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Hi there, folks. I thought I'd see what people were towing behind their bobbed deuces and/or bobbed 5-tons. I suppose that I'm mostly interested in knowing how well the ton-and-a-half 105 trailers do behind a bobbed deuce; or to compare to a 101 three-quarter ton. I like the idea of an XM-381...

It's been a while, but I am posting up a link to the album of pics that show the M151A2 I built for my son. He really enjoyed the mutt rides I took him on at Ski's place last year, so I made the mutt model as a "memento" of the event! It's a basic Tamiya 1:35 kit with no modifications. Easy...

This is a quick one, probably - did any PIP 5-tons - M or XM 809's etc - make it to Vietnam prior to the end of the conflict? I read something that didn't make sense- I always thought that only M39/G744 trucks were used then.

The title says it all. Wondering out loud if any Steel Soldiers have "super singled" their 5-ton M54's/M52's/M39 series multifuels with Michelin XL's and if so, post some pics! Thanks, folks. Adam

SS folk, anyone got pics of a dropside deuce bed swap on an M52A2 tractor chassis? thanks... Adam

Well, definitely NOT military, but quite a novel way to power your house if you own a Prius already. And from personal experience - these critters are the quietest motors you'll never hear, when they actually are on! Praise be the Atkinson Cycle.... http://priups.com/exec-summary.htm There's a...

A few pics of another M 915-based gun truck. I am told the sides are made of armor or heavy gage metal plate; not sure exactly. OIF, I think 2004-2005.

Wondering if any vets or news observers have knowledge of old-style multifuel 5-tons being used as gun trucks in OIF? My German Tankograd "picture book" of OIF gun trucks shows hardened multifuel tractors and I think a 5-ton commo truck, but not built-up as true gun trucks - just 900 and 800...

Hey fellas. I'm hunting down some better fotos of 5-ton multifuel dropside cargo trucks, wondering if anyone had some to share or show off. TIA! Adam

Hey all. I figured out that my old photo albums are not around anymore, it wasn't the first thing on my list to do today so instead of searching for the old SS albums, I just started a new one. I put a few photos in from a recruiting setup our unit put together at a recent car show...

Hey everyone. FWIW, here's a link to my album site that includes some hi-res pics of my Tiger family models I've been working on, in addition to other stored images of stuff that I am using for model reference ideas. By no means are these models finished; they are in a very transitional state...

ALCON - I'm trying to decide which manufacturer to pick from to build some of the more late-model US tactical vehicles and armor. Specifically, Dragon; Tamiya, AFV Club, Trumpeter, Italeri, Academy. I'm trying to figure out if anyone has done a variant of an M113, for example, and found "brand...

ALCON - My rusty old '70 deuce is as plain as they come - never got the heater/slave adapter updates; no winch, no hardtop, plain plain PLAIN. All the parts/complete kits are advertised by everyone under the sun, but half the time they are out of stock - I'm not knockin anyone, just had that...

Hey, I was looking for some pix of what the S250-style commo boxes look like on the ton and a half trailers. Anybody here drag around such a combo with their deuce or 5-ton? thanks

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Hey, which vendors are current with their stock of 686 Tan? Anybody know? From what I've heard, Gillespie is the paint to go with. BTW, this would be in gallon increments for a paint sprayer NOT rattle-cans.! Thank you!

Hey, cool beans - my wife noticed I've gotten back into modeling again, and she got me a Badger 150 airbrush and a Badger auto-shutoff compressor for my birthday! How cool is that? Got some of the stuff I posted before almost ready for paint. I'll soon get dusting with this new airbrush...I'm...

Funny how you stop in the middle of a project, and suddenly you start back up again - 18 years later! Just a few "in progress" shots of the Tamiya 1:35 Jagdtiger I have resurrected from the dead. Back when I last was working on it, I had about completed the basic hull etc....and had started to...

Thanks for the new commo area, Mike! My last modeler's post was a little outdated - great thing to have the new forum! Come on in, scale modelers! ps. Mike - can you migrate the old modeler's thread to this area for us? Thank you!!

ALCON - I'm looking for a good used vinyl deuce cargo cover. I have a similar cover, but it's a 14-footer made for a 5-ton cargo. 3-color late model. Either just wanting to buy one outright, trade, beam me up to where the vinyl cargo covers grow, whatever. Thanks, all!