading the track, in those pictures we had taken everything out so we could clean out all the dust and trash, then we we reloaded it all.
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Man, no matter what you did every 3 days inside the track you were ankle deep in dust and MRE wrappers. Like it grew there all by itself.
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Yep. Ah - you could add a trash bag to the rear of the top deck. If you could sculpt one out of clay or milliput.
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Actually, an M16A1 would probably be more correct. Right at that time is when we were transitioning to M16A2s. Depending on the unit, many kept M16A1s until the mid-late '90s.
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Tried and tried, no go. Forgot I had sealed them with Future…….
Maybe I could sand them down?
Good Tetris Fu is a must when you have to stuff a butt ton of gear inside a finite space. I was sent Embark School when I was the Logistics Petty Officer, first day of class our instructor actually asked who played Tetris, and who was good at it. He proceeded to inform us about the importance of having Tetris Fu. I was one of three in the class who had managed to reach the end of the original game and knew what happened when you did.
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When we deployed for Desert Shield, we had the M16A1, but received a shipment of A2 handguards. So many of our rifles looked like the M16A2, but were actually the M16A1.
Ken
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I’m getting all the suggested gear together now. Was the ODS-era CVC helmet much the same as the MiniArt one in the pic?
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The helmet is basically the same, with some differences in the electronics (earpieces) and microphone. They look the same in 1/35 scale.
Ken
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Hi Ken, Down to final details; garbage bags - black plastic? Full one on rear roof, part full one off the track,to the opposite side of the ramp to the cooler etc?
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Hi Ken. I posted to you but it didnt link to you?
My bad.
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Black plastic, as full as you want, at least half. Back upper deck rear stashed by the Camo net or wedged in where it won’t fly off, or tied off on the rear light.
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Black is definitely the most common, but clear and sometimes white were used (black is easier to model).
When stationary the bag was tied off on the rear of the vehicle, when moving we usually just stuck it inside the back door. If it was getting full or smelly, we would have it disposed of. You don’t want the smell to attract boar hogs!
Ken
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You didn’t really need trash to attract them, we used to put hoffmans connected to commo wire under a pile of apples and when they started routing around the apples we’d set them off with a battery. Oh the squealing as they took off 
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Finishing off the build, it’s been suggested I put a map next to the T/C’s hatch. In the ODS period did maps fold into sections like nowadays, or roll up like the ones in Gino’s M577 interior pics?
TIA
Pics!
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Any foliage, not just pine needles, eats up RF waves and reduces antenna output efficiency. Doesn’t matter if it’s oak, pine, palms, whatever. Two things get you best basic antenna output efficiency- having your antenna higher off the ground, and being away from trees and structures.
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When I get the map info, I will post pics of “Queenie”.
Promise.
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