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Author Topic: Vietnam Convoy - QUAD 50 gun truck (page 3)  (Read 4598 times)

Offline tomrommel1

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - M54 Trucks and M151A1 with 106mm
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2022, 05:25:10 AM »
Outstanding models indeed. Count me in on that Kickstarter ;)
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Re: Vietnam Convoy - M54 Trucks and M151A1 with 106mm
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2022, 01:45:27 PM »
Some very interesting possibilities with these.

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - M54 Trucks and M151A1 with 106mm
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2022, 03:51:55 AM »
Here are the next gun trucks - King Cobra and King Kong!! I think they turned out well.





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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2022, 04:53:58 AM »
I learn something new every day! Very cool, thanks for helping to educate me with those models. They look great! 👍
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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2022, 06:49:44 AM »
These are brilliant.

Do you have any painted pictures?

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #20 on: September 16, 2022, 07:26:43 AM »
These are outstanding indeed!!!!!

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #21 on: September 16, 2022, 01:51:01 PM »
I will have them painted up next week. It will be a challenge, most of the trucks were painted glossy black and I have never painted an all black vehicle.

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #22 on: September 16, 2022, 06:06:59 PM »
These are great.

Not something I was aware of, and in many ways surprised to see the might US Army building field expedient lash-ups (and now you have said they were painted glossy black, I can’t help but think A-Team). The idea of welding a M113 hull to the back of a truck is pretty interesting - you would think that the engine and tyres of the truck were the weak point, and having an armoured box on the back wasn’t that much use. 

The whole idea does remind me of German WWII vehicles were they took any hull they had and added the biggest gun they could find. I’m not sure the Germans went as far as taking two separate vehicles and welding them together to make a hybrid (by making this statement, I now expect to be shown many examples!)

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2022, 02:08:40 PM »
Bob,

are you sure is glossy black, and not just washed standard OD?
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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #24 on: September 18, 2022, 03:00:57 PM »
There were a lot of trucks built during the war by various units but it seems that glossy black was certainly used on various trucks. The one that survived the war and was brought back certainly was.



Of course this museum picture is way too clean and nice compared to what was in the field but you can clearly see the paint job.
The reference material indicates that they were painted like this to intimidate the enemy and attract attention away from the rest of the convoy. There is even one of the truck that mounted a fire engine siren and would crank it up when going in to action.

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Gun Trucks King Cobra and King Kong
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2022, 02:23:39 AM »
As I promised, a painted up Gun Truck. Take it easy on me: it's a game piece not a model! It was a challenge to paint a black vehicle! This is done in 28mm for my Vietnam Games. I created a decal sheet and had it custom printed, added a real nice touch to it - no way I could do the logo freehand.






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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Painted Gun Truck
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2022, 02:27:06 AM »
That is superb. I have 3 of the Gun Truck books and that epitomises them.
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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Painted Gun Truck
« Reply #27 on: September 22, 2022, 05:20:26 AM »
Outstanding painting and 3d print :-*

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Painted Gun Truck
« Reply #28 on: September 22, 2022, 05:44:35 AM »
That is brilliant -  :-*

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Re: Vietnam Convoy - Painted Gun Truck
« Reply #29 on: September 22, 2022, 08:16:12 AM »
Outstanding work. Really looks the part.

Are you doing 'Nancy', the OG one with the quad .50 cals as part of the range?
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Pede o mundo de novo

 

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