Lee, once again great pics.................
Paul, thanks very much!
Lee, Excellent photographs!
Thanks, much, Mark!
Lee, Great pictures! I really like the dirty footprint on the running board, The sailor with the duffel bag! You have a wonderful way of bring your layout to life! Oh darn I don't want to forget the cow! I hope no one tips it over at night! LOL
Mike, I should have known an old red leg such as yourself would have noticed the wear at the door of the CCKW (the GMC 2.5-ton truck; wheeled vehicles didn't carry an 'M' class designation then and 'deuce and a half' wasn't a name for them until the 1960s). Frankly, the military vehicles are the easiest to model for me as I've spent so much time around them (both modern from my active duty time, and the WW2 stuff from all the vehicle shows I've gone to). I know where to weather and what would be worn in the right amounts.
As for the cow, I loved creating that field; it was an afterthought but it's now one of the primary scenes that non-train-fan types notice when they see my layout for the first time; second only to the corn field. It's because, I'm sure, that your average person doesn't know if my trains are correct, but most people have seen a cow pasture or corn field in their lifetime.