Model Forum / General / Models / April 2010

Not sure about the helmets, but accuracy? I know of 2 occasions
where they mentioned wrong a/c. No, I don't mean subbing a PT-22 for
'5 o'clock Charlie' or whatever. The episode where the USO bunch was
in town, Potter tells the older chick that he thinks of her every time
he sees a C-42 running up. Yeah, they're all over the place. The other
is where they're trying to get an incubator I think & the General or
Colonel they're talking with mentions among the things he can get is
the occasional odd B-52. I guess he knew something the USAF didn't. I
know it flew in the early '50s, but I don't think they were quite
available during Korea. I think there was another mis-named a/c as
well. I dunno how much I'd trust 'em.

On Apr 25, 7:18 am, "hill4...@gmail.com" <hill4...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hopefully that's sarcasm - M*A*S*H is a poor source for authenticity of US
mil in Korea.

You can't go wrong with the MKIII-IV Turtle. Even if the M1 pisspot were
correct for Commonwealth (doubtful) or UN/NATO forces in the RoK '50-53,
I'd consider a little artistic license here. A Free French soldier marching
on Paris in the summer of 1944 will be all but indistingushable from a US
dogface in the absence of a Croix De Lorraine or Tricolore to que on.

WmB

On Apr 25, 8:18 am, "hill4...@gmail.com" <hill4...@gmail.com> wrote:

If by wide brim, you mean the wide, oval helmet worn in 1940, then no,
they wouldn't have those in Korea. A new helmet was designed in 1944,
which did not resemble the US M1 helmet. It looks more like the old
Dutch helmets from 1940--deeper around the head with a pronounced
"tail." It wasn't universally issued during World War Two, but would
have been ubiquitous by 1950. Of course, UK troops have often worn
soft caps in circumstances where US troop would be wearing helmets.
Gerald Owens

This might help. Australian troops often appear not to wear them, such
as here:

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/HOBJ2514

These are some I found with Australian troops wearing a helmet:

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/HOBJ4410

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/LEEJ0656

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/LEEJ0658

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/MELJ0853

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/P04963.007

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/HOBJ1610

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/P01813.326

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/HOBJ4908

They did wear the US-style helmet at latter stages of the war, though:

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/SWEJ0169

http://cas.awm.gov.au/screen_img/MELJ0835

Perhaps because they patrolling the DMZ?