Hue, 1968 *pics*

That M-60 needs a belt of ammo hangin from it bro.

...he already shot the whole wad; that's why he's holding the 16 instead of stradding that 60...LOL...

First off, nice to see see stray from your typical WW2!  Second, looks great!  The faces look a lot cleaner and more realistic than some of the others I've seen by you, whatever technique you used for them, I'd say it's a keeper.  I'm guessing the fern-like plant is PE and the "walls" are resin or scrathbuilt?  They look perfect.  Love the groundwork too, it's got a reddish, dry, cracked earthy look to it.

Very nicely done. If you can find a Dragon/DML M60, replace the ancient Tamiya molding. The DML ones have finer detail, the sight is molded like the real thing with a space in it and the falsh suppressor is tapered and has molding that suggests the openings in the real thing. the bipod is also more realistic looking.

Looks pretty nice.  I will echo what AJ said.  The Tamiya M60 is pretty tired and would look better if replaced.  On a historical note, the A2 MUTT is the wrong version.  The M151A2 (as in the Tamiya kit) was not built  untill '69 and started showing up in Vietnam around '70 (which means the USMC didn't get any of them till '75 ).  The version for Vietnam is the M151A1, which had different, smaller turn signals and rear lights, a two-piece windshield, and a few other changes.  Academy does a really nice A1 version. 

Good job on it though.  The figures look great too.

HeavyArty wrote:

Looks pretty nice.  I will echo what AJ said.  The Tamiya M60 is pretty tired and would look better if replaced.  On a historical note, the A2 MUTT is the wrong version.  The M151A2 (as in the Tamiya kit) was not built  untill '69 and started showing up in Vietnam around '70 (which means the USMC didn't get any of them till '75 ).  The version for Vietnam is the M151A1, which had different, smaller turn signals and rear lights, a two-piece windshield, and a few other changes.  Academy does a really nice A1 version.  Good job on it though.  The figures look great too.

...yeah, Vietnam era vehicles are not my forte' at all...I agree; that M60 is really showing it's age...probably should have a belt hanging from it as well...wasn't too happy with the groundwork on this one at all...looked too dry...the palm is actually PE and the walls are an AM set from VLS (I think)...

...main reason for the small dio was to showcase the figs...I thought the devil dog carrying the wounded one looked cool...all the heads were replaced w/ resin ones...

Well you're right about that. They definitely do look cool. I especially like the expression of the one with the M16, and the way his hand/arm is posed.

Looks great!  I have a dio title for you - "He ain't heavy..." with the "...he's my brother!" unspoken.  That's almost EXACTLY the diorama I had intended to do several years ago, just using an M113 in place of the Mutt.  Gorgeous work, for sure!

Outlands wrote:

Looks great!  I have a dio title for you - "He ain't heavy..." with the "...he's my brother!" unspoken.  That's almost EXACTLY the diorama I had intended to do several years ago, just using an M113 in place of the Mutt.  Gorgeous work, for sure!

...very clever...I hadn't thought of that !!!  Thanks!