hey, a while back i bought myself this little jeep from tamiya, i read the paper that came with it and it said they used it in vietnam, so i finished it and decided to do a little vignette...PROBLEM! now i dont no much about the vietnam war so i was hoping one of you experts could land a hand, what kind of foliage do they have over there, how to make it, were to get materials

Any help will make me happy


Thx guys

Hey 3442,

What you will find in Vietnam as far as foliage/terrain goes are:

a) Jungle
b) Rice paddies
c) Tall grass fields
d) Mountains (covered by Jungle)

Best materials to use for scale vegetation are dried flowers and plants from arts and crafts stores such as Michael's or A.C. Moore. For jungle vegetation you can also use plastic aquarium plants. For tall grass you can use old household paintbrush bristles or buy commercially available products from places such as Woodland Scenics.

Thank Marty, hey, one thing, what are rice paddies?

When Im stuck for finding out what vegitation to look for I go to google.com and type in the location I'm trying to model. I then look for a tourist site. Usually lots of local photos of vegitation and houses building etc.

Here's a how to feature
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/200
Simple and customizable to a lot of different foliage types.

holy cow, i totaly forgot about that article on how to make tropical foliage! worst part is i read it once or twice!

Rice paddies hien!did anyone here ever go four wheeling in the wild? when you have roads that peopel use once or twice a year. you have dried up mud were the wheels usualy roll over and on the side and middle of the mud tracks you have you have weeds and all these plants growing, well those rice paddies look liek some of the plants! il give it a try!

Thanks guys

Not a good place for a jeep.

This would be better.....

Patrick

This site has more Vietnam War reference pics than you can shake a stick at... http://www.popasmoke.com/visions/

Which Tamiya jeep are you talking about? If it is an M35 or M151A2, they were not used in Vietnam. M35 was WWII vintage, a few might have been used by the South Vietnamese, given to them by US. The M151A2 was not used till after Vietnam with the A2 version coming out in the mid-1970s. For Vietnam era, you need the Academy M151A1 model. It is the version used in Vietnam. Here it is:

hmmm, guess your right...i have the a2.
i guess il just use north american folgiage since it never went to vietnam

Frank

hey, i was wondering, whats the difference between the A2 version and the A1?

for all plants, vegitation, foliage i used dried up flowers and paint them accordingly, since u are doing a vietnam dio, maybe you could paint the flowers glossy and make it look like it just rained! just a thought...hope all goes well

mech

The major difference was in the rear suspension. The A1 was prone to flip over due to the set-up of the rear suspension, the A2 had a redesigned suspension that was more stable. Visually, they are slightly different. For starters, the A1 had a split windshield, A2 is one piece of glass. The A1 had a diffrent turn signal and blackout marker light setup than the A2 (see photos below). Also, A2 has an added tie down ring on the rear lower quarter panel behind the rear wheels, A1 did not and the angle of the wheel well came all the way down to the rear.

M151A1 (notice lights, windshield, and rear wheel well minus tie down ring)



M151A2


Hope these help.

never seen a grenade launcher on a jeep, when was that photo taken?

No idea when it was taken, I got it from FAS.org website, a great site for referances. I would guess early '90's though.