jammy four  | 30 Jul 2019 1:36 p.m. PST |
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 deadhead  | 31 Jul 2019 6:32 a.m. PST |
and no sooner said than we see a Navy Corpsman treating a wounded Marine.
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| deadhead | 01 Aug 2019 6:02 a.m. PST |
and then todays latest. Captain Christmas and his RTO. That face painting is superb.
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| jammy four | 03 Aug 2019 2:08 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 04 Aug 2019 4:39 a.m. PST |
and now a sensible chap, taking cover. Seems the wall comes with the figure. Great painting once more;
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| jammy four | 05 Aug 2019 6:37 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 12 Aug 2019 7:07 a.m. PST |
and here we see them in a less urban environment;
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| deadhead | 13 Aug 2019 5:03 a.m. PST |
I think this is the best photo I have seen from this (or indeed any) range. The low angle, painting of the figures and quality of the Huey modelling makes it;
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| deadhead | 15 Aug 2019 11:40 a.m. PST |
Another really nice diorama to show what can be done with these figures;
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 Legion 4 | 15 Aug 2019 3:46 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 15 Aug 2019 5:09 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 19 Aug 2019 2:06 a.m. PST |
Well I thought the last pictures could not be beaten, but this one……..
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| jammy four | 19 Aug 2019 11:06 p.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 20 Aug 2019 7:28 a.m. PST |
 Having done/planned many Air Assault exercises/training. When I was in Basic and Advanced '78-'79 then with the 101, '80-'83 with the Huey. All over the US and in Panama. It can be very exciting. And must have been same but with some fear/apprehension, etc., for those in the war in SE Asia.
One of my friends in the Military Officers Assoc. of America was a Huey pilot in '65-'66. Has some very interesting stories to relay. The US lost over 3000 helicopters in that war … many Hueys … sadly … |
| jammy four | 22 Aug 2019 3:44 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 22 Aug 2019 4:02 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 25 Aug 2019 4:01 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 26 Aug 2019 5:34 a.m. PST |
this chap is added to the NVA it seems. Painted by Andy Singleton I am told;
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| deadhead | 27 Aug 2019 2:01 a.m. PST |
and it seems the NVA range is bigger than I realised;
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| Pete W | 27 Aug 2019 2:47 p.m. PST |
Just to add I ordered 6 figures from Ged late on Friday evening and received them this morning (yesterday having been a public holiday here in the UK). Great service. The figures are amazing and photos don't really do them justice. Really well cast with minimal and well hidden seam lines despite the dynamic poses.
I'll get some paint on them and start a thread of my own P |
| jammy four | 28 Aug 2019 1:30 a.m. PST |
Pete really appreciate the great feedback..
thank you….worth all the effort
and research with a comment like that!!
enjoy the painting…. best regards
Ged
gringo40s.com
gringo40s.blogspot.com |
| deadhead | 28 Aug 2019 4:52 a.m. PST |
Those NVA again, nicely done;
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| deadhead | 28 Aug 2019 4:54 a.m. PST |
any thoughts of ARVN? Tiny guys dwarfed by their helmets and their guns, but with very tight trouser overalls for some reason! |
| Legion 4 | 28 Aug 2019 6:34 a.m. PST |
That sounds about right … AFAIK …  |
| viking | 02 Sep 2019 1:05 p.m. PST |
Probably the best designed Vietnam War range of figures to be put on the market. My friend from High School served in a maintenance battalion during the war. I was in the USAF, |
| viking | 02 Sep 2019 4:07 p.m. PST |
Regarding the M-50 ONTOS it was originally designed for the Army but in 1955 after testing it the Army rejected it but the USMC was desperate for an antitank weapon and they bought the planned production. It served with the Corp from1955 to 1969. In 1969 they were turned over to the US Army for usein
Light units. But as they started to wear out some were scrapped for parts others were turned into fortifications. And a handful were sold to vehicle collectors.
Butler Printed Models 3D prints it in 1/48 scale |
| jammy four | 02 Sep 2019 5:21 p.m. PST |
Viking your comments are greatly appreciated a lot of effort
has gone into our Nam range so the it will be slower but hopefully meet with almost everyones approval. The maintenance battalion were an important unit in so many ways..aswas of course the USAF…glad you came back regards
Ged
gringo40s.com
gringo40s.blogspot.com |
| deadhead | 03 Sep 2019 1:35 a.m. PST |
gets better and better. This is the work of Steve Perry I gather;
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| jammy four | 03 Sep 2019 2:13 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 05 Sep 2019 9:46 a.m. PST |
and here we see that mule once more, now with a crew and a very Hue-like setting.
