It’s settled then Brian- you HAVE to do that scene!
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Wow didn’t know the US Army was still using mechanical mules at that point.
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Well, it was 18bravo who said at the cessation of my Land Rover at Maastricht dio, “The best dioramas show soldiers doing what soldiers really do.” So I suppose earnest young soldiers chatting up the opposite sex falls into that category(!)
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They sure did! I remember the main road of the small village of Tilshead was rammed full of US kit at one time; trucks, Goats, M151s, and the Mules. It was December, wet and cold and there was mud everywhere. Mind you, the long-suffering villagers were used to it all I’m sure, being smack in the middle of Salisbury Plain.
The pic below is taken from an Airfix Magazine of the time:
As I mentioned earlier, all the kit was in the MASSTER finish, which made it all very interesting. Camera? Moi? Not a chance.
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