 Legion 4   | 16 Apr 2020 9:22 a.m. PST |
 Looking good !
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jammy four  | 28 Apr 2020 4:01 p.m. PST |
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 deadhead | 07 May 2020 7:23 a.m. PST |
Not had much new to show recently, but I liked the painting here…a different style to earlier images of this character
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| jammy four | 07 May 2020 7:49 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 13 May 2020 1:04 a.m. PST |
again an NVA in the nice and different paint style. Simple things get me….in this chap it is the sandal straps!
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| jammy four | 13 May 2020 6:09 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 14 May 2020 6:24 a.m. PST |
we might get to 400 yet! This painted up figure is well worth adding for the Asian-features-look I think
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| deadhead | 14 May 2020 1:43 p.m. PST |
Meant to show Cheatham painted up. Great work on the facial features;
For his story read Mark Howden or follow this link to an earlier showing of this figure;
TMP link
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| jammy four | 15 May 2020 2:08 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 17 May 2020 2:05 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 18 May 2020 2:07 a.m. PST |
I think this is probably the best figure and photography since I started this message thread
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| jammy four | 18 May 2020 6:55 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 20 May 2020 2:21 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 21 May 2020 1:52 a.m. PST |
Notice the stencilling on the LAW!
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| jammy four | 22 May 2020 4:53 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 28 May 2020 6:36 a.m. PST |
I keep being impressed by this painter's work;
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| jammy four | 28 May 2020 8:25 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 02 Jun 2020 7:07 a.m. PST |
The latest thing is the sapper team. More to come I gather;
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| jammy four | 03 Jun 2020 9:45 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 04 Jun 2020 1:17 a.m. PST |
Looks like we will see more sappers, returning to the US Embassy attack theme;
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| jammy four | 11 Jun 2020 2:23 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 17 Jun 2020 7:09 a.m. PST |
Ged asked me to post news of two new figures. Flamethrower operators from either side of the wire. We all remember Robert de Niro using one of course, but I don't like the idea of Nathaniel Victor with one also. Claymore definitely needed there Often wondered how they were not outlawed after WWI, as with poison gas, expanding bullets, unrestricted submarine warfare (which tells you how much difference it would have made)
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| jammy four | 17 Jun 2020 8:58 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 17 Jun 2020 5:51 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 18 Jun 2020 11:25 p.m. PST |
now we see one of them painted up;
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| deadhead | 19 Jun 2020 6:45 a.m. PST |
and now rear view with detail of the device itself
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| jammy four | 20 Jun 2020 12:57 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 22 Jun 2020 9:44 a.m. PST |
The NVA trumpeter painted up;
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| jammy four | 22 Jun 2020 4:54 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 23 Jun 2020 4:06 a.m. PST |
The threatened NVA in an East German style helmet
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| deadhead | 24 Jun 2020 5:29 a.m. PST |
to show the device itself;
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| Legion 4 | 24 Jun 2020 6:34 a.m. PST |
Very nice models and paint jobs. I can hear the US Grunt while using his flamethrower saying, "Burn Baby Burn !"  Many of our instructors and soldiers that fought in Vietnam that I had the honor to serve with. Told us any VC/NVA that were hit by Napalm, flame throwers, etc., were called "Krispy Kritters". The name of a breakfast cereal popular in the US back then. |
| deadhead | 02 Jul 2020 1:40 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 03 Jul 2020 9:18 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 03 Jul 2020 11:55 a.m. PST |
and these are VC in civvie rig. I think the idea is the assault team that attacked the US emabassy;
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| deadhead | 07 Jul 2020 7:10 a.m. PST |
and it was the Embassy of course…..not the emabassy (that is the Irish way of saying it….try it out loud, with a Cork accent) Plus that was in Saigon and not Hue but;
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| jammy four | 08 Jul 2020 5:49 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 15 Jul 2020 5:02 a.m. PST |
another nicely finished figure;
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| jammy four | 15 Jul 2020 5:19 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 27 Jul 2020 3:45 a.m. PST |
and another view, slightly low resolution photo though;
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| Legion 4 | 27 Jul 2020 8:58 a.m. PST |
But he may draw some fire … |
| deadhead | 30 Jul 2020 9:52 a.m. PST |
We are getting well beyond the title of this thread now maybe. these folk have a more rural look to them, but the famous Catherine Leroy photos did show the bad guys in Hue looking like this rather than the Fall of Saigon uniform of NVA
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| jammy four | 31 Jul 2020 2:59 a.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 31 Jul 2020 6:51 a.m. PST |
Yes Standard/Flag Bearers in any war were easy targets. In the ACW during some battles the flag would be carried by a number of soldiers. As many were shot soon after they picked it up ! |
| jammy four | 01 Aug 2020 4:11 a.m. PST |
Legion4 indeed…in the NVA if a standard bearer fell their were designated replacments…not the most aluring task in the world..still.they were given Hero Pens and citations which meant a lot to the NVA . cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com
gringo40s.blogspot.com |
| Legion 4 | 01 Aug 2020 8:39 a.m. PST |
Well … better them than me !😁 |
| deadhead | 05 Aug 2020 5:12 a.m. PST |
Those NVA. Flags, bugles, now whistles. Low tech stuff, but I guess it worked;
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| Legion 4 | 06 Aug 2020 8:32 a.m. PST |
Again ! |
| jammy four | 06 Aug 2020 3:08 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 06 Aug 2020 3:08 p.m. PST |
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