Snapper Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) Hello chappies. As you will know I bought TTM's Mutt last autumn and have it in mind to add markings suitable for Gulf War 1. I've used the MUTT forum g383 and also the general G506 forum and haven't really got anywhere with definitive markings. However, I have now got a snap of a bonnet from a scrapped GW1 period MUTT which shows some useful stuff. Anyone have any idea if this is a US Army or US Marines vehicle? I also need to know how I would apply other markings to the bumpers. I still have no idea of the correct USMC unit that had them - they buzzed them around by helicopter and some attended a big Iraqi surrender moment. MB Edited January 28, 2009 by Snapper cockups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) Anyone have any idea if this is a US Army or US Marines vehicle? I´m no expert on US markings, but my bet would be that "SF" on the bonnet would indicate United States Army Special Forces. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces they were the first military units in Iraq. - Hanno Edited January 28, 2009 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 What about, This Way Up? (Had to be done) :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 or 'less than' ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Nah, "V for Victory"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 OK, I'll just sign up with the Historic Military Clowns Forum. All those size 44 desert boots and camouflaged red noses. The place will look like a Pathfinder Distribution shareholders meeting.:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Nah thats more like a chimps tea party! Would SF as a number prefix not referr to radio supression as on WWII US vehicles which had -S on those vehicles fitted with a supressor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Wouldn't Unit markings be on the bumper/bumperettes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yes. But I am having a miniscule mare finding out what unit markings to use. I am not up my own apex about it and am happy to use the bonnet codes in the snap, the MV has been scrapped after all. But I am clueless. No change there then. In the end I think it's about what looks good and am I having fun with the motor. I would imagine that if I just put the bonnet markings on as they stand, that someone with either far more actual knowledge or just a firm opinion will collar me and either educate or count rivets. Telling the two apart is the key. Charlie Caroli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Charlie Caroli, thats a name from the past, as a kid used to go to Blackpool Tower circus, apart from the chorus girls his act was the only bit I had any interest in. Met him a couple of times, he was a real gentleman, a lovely man. (Sorry about the off topic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Never apologise. I remember him on the telly, but I always had a negative thing with clowns, circuses and fun fairs. Always think of them as sinister. So, anyway....about these MUTT markings...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Can't help you with post war markings Mark, now had you bought a 'Mans Truck' ........:whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 When Mike looked into this, he found that MUTTs had very few, if any, markings on them during that period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Cheers Vince, How is the old repropate? I think I'm happy just to do the bonnet. I like the idea. Other things will come along in their own good time. MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 He's surrounded by broken land rovers, broken tractors and baby goats and sheep at the moment, while trying to project manage jobs in europe. Situation normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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