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Now, to balance the forces of the Universe -some NATO (well, US) troops to fight with my late Cold War soviets.

First, there will be an amphibious USMC battlegroup -almost a size of a brigade, then a Reforger mechanized inf. brigade -all for the fights in the AO of NORTHAG.

An M60A3 company (well, the HQ with an M113 -not very USMC stylish..)


LVTP7 Battalion (HQ with a HMMWV painted in a 3 tone camo -also not the best choice, but I like HMMWV's, sorry To be honest, I have a lot of unpainted MUTT's)

A Chapparal -for AD (mainly for the CO)


An MLRS battery (Also not available in 1985 according to the rules..)



Some support (An Army Kiowa (FAC), and a pair of Super Cobras)


The battlegroup (without dismounts -with the already mentioned small mistakes)

Universal CO (for Army use mainly -with different camos)


Some AT never enough TOW's (And I have some 20 Dragons )



I don't have any true recce for them, so I will use the Army ACAV vehicle for that (It will be a recce platoon in an M113 equiped mech. inf. brigade -For the USMC, I have some LAV's, but not for 1985..)



So I have a half USMC brigade, with some Army units as proxies till I solve the problem!

So, my next step will be:

-have some air support (2x F-18, used as A-6)
-have some towed artillery to support them (no correct 155mm gun exists yet, so maybe something form O8's german range..)
-have a lot-lot-lot of infantry with some more LVTP7's
-have 4x CH-46's
-have some infantry as Recce, wiht jeeps
-have some infantry with Redeye/Stinger
-have a true USMC style CO
-have 2x more companies of M60's

And have an Army reforger mechanized brigade with M1's and Bradleys..

Nice work again, Pat

These do look good. 1/600th and the effect will be good. Close up some do look like mixed toffees-good enough to eat!

The air support arrived

They're cracking!

Everything looks great, but those F-18s look fantastic!!! Wow!

V/R,
Jack

Weren't Jolly Rogers flying F-14s in this period?

Anyway nice painting.

Actually, there was a tribute flight 20 years later, that inspired me

Besides that, F-18s fly mostly with the new camo, a boring grey, and low visibility markings.. So I decided to cheat a little, for the better visual effect

BTW you should make some F-14s also, so I can correct my fault

from 2005

I have to do both - F-14 and Super Hornet...

No harm in doing planes in good looking colours!

Impressive! Like the Diamonds in the sky!