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  1. lmagna
    But they drive on the wrong side too! Seems they learned it from their English ancestors. So it seems they are not only upside down but backward too!
  2. lmagna
    Nice work Jack. I wish I could make as much progress in a build as you guys do. I like the "Left hand drive" warning. They much have been spending some time in England where they insist on driving on the wrong side of the road!
  3. lmagna
    I think at least some of the newer wheeled vehicles were done for the relative simplicity of using wheels. As Craig explains tracks can be a PIA to keep tensioned and maintained.Wheels also offer higher speeds without causing other issues common to tracks. As for their bullet proof characteristics, it probably makes little difference if the tire can take a .50 hit when the armor of a Stryker can just barely take that caliber of hit. Even though they look like tanks, they are really personnel carriers and history shows us what happens when you put a Battle Cruiser in a line of battle against a Battle ship. Apparently others felt much the same way and intend to use this instead of the Stryker mounted with a heavy gun. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a23206/griffin-light-tank-general-dynamics/
  4. lmagna
    I think both colors are "accurate." OD seems to vary so much from one week or another. Our helicopters were all OD color but no two looked quite the same shade. Sometimes even different parts of the same helicopter didn't match in hue.
  5. lmagna
    I knew that, but my eyes still want to see real wheels and tires at the rear differential. It is kind of like looking at a Stryker. For some reason it seems like it should have tracks.
  6. lmagna
    That is an astonishing looking aircraft Craig. I had no idea how impressive it was going to be when you started this build.
  7. lmagna
    You would have drawn no attention at my first camp. We had a central shower that serviced all the surrounding hooches. When we showered we just walked to and from the showers wearing nothing but a towel and thongs. No women outside of a couple of Mama Sans and then only if you were getting a shower in the daytime so who cared?
  8. lmagna
    If I had to turn my gear in for cleaning I would have been turning it in almost every day Mark. How long did you have to wear your suit before you turned it in?
  9. lmagna
    It was pretty much as Ken said in helicopters, Without the close formation flying, except when coming into an LZ. there was no need, (Or desire ) to be that close to the rotors of another helicopter when in transit It just wears you out keeping the proper distance. Plus it makes all of you an easier target being all bunched up. It was bad enough trying to land and take off a mass of helicopters in a sometimes small and almost always rough LZ without running into each other. I always kind of compared it to a slightly controlled LeMans race start! We had multiple radios and pretty much used an open mike on one of them. The pilots could talk to one another and we could follow in the back so we pretty much always knew what was going on. We seldom said much except to announce something out one side or the other that was out of the pilots vision, or incoming, or to announce that everyone was loaded, or most importantly to watch the ground under the skids and let them know if there was a big rock or tree stump or something else we didn't want to land on. They could also talk and hear other aircraft and sometimes we would use the FM to pick up Armed Forces Radio Network or a couple of other stations that played good music. You know, full military use type stuff. If they didn't want us to listen to music why did they put the radio in the chopper in the first place?
  10. lmagna
    I am beginning to appreciate the hours of effort that only seem to result in a single seemingly insignificant picture. Great looking work Javlin
  11. lmagna
    I think it was pretty much the same for our stuff. About two months at best. Not really a big deal really, just turn in the old and get a new that looked just like the old in a few weeks. We were told that the uppers on the jungle boots were nylon, and the material looked like nylon at least to me. That was what was being done and said when I came in country so I did not question it and went and got a couple of pairs of leather boots issued along with all of my other gear. I think my first set lasted OK but the other set didn't make it through monsoon season!
  12. lmagna
    Reminds me a little of my ex-wife! Nicely done Alan
  13. lmagna
    Looks like a very successful voyage. The native ducks reacted pretty much as I expected even though I am kind of surprised they went ashore instead of just swimming further out into the lake. Congratulations Art
  14. lmagna
    Heck we mostly smelled like a goat BEFORE getting airborne! We probably had it slightly better than you as we flew with the screen doors open and had lots of air circulation. If you had sweated enough before taking off you could even get a little cold as your suit dried out. Not real cold, but kind of a refreshing cold. That has been what I have been trying to create but don't really know how. Between the wear and tear of the environment on any kind of cloth or leather and the constant washing, no two uniforms looked the same. My hooch maid washed a uniform consisting of everything from skin on out on a daily basis, in a bucket, and cleaned the boots that I was not wearing as well. Even though I of course had them, we as a rule did not wear jungle boots when on flight status. If we caught fire it was thought that the leather boots would not melt onto your ankles like the jungle boots would, so she kept a pretty good coat of polish on them to try and slow down the rot. I did the same with my .45 holster. Most of the pilots wore S&W .38 revolvers in a shoulder holster that believe it or not was made by some Papa San close to the base, probably from water buffalo hide. They were really quite well made.
