I thought I might be overdoing it with the M60. Mabye a little artistic license was called for here. Point taken about the tools, though. I'll move them to behind the seat.
I've spent the last couple of evenings putting beer boxes together. A very slow & tedious task. And I have to get more... a lot more!
Thanks, anyway, for the advice, Gary.
Joe.

Hi Joe,

It's coming along well with all those boxes. The next time you should use even smaller boxes ;-) !

I was thinking of the madness in Vietnam. It was more or less the first war which was covered by TV and for the first time the hardship of war and the experiences of young men/soldiers were visible to the public. The US forces tried hard to give the ordinary soldier at least some feeling of home by supplying Coca Cola, radio shows, etc. Maybe you should put a radio in the truck too, a big tray of Coca Cola in the back and a lot of (empty) Coca bottles in the front. It gives some authenticity to the scene. To emphasize the craziness of this war even more and the mental state of the soldiers you show, you can put a lot of playing cards on the floor of the truck or dashboard. It's show the escapism of the soldiers. That gives some more idea why the soldiers had nothing else to do then looking at Playboys and even open the box of the General. What else is there to do after gambling and being bored and homesick?

Hi Joe,

It's coming along well with all those boxes. The next time you should use even smaller boxes ;-) !

I was thinking of the madness in Vietnam. It was more or less the first war which was covered by TV and for the first time the hardship of war and the experiences of young men/soldiers were visible to the public. The US forces tried hard to give the ordinary soldier at least some feeling of home by supplying Coca Cola, radio shows, etc. Maybe you should put a radio in the truck too, a big tray of Coca Cola in the back and a lot of (empty) Coca bottles in the front. It gives some authenticity to the scene. To emphasize the craziness of this war even more and the mental state of the soldiers you show, you can put a lot of playing cards on the floor of the truck or dashboard. It's show the escapism of the soldiers. That gives some more idea why the soldiers had nothing else to do then looking at Playboys and even open the box of the General. What else is there to do after gambling and being bored and homesick?

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Hi Joe,

It's coming along well with all those boxes. The next time you should use even smaller boxes ;-) !

I was thinking of the madness in Vietnam. It was more or less the first war which was covered by TV and for the first time the hardship of war and the experiences of young men/soldiers were visible to the public. The US forces tried hard to give the ordinary soldier at least some feeling of home by supplying Coca Cola, radio shows, etc. Maybe you should put a radio in the truck too, a big tray of Coca Cola in the back and a lot of (empty) Coca bottles in the front. It gives some authenticity to the scene. To emphasize the craziness of this war even more and the mental state of the soldiers you show, you can put a lot of playing cards on the floor of the truck or dashboard. It's show the escapism of the soldiers. That gives some more idea why the soldiers had nothing else to do then looking at Playboys and even open the box of the General. What else is there to do after gambling and being bored and homesick?

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Hi Knibbel,
US forces got all the soft drinks & beer in cans,not bottles. Mamasans would sell "coke" in bottles with a plain cap instead of a coke marked one, that was probably brewed in a 55gal barrel.No one in their right mind drank that stuff.

In that there was a war going on there generally wasn't much time for anything but missions,weapons cleaning,filling sandbags,'staying alive for 365' and any other creative pursuits that sergeants could find for you to do.Sleep was always at a premium as 'time off' was rare. Again I'm speaking of 66-67 in the central highlands(25thID).Don't put too much stock in the TV/Movies version of military life with all the goof-off time shown. I've seen most of the Vietnam era movies and not one bore any relationship to my Vietnam.

Joe, please point that M-60 out the window.If I was driving that deuce that guy would have serious problem pointing that anywhere in my direction.The bad guys were on the outside of the vehicle! Not to mention having that heavy sob bouncing on your thighs... Seriously, I understand artistic license,but that really stretches it. As a guy who is busting butt to build an accurate diorama,don't let something this basic ruin the effect you are working so hard for.

Jake

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Hi Joe,

It's coming along well with all those boxes. The next time you should use even smaller boxes ;-) !

I was thinking of the madness in Vietnam. It was more or less the first war which was covered by TV and for the first time the hardship of war and the experiences of young men/soldiers were visible to the public. The US forces tried hard to give the ordinary soldier at least some feeling of home by supplying Coca Cola, radio shows, etc. Maybe you should put a radio in the truck too, a big tray of Coca Cola in the back and a lot of (empty) Coca bottles in the front. It gives some authenticity to the scene. To emphasize the craziness of this war even more and the mental state of the soldiers you show, you can put a lot of playing cards on the floor of the truck or dashboard. It's show the escapism of the soldiers. That gives some more idea why the soldiers had nothing else to do then looking at Playboys and even open the box of the General. What else is there to do after gambling and being bored and homesick?

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Hi Knibbel,
US forces got all the soft drinks & beer in cans,not bottles. Mamasans would sell "coke" in bottles with a plain cap instead of a coke marked one, that was probably brewed in a 55gal barrel.No one in their right mind drank that stuff.

In that there was a war going on there generally wasn't much time for anything but missions,weapons cleaning,filling sandbags,'staying alive for 365' and any other creative pursuits that sergeants could find for you to do.Sleep was always at a premium as 'time off' was rare. Again I'm speaking of 66-67 in the central highlands(25thID).Don't put too much stock in the TV/Movies version of military life with all the goof-off time shown. I've seen most of the Vietnam era movies and not one bore any relationship to my Vietnam.

Joe, please point that M-60 out the window.If I was driving that deuce that guy would have serious problem pointing that anywhere in my direction.The bad guys were on the outside of the vehicle! Not to mention having that heavy sob bouncing on your thighs... Seriously, I understand artistic license,but that really stretches it. As a guy who is busting butt to build an accurate diorama,don't let something this basic ruin the effect you are working so hard for.

Jake

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Hi Jake,

You are right. I have my view of Vietnam from movies, new paper articles and books. That's just one side of the coin as I do realize now. Happy that you showed me my incomplete view to say the least. Happens a lot in reviewing history. Since you have been actually been to Nam you have a lot of inside information.

By the way, did you know that we started a Europian history project somewhere in the internet (I forgotten where) which shows you all the classroom pictures (in primary school) of the same historical events from different countries? Nice to see that when the Vikings landed in Germany they we happily welcomed by the people of a village, while the French picture of the same Vikings showed a fight, burning villages, etc. How different can we look in retro perspective!

Mad? jhdhvbewbhswab db dhhwdudw? LOL
Well, after a little while you kind of get in the swing of things & so you become a bit more proficient at it. So in the end you're just knocking them out by the dozen!
Besides, I've compiled a cool album with Vietnam era music on it so I was well away!
The pallets are from GC Laser. They are made from real laser cut wood & look fantastic. I'm going to build them later this week. I've checked the beer boxes on the pallet & it appears that each layer has about 8 boxes each. So, it looks like I'll need to make more!
Good talking to you, by the way.
Joe.