Here's an in progress pic of my m34. She's now up for a coat of matt varnish, then dusting. Canvas roof is't finished and even glued in place yet.
The question regards repainted stars on doors:
which of the repaint styles will be correct for vietnam era truck? Plain OD green or black?
Comments and suggestions are most welcome

Cheers
Pedro


:-H

maybe now it'll work...

Pedro,
Looks like it is coming along nicely. For Vietnam era, stars should be white, not black.

Looking good Pedro. I would opt for no star on the door and as Gino stated the stars were white in Nam. The other thing is the canvas tops color. The ones i remember were a faded OD green or dark green. I don't remember any in a brown color that you show.

You have done this old kit a lot of justice. I don't think I have ever seen a nicer example from the kit. Bravo. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

I'm with the rest of the guys here too Pedro - the National Insignia was painted out on convoy escort vehicles because of the tempting targets they provided the VC - but - a general cargo service truck would more often still have the big white stars displayed than subdued or painted over.

I'm not sure which setting you're modeling your M34 in.

Gunnie

Hey there!

Thanks fo the replies guys!

Animal:
Thanks for the compliment and for the proper colour for the roof! I just couldn't figure that from photos.

Gunnie:
I'm not sure which setting I'm modeling her myself...
I guess that it will be general cargo service truck in vietnam .

Cheers
Pedro