Hi fellas,
I just thought I'd let you all know that my Real Model order has finally arrived this morning! Hurray! I am a very happy bunny today!
Harald, I have to say that the resin kits are really very good. There doesn't appear to be any problems like the ones you encountered. I think that the standards have improved since you purchased yours. While the kit may be more difficult than usual to build I am very much looking forward to the challenge of it.

Hi Brian,
How are you, mate? I was going to email you today to see how you were!
How's your Humvee coming along?
Thanks for the vote of confidence about my threads. I have to agree with, too, that it's the vets who really make these threads, isn't it? They really add a touch of intimate knowledge that you just wouldn't find anywhere else; even in books! They give you a real feel of how the vehicles & equipment that we model really work; what it was like using the hardware & what life was like in a warzone. We can take this info & try to relate it to our models & dios to make them as realistic as possible because I think we owe it to these people who have put themselves on the line to keep us a free people. It is they who have made the English speaking peoples what they are today!
I believe we owe them a debt of gratitude that we could not even begin to repay. I just thank God that we have people like this on our side!
Anyway, vets, keep your anecdotes coming & I look forward to hearing from you.
Take care Brian.
Joe.

Red fenders were for EOD. I don't know of any other units authorized to use them. They were used stateside as well as in Nam.

Gary,
Did you ever come across the other side using your own stuff against you?
Joe.

Hi fellas,
As you can see from above I'm getting the M52 Tractor with M127 Trailer.
But was the M54 5ton truck ever used as a tractor unit?
Thanks in advance guys.
Joe.

Hi Gary,
There are some photos on his thread of tractor units pulling trailers & they are definitely in Vietnam.
Real Models does a great dump truck & also a superb looking M543 medium wrecker although they are, as you say, both in resin.
It seems that the Vietnam conflict is very low down the list when it comes to injection moulded plastic kits. They prefer to make a million different versions of the Tiger or T34!
Oh well.
Joe.