Jnewboy wrote:In my opinion 1/18 scale tankers look better. And if you're using the ultimate Soldier / 21st century toys they are over-scaled anyway they are actually about 1/17th scale. Do you want an idea of some of the Russian ones I've done Google Jay new boy customs t-34. That's a t-34 I did in 1/18 scale a few years back. It's a totally custom resin kit and I made the tankers. If people are interested in these things I can make a lot more.
Interesting observation, now not-so-newboy
I agree, in this instance marginally smaller is probably better than marginally too large. This doesn't apply with one's personal wardrobe, of course..
I agree with you, by the way, about the detached perspective a toke two of weed might have afforded troops on the Nightmarish Easter front. I recall in the years that I was at Uni, and Vietnam wasn't the holiday destination it is today, there were lots of reports of troops using the barrels of their M16's as chillums for the therapeutic effects of the local weed...
Who could blame them?
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"- Mark Twain.