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| deadhead | 06 Sep 2019 4:47 a.m. PST |
Couple more from the earlier diorama;
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| jammy four | 09 Sep 2019 11:51 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 11 Sep 2019 1:24 a.m. PST |
The dioramas only get better; That mule again in Hue. The street scene is just so evocative;
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| jammy four | 12 Sep 2019 4:48 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 13 Sep 2019 5:32 a.m. PST |
Well I now have one of every figure in the US Marine range. It will make quite a change from Napoleonics. I would like to think less complex…but it never works out that way!
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| deadhead | 15 Sep 2019 4:35 a.m. PST |
Another nicely painted NVA. This chap does have that oriental look. Work of Andy Simpson Ged tells me;
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| jammy four | 15 Sep 2019 12:35 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 16 Sep 2019 11:43 a.m. PST |
We continue to see great paintwork on these figures; Inspiring;
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| deadhead | 17 Sep 2019 1:11 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 18 Sep 2019 8:11 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 18 Sep 2019 10:26 a.m. PST |
Ged tells me this chap is known to him as "Hard as Nails". He certainly does look like he works out! I really do like the facial features and that haircut almost has a certain North Korean look to it? Very nicely painted again.
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| jammy four | 19 Sep 2019 3:53 a.m. PST |
thanks Liam they were really tough troops considering
how lightly armed they were…well the AK47 or Chinese or Russian variant was a superb piece of kit! regards
Ged
gringo40s.com
gringo40s.blogspot.com |
| deadhead | 19 Sep 2019 4:13 a.m. PST |
Type 56 is usually distinguished by its folding bayonet (always folded back 180 degrees). Some very clever facial work. Sniper, one eye closed (actually with practice you can keep both eyes open, but it looks so right!).Latest chaps really oriental features. Working on those Marines, now I have every one of the current range. I'll bet just as I think I am finished…….half a dozen more to do! No idea why this range has caught my imagination so much. I remember Tet like yesterday (at school in England of course thank God) but Napoleonics was it until this range came out. The detail on the three radio operators takes some beating. The Corpsman and two wounded brilliant. I have given a couple of them a fag (for US I do stress that means a cigarette. The old story that Eden told Eisenhower than MacMillan had been his fag at Eton. The reply? "Gee, you British are so open about that kind of thing". Too good to be true and surely apocryphal) |
| Legion 4 | 19 Sep 2019 7:56 a.m. PST |
I have a Chicom SKS with folding triangular shaped bayonet[3 sided blade] one of the Op SGTs brought back from Vietnam. He was the Bn Ops SGT in the 101 Bn I served in as the Bn Air Ops Ofc,'82-'83. |
| jammy four | 19 Sep 2019 3:47 p.m. PST |
Legion 4 sounds quite a cool weapon…any chance of a picture? cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| Skarper | 19 Sep 2019 9:08 p.m. PST |
It's a minor detail and I suspect impossible to model accurately in 28mm metal figures but Vietnamese do not 'bulk up' in the same way Westerners do. Bodybuilding is now a craze with some young men [and a few women] here and their arms and legs stay quite thin no matter how hard they work on them. At the time of the American War, Vietnamese were very slightly built but 'wiry'. It's genetic. All that said – I know limitations of mouldmaking mean metal figures are 'chunkier' than they should be and they look right on the tabletop. My figures were all ESCI plastics with a lot of conversions and though there were some historical anomalies, anatomically they're pretty good. This range does make the most of the larger size and is packed with character. |
| jammy four | 20 Sep 2019 4:18 a.m. PST |
thanks for your input Skarper much obliged…
some of the NVA were well built and certainly
bigger then the smaller VC as is shown
in many accounts I have read ..he had access
to some spinach!.. regards
Ged
gringo40s.com
gringo40s.blogspot.comm |
| deadhead | 20 Sep 2019 4:30 a.m. PST |
Well if he had turned green, with that build, that would be quite a political statement in the UK at present. No, the rest of you really do not want to know. It is bad enough for us here…..
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| Skarper | 20 Sep 2019 9:59 a.m. PST |
It's true people from the North of Vietnam are still generally taller and thicker set. Factor in the even poorer diet in the countryside areas and some NLF could be tiny. There was also no 'physical' to enter the NLF ranks and while I think they were pretty lenient in who could be conscripted for the PAVN there was still some limit. Many NLF were also under age – 12-13 year olds often carrying weapons be it more or less willingly. Anyway – none of this detracts from the very impressive figures. |
| deadhead | 20 Sep 2019 5:19 p.m. PST |
The current BBC series, repeating a US showing and alas shortening it, carries an interview where an NVA vet says locals carried stones in their clothes to make weight, to be accepted. Bit like the reverse in MMA fighters these days. |
tries out the expansion roads set.
