SEB Nam Pack 2.0

[viper172]

these guys look great ebud keep up the good work ;D

[Schoeler]

Looking good guys!  I have to back Ebud on this one, I also have read in several books that many of the SEALs preferred jeans to fatigue pants in Vietnam.  Ebud, those guys are going to look fantastic crouching inside the canals or lying on the banks of my new Mekong delta map, just waiting for a hapless VC sampan to pass them by before they open up with their stoners.

[ebud]

Thanks for the support

The reasons behind it was from what I've read...

Then denim held up much better and much longer in the constantly wet environment.

The cargo pockets collected too much water and made noise when draining out.

The denim was much tougher and wouldn't snag as easily.

It held body heat better when submerged for any length of time when combined with nylon stockings.

There will be other Seals not wearing jeans in the end, so it shouldn't be an issue.

[Schoeler]

Eviscerator, I read over on the 'Nam site that you were taking suggestions for the upcoming armor pack expansion.  If you still are, could you consider adding this?

http://www.waffenhq.de/panzer/m50ontos.htm

[Schoeler]

And this?

http://www.kithobbyist.com/AFVInteriors/m42/m42a.html

[Schoeler]

Also there is the M51, M55 Quad Fifty weapons sytem which was mounted on a variety of platforms much like the Ontos or on "Gun Trucks" like the one below.  These were excellent anti-personnel weapons and were used extensively in Vietnam to defend firebases.

Also beehive rounds.  These were used in main tank guns, artillery tubes and on the M551 Sheridan to stop human wave attacks.

http://www.landscaper.net/images/Butchers.jpg

[vade_101]

Re: Jeans

It could be worse, this is the late 60's if the SEALS really were fashion consious they would all be in tye-dye flares. an then where would we be.  

seriously tho. good work. really really looking forward to this one.

[datter]

If you'd like, I can post the reference material. I have literally over 50 books on Seals in Vietnam, a few of them are photo reference books, so my references are correct.

They are most definitely historically correct, Daryll Young could attest to that among many others.

I'm just happy to see a historically accurate mod like this coming out. A lot of folks would have missed this sort of thing.

Keep up the good work.
datter

[Eviscerator]

i was taking requests? mustve been a while ago, anyway armour is a sticky subject at the minute, it will take forever to get everything we want made, and i think the next air module is more important covering the aircraft of the war we didnt include in the pack, as a lot of the aircraft that will be there were used a lot more during the war than armour, although if we do get round to making some armour it'll probably be most used first, so PT-76/M-551/M48/T-54/BTR-50PK/M113 ACAV (in no specific order, and we also have about 4-5 NVA armour models already finished that probably wont make it), but, as with most models it takes about 3-4 weeks minimum to completely finish a vehicle, so as i said the more famous/usable vehicles in the air module come first

[ebud]

Something for the Seals. New model by FatJoe, tex's by me.

[DrStrangelove]

Nice 1 !  It's good to know you have 150 shots right at your disposal without reloading.  

uhm ... ebud ?  It looks very polished and personally i like that, too - but for jungle environments i'd add some scarfs here and there to get a more used look.

(although if this would make the nam pack2.0 take 1 day longer to come out, just forget about it   )

[devil,s guard]

too the doc
when moving through the j, scarfs and any thing like that would get stuck on things like wait-a-while and if around your neck and u were running would hurt u or could tear your own head off.scarfs and como mesh and all that stuff in the j dosnt work.just looks good in the movies. when there walking down a clear open path.

[datter]

woohoo a Stoner this is great.
Is there a hush puppy made or in the works?

datter

[Nokic]

And Beerzy.... I think you'll like how the regular SF's look

YES! ;D
Didnt they have BaggyJeans in Vietnam    
OK, I`ll trust you Ebud, make it the "real" way.

[ebud]

uhm ... ebud ?  It looks very polished and personally i like that, too - but for jungle environments i'd add some scarfs here and there to get a more used look.

Not sure what you mean. Scarfs as in around your neck? Or were you talking about nicks and scratches to the Stoner? By polished, what do you mean?