I’ve just picked these up from the Tracklink site; haven’t we all been waiting for something like these?
I suspect with a helmet change they could be used a little earlier; it may well come down to the personal equipment; anyway, surely welcome!
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Not really, there are plenty of figures like them. They are all wearing BDUs. They are welcomed, but not the earlier Cold War-era OG-107 fatigues that there are almost no figures wearing.
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Aren’t all the vietnam era figures wearing the OG-107 uniform? They should allow you to cover 1952-1989 or so. BDU’s, in my opinion, are harder to find good figures wearing them.
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OG-107 fatigues would cover most of the Cold War era from the late 1940’s to early1980’s. Headgear would have some variation, but the basic fatigues were a constant. Field jackets as well.
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While I will probably pick these up eventually, those OG107 figures are a GAPING HOLE in the modeling world, especially with all the Cold War armor out there. Unfortunately, Vietnam era figures would not work, since most are using jungle uniforms, which were different (based on WWII airborne uniforms). Some would show up before BDUs became common as hot weather uniforms, but if you’re building models deployed to Europe, proibably not going to be appropriate.
There are still the Tamiya mortar team kits our there…(sarcasm)
Damon.
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Jungle fatigues are sometimes referred to as OG-107’s, but they are different from the standard OT-107 fatigues, be they cotton sateen or the later nylon cotton perma press type.
Jungle fatigues had a four pocket jacket and the pocket & front bottoms were not exposed, while the basic fatigues had a two pocket shirt and the buttons were all exposed.
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Additionally, OG-107 Fatigues did not have cargo pockets on the trousers, while Jungle Fatigues did have them.
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I am so informed. I was under the impression that the majority of Vietnam personnel ( and the figures made for Vietnam) where of OG-107 and not all jungle fatigues.
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All true. But I’m nearly blind - buttons are a little hard to spot, so - slanted pockets? Yes/No Tucked or untucked? Yes/No
By the way, I’ve been “caught” looking at a female’s rank a little too closely to see what it is. Why in the hell did they decide to put it there?
These aren’t their first figuree either.
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True, to all of the above. Although square pocket jungle fatigues didn’t show up until the 80’s. Around the same time that ERDL cammies were being phased out. And the four pocket shirts were most uncomfortable to be worn tucked in. As opposed to the two pocket fatigue shirts beig worn untucked in the field.
I won’t even venture speculation on what the designers were thinking there… moving NCO chevrons from the sleeves to the collar makes sense for tactical reasons… but the center chest rank thing… 
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I suppose that if you were modeling a scenario when the weather is cold, (like pretty much all year round in Germany), those cargo pockets wouldn’t be too bad to represent the “Field Pants” that we wore over the OG-107 in the winter time.
But as previously said Cold War figures representing the mid 50’s or so through the introduction of BDU’s and NOT Vietnam figures, is a HUGE hole in the modeling space.
I have an entire set of USAREUR vehicles in MASSTER pattern paint from the early '70’s that I would love to work into various dioramas, but decent figures which don’t require tons of work to be able to use are simply not available. I mean you’re already going to have to rework them to get the proper poses you want without having to make the uniforms correct as well.
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Cold War modellers certainly suffer for their art Tom that’s for sure.
You may not have seen these 2 recently produced; I mentioned them on the site. I feel they have some versatility:
I experimented with different heads - they come with 2 versions of helmet.
Otherwise you’re right - lots of graft, sanding, sculpting, card, accessories, heads:
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Another thing you can do to make more modern figures into Cold War figures is to simply convert the blouses into field jackets. Adding different pocket flaps and epaulets is not difficult. Field jackets were as bulky without the liners.
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Actually it was the opposite. The advisors and initial combat units sent to Vietnam in early-mid 1965 such as the Marines and 1st Air Cav wore the sateen cotton OG-107 fatigues. In late '65 - early '66 the lightweight ripstop poplin jungle fatigues began to be issued.
Fatigues worn by early Army aviators in Vietnam
Early jungle fatigues with shoulder epaulets and exposed pocket buttons worn by advisor officer
Advisors in Korean War era HBT fatigues and Sateen fatigues
Standard jungle fatigues, 1967
Marines land at DaNang 1965 in Sateen fatigueS
1st Air Cav Battle of LZ X-Ray, November 1965, sateen fatigues
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