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| Tango01 | 13 Aug 2020 9:40 p.m. PST |
…blows over!
"As promised I present for your delectation these rather splendid sculpts from 'Empress Miniatures', undoubtedly the catalyst for this recent sojourn in country. The work of Paul Hicks Esq. they represent four of the characters from Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket, Joker, Cowboy, 8-Ball and Animal Mother…"
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 Legion 4  | 14 Aug 2020 7:52 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 14 Aug 2020 12:39 p.m. PST |
Glad you like them my good friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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| Legionarius | 14 Aug 2020 1:12 p.m. PST |
Very well painted. The patrol boat is great. |
| Wolfhag | 14 Aug 2020 3:19 p.m. PST |
Great job! Remember, "Embrace the suck". wolfhag |
| Pyrate Captain | 16 Aug 2020 6:15 p.m. PST |
I'd love to see early Marines in 782 gear. |
| Wolfhag | 16 Aug 2020 6:25 p.m. PST |
Pyrate Captain,
It's the same gear as WWII. The "butt pack" the figures have I think is US Army issue, we never had them but got one at a surplus store and used it. The boots look spot on. I don't recall having trousers with thigh pockets. Army issue? The Marines scrounged gear that they liked and used it so a Marine figure not in Marine issue should be OK. Wolfhag |
| Tango01 | 16 Aug 2020 9:10 p.m. PST |
Happy you like them too my friend! (smile)
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 Wolfshanza | 16 Aug 2020 10:35 p.m. PST |
I don't recall having trousers with thigh pockets Sateens didn't have them but jungles did. |
| Legion 4 | 17 Aug 2020 8:50 a.m. PST |
Yes, the jungle fatigues had the thigh cargo pockets. But the Army had "field trousers" which went over your standard fatigue trousers. We got them issued when I was in the Army, '79-'90. Regardless of if you were wearing standard fatigues or the later issued BDUs. They could be worn if authorized by Bn HQ. They were a thicker, heavier material. Sometimes we just wore those instead of the standard fatigue trou. And could be pretty warm in a hotter climate. E.g.: the US Southern states most of the time. We wore them in the ROK, over our BDUs, but only in colder months. In a tropical climate they would be quite uncomfortable. We never wore then in Panama, we were issued jungle fatigues. The "butt pack" the figures have I think is US Army issue, I still have one, but forget when it was no longer issued. It was at least issued, '75-'79 in ROTC, and '80-'82 or '83 when on active duty in the 101. Looks like the models are wearing jungle fatigues with some sleeves cut off or a flak vest over a t-shirt. Like in the movie, IIRC … |
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