Project Azazel
Nam Gun Truck
I have completely re done this model from scratch and lost a lot of extra parts not needed and made it shorter in height yet tougher, also made particular areas different like the wheel mud guards that are a different shape then the older D&1/2's. In Old Dark Grey none of this is easy when nobody else has done it that i have seen. Got a little Jeff Churill sticker in the side too, and the "Beat up" Star on the front is an Archer decal, I really like it this way, looks battle worn. The Name "ACE" on the side comes from a real life Gun Truck as most had names. I think it fits the truck well given the "Ace of Spades" Death card Nam thing, also goes well with the helmet on the fig. The whole rear clips on and off to have different configurations on the back if wanted for say troop transporter or the Gun truck that uses the M113 top, which seeing as my M113's top does come off in one piece it can clip onto the rear of the truck very easy, I'm sure i will show that at some point. Found another usage for a BA Barrel too ; )
Most later Nam Gun Trucks were painted Black and had a yellow nose but the early ones were Olive and i can say there are many that were left Olive still, and being that i prefer to build in ODG which is as close to Olive drab as you can get IMO and makes for more challenges for me, i went with ODG, just thought i would mention that before somebody jumps on the "They were ALL black".
Bit of info
On September 2, 1967, a particularly devastating attack killed seven drivers, wounded 17 and destroyed or damaged 30 trucks. To remedy the obvious vulnerability of the supply convoys, a "hardened convoy" concept was implemented, protected by a new type of security vehicle. This gun truck, as it became known, was based on the two-and-a-half-ton cargo truck, protected by a barrier of sandbags, and armed with two M60 machine guns. Hardened convoys were smaller than previously, being composed of only 100 trucks, and their security detail was increased until there was one gun truck for every 10 transport trucks.
In the event of an ambush, their role was to drive into the kill zone during the first few minutes of the attack, and saturate the attackers with their firepower. Early designs proved flawed, as the sandbag protections quickly became waterlogged in the frequent rains, weighing down the whole vehicle. They were later replaced with ad hoc steel armor plating, salvaged from scrap yards. The crew consisted of a driver, two gunners, a non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC), and sometimes a grenadier armed with an M79 grenade launcher. In October 1968, the factory-made hardening kits arrived to replace the sandbag and wood gun trucks
Nam Gun Truck
I have completely re done this model from scratch and lost a lot of extra parts not needed and made it shorter in height yet tougher, also made particular areas different like the wheel mud guards that are a different shape then the older D&1/2's. In Old Dark Grey none of this is easy when nobody else has done it that i have seen. Got a little Jeff Churill sticker in the side too, and the "Beat up" Star on the front is an Archer decal, I really like it this way, looks battle worn. The Name "ACE" on the side comes from a real life Gun Truck as most had names. I think it fits the truck well given the "Ace of Spades" Death card Nam thing, also goes well with the helmet on the fig. The whole rear clips on and off to have different configurations on the back if wanted for say troop transporter or the Gun truck that uses the M113 top, which seeing as my M113's top does come off in one piece it can clip onto the rear of the truck very easy, I'm sure i will show that at some point. Found another usage for a BA Barrel too ; )
Most later Nam Gun Trucks were painted Black and had a yellow nose but the early ones were Olive and i can say there are many that were left Olive still, and being that i prefer to build in ODG which is as close to Olive drab as you can get IMO and makes for more challenges for me, i went with ODG, just thought i would mention that before somebody jumps on the "They were ALL black".
Bit of info
On September 2, 1967, a particularly devastating attack killed seven drivers, wounded 17 and destroyed or damaged 30 trucks. To remedy the obvious vulnerability of the supply convoys, a "hardened convoy" concept was implemented, protected by a new type of security vehicle. This gun truck, as it became known, was based on the two-and-a-half-ton cargo truck, protected by a barrier of sandbags, and armed with two M60 machine guns. Hardened convoys were smaller than previously, being composed of only 100 trucks, and their security detail was increased until there was one gun truck for every 10 transport trucks.
In the event of an ambush, their role was to drive into the kill zone during the first few minutes of the attack, and saturate the attackers with their firepower. Early designs proved flawed, as the sandbag protections quickly became waterlogged in the frequent rains, weighing down the whole vehicle. They were later replaced with ad hoc steel armor plating, salvaged from scrap yards. The crew consisted of a driver, two gunners, a non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC), and sometimes a grenadier armed with an M79 grenade launcher. In October 1968, the factory-made hardening kits arrived to replace the sandbag and wood gun trucks