  15. lmagna
    Thanks Edward They are coming along OK, but are incredibly detailed so I find myself trying to highlight the details by picking different shades for their uniforms and gear that are as close to the real thing as possible yet not just one color. Hopefully it will all work out in the end. Figures are another thing I have never done before and there are going to be a lot in this build.
  16. lmagna
    Almost want to call that a Frankinchassis. My eyes keep looking for rear wheels but they are not there. Great looking work Jack.
  17. lmagna
    It should do the job. Just apply it along the seam between the canopy and fuselage then take a damp Q-Tip and clean off the excess leaving a bead along the seam. Let it dry and paint.
  18. lmagna
    I have come to the conclusion that my hearing is fine as well, but no one talks to me anymore! Well it does not look like much but here is some updates on the pilots. Obviously a lot more to go but I just wanted to show that I am getting at least a little time to work on this stuff.
  19. lmagna
    For doing TV when the family is watching some kind of family thing or whenever I don't want to bother others with the volume I need to understand normal conversations on the TV speakers I bought these: https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS-195-Wireless-Headphone/dp/B00SJ4INFI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19Q8P9KDE53NC&dchild=1&keywords=sennheiser+rs+195&qid=1584247986&sprefix=sennheiser+RS+195%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-1 A little expensive but GREAT sound and I can now listen to everything they do, (Not that I always want to) without blasting them out of the room or missing anything that is not exploding. I can even go to the restroom or get a cup of coffee in the kitchen and still hear the program.
  20. lmagna
    I have used something similar made by Vallejo paints on my Huey deck. Seemed to work OK. What I liked about it was that I could put it on and then wipe off the excess with a cotton tip dipped in water. It filled very evenly with no excess mess and didn't need to be sanded afterward. YMMV
  21. lmagna
    There is where the skill shows itself. If it had been me I would have turned what is a really good looking model into total junk at about this point!
  22. lmagna
    If they do that to me they may as well be talking to themselves most of the time. The same as when my wife is in the kitchen. It is strange that she will try and say something to me from the kitchen when I am in the living room even though she is aware of my hearing, but will scold me for trying to say something to her over the same sound pathway. It appears that in her opinion, sound travels better one way than the other. I had no idea they did that, I wonder if my supplemental does? My supplemental does cover eye exams but not the glasses. I have come to the conclusion that medicare does not cover much of anything old person related. What they need Alan is some kind of noise canceling circuit that cancels out unwanted noise like shooting earmuffs or the new fancy earphones.
  23. lmagna
    To put you into the proper mood for this build, reading Richard Hough's "The Fleet That Had To Die" is excellent "research". It also makes it clear that it is "Open season" on weathering on this one. By the time they reached Japan these ships had truly been pushed hard.
  24. lmagna
    Exactly!!! Also probably the main reason I have not pursued the idea of a hearing aid. They would probably work OK when I am sitting around home, but so does listening a little harder. It is in the real world where filtering out the excess noise is required where they would offer no help.
  25. lmagna
    Thanks for the link Sam I do have some kind of Chinese rip off visor similar to the one you like that was given to me. It kind of works but I am not all that happy with it either. So long as I am still living with my wife I want to keep track of what may be coming at me from the side as well. If you can't hear her then you need to watch out for her! What I rigged up last night was a magnifying lamp that I got somewhere around the beginning of recorded history. It has been sitting in the basement for probably twenty years but after some hesitation the florescent light started up and it worked. It was OK, still not perfect, but I think I like it better than the optivisor or other alternatives I have tried so far. I do find that I have my nose plastered against the lens but at least my hands are not there as well. I do wish it had LEDs instead of the florescent though. I will keep trying it out for a few more days and if I like it enough then I may be investing in a 21st century equivalent. Unless the restaurant is quiet and I sit on the proper side, conversation is pretty much a waste for me. I hate many of the modern restaurants designed to look, (and sound) like a warehouse. With the open ceilings that have the air conditioning pipes and stuff exposed. The ambient noise in those places seems to be amplified to the point that conversation is impossible even for people with good hearing!

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