Bob Leonard shares with us some images of his M531 Gama Goat diorama.

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Thanks!

Nice job. I like the weathering. The grease stains at the wheel hubs are a nice, subtle touch: not overdone (and all the more effective.)

I really like the photography, especially your camera angles and the lighting.

By coincidence, I had *just* before this watched the latest Nicholas Moran (aka The Chieftain) YouTube video and it's about none other than the Gama Goat. Then I go to Armorama and what's up there? A very nice Gama Goat.

Grtz,

Marc

Thanks Marc, you are very kind. It is only my third AFV model so I am still learning about how to weather.

Looks great— just like the real thing!! And I was there at Yakima in 1982!! Not in the ADA, but I commanded a Smoke Generator Company, and before that I was in the 9th DIVARTY. Saw many a broken down Gamma Goat though. The ‘Goats were “on the way out” by that time. The only thing I’d say about the model is it could use a lot more dust if it’s supposed to be at Yakima. Still a very nice job.
VR, Russ

Yeah, you are right. More dust needed! Thanks for your favorable comments. It is a great kit.

Nice job. Did you mask the smaller black and tan parts or use a brush?

1979 I had just returned CONUS from 2nd ID in Korea. I was at Camp Stanley and saw many of the DIVARTY Goats at the time. The noise those freaking things made was very memorable.... sort of a Waaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! when accelerating.

Thanks. The black was exclusively brush painted with Vallejo, the tan was a mixture of masked with brush touch up. When I first arrived at 1/67 ADA in 1979, Battery A and B were equipped with SP Vulcans, but then switched to Goats as part of the effort to make the Division “lighter” and more easy to airlift via MAC.

You know, it might have been one of the ADA's Goats I saw airdropped at Fort Lewis in 1982. There was a mass drop of B Co. 2/75 Rangers, some ancillary equipment, FAVs, Goats and 105mm Howitzers going on during a field exercise in the Nisqually training area. Two C141s flew by and out came two Goats on pallets. the Goat used two "crushable" pallets as I recall, because it was an articulated vehicle. The first goat rolled off the ramp with no problem, parachutes opened and it floated gently to earth. But the second came off, bent in the middle, and proceeded to drop behind the aircraft. Only one of the three parachutes deployed and it quickly became a "streamer" as the Goat and pallets twisted, bent and flexed, until it dropped tail first into the ground and exploded into a shower of dust, dirt clods and shredded parts. I particularly remember a set of wheels flying high into the air in two directions out of the cloud of debris. we were supporting the air drop, and were the first on the scene, only to find a large crater in the soft ground and not much in the way of identifiable debris. An FAV with two Rangers in it drove by as the dust settled and the Rangers were laughing thier heads off.
VR, Russ

nice work. the weathering is perfect !