 deadhead  | 06 Jul 2021 7:25 a.m. PST |
Ged sent me this pic from a new range on the Gringos 40 website. They are USAF aircrew, but I imagine they would equally do for Army or Marines. This chap is the more clerically inclined of the bunch, with his notepad and relaxed look. The others look more "involved" shall we say?
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| Ferd45231 | 06 Jul 2021 7:30 a.m. PST |
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jammy four  | 06 Jul 2021 8:08 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 06 Jul 2021 4:26 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 07 Jul 2021 5:12 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 07 Jul 2021 3:45 p.m. PST |
Glad you hear about you my good friend!! (smile) Armand |
 Old Contemptible | 07 Jul 2021 4:03 p.m. PST |
I need 28mm 1940 French ground crew for an airfield scenario. While I am at it, I need 28mm 1940 German Pioneers constructing a bridge for a crossing the Muse scenario. As far as I can tale nobody makes these including Warlord. |
| jammy four | 08 Jul 2021 1:26 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 09 Jul 2021 3:56 a.m. PST |
and here we have another addition to the USAF in Vietnam range. Four of five are active aircrew and wearing body armour. One also has an oxygen mask, so I guess he is not a helicopter pilot! Here we have a nicely modelled door gunner;
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 Legion 4  | 09 Jul 2021 8:20 a.m. PST |
Nice figure of "wenchturner" !… But if any devise/machine, etc. is not properly maintained it's just a big paperweight … Of course with aircraft MG gunner figure … who doesn't like MGs !?!?!😁 |
| jammy four | 09 Jul 2021 10:59 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 09 Jul 2021 3:12 p.m. PST |
Excellent!….
Congrats my good friend!
Armand
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| jammy four | 10 Jul 2021 1:49 a.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 10 Jul 2021 11:12 a.m. PST |
Yes, especially with aircraft if you have a problem with staying in the air … you could be in for a world of hurt. At least on the ground in an APC, MBT, truck, etc., you won't fall from the sky. None the less, we spent a lot of time doing daily, before, during and after Ops maint. You don't want to blow an engine, throw a track etc., at the wrong time. And some times it still happened …  |
| deadhead | 12 Jul 2021 12:57 a.m. PST |
That is what is so terrifying about helicopters, they have no inherent lift. Other than contra-rotate, if anything goes wrong, you are aerodymically a brick and Newton takes over. An engineless plane has some glide potential while the wings are still on….and you can eject upwards unlike in a "chopper" and descend in a chute. |
| Legion 4 | 12 Jul 2021 8:14 a.m. PST |
Yes auto-rotate, by basically taking the blades out of gear. And use the aircraft, wind, etc., to make a controlled "crash landing". 😖 Takes some skill on the pilots' parts. The weather conditions and as always a little luck … Never happened when I was cargo in any chopper[UH-1s, CH-47s, UH-60s, OH-58s and one USAF Jolly Green Giant HH-53]… Thank the Gods !!!! 🙏 I have exited an aircraft in flight [C-130 & C-141] but that was during jump school at Benning. We had to jump but not because the aircraft was in "trouble". The parachute instructors/Jump Master said, "Once you are on this aircraft, the only way off is out the doors !" …
🪂🪂🪂🪂✈ |
| deadhead | 15 Jul 2021 8:23 a.m. PST |
and now a downed pilot hoping to avoid the Hanoi Hilton if in NVN, or just disappearing as another MIA, if in the South. I seem to recall that if he is downed in Laos, and captured, no one got back?
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| Legion 4 | 15 Jul 2021 3:38 p.m. PST |
 A Jolly Green Giant and a couple of Sky Raiders are on the way !!!!
I seem to recall that if he is downed in Laos, and captured, no one got back? Most did get back IIRC … But not all … link |
| jammy four | 20 Jul 2021 6:55 a.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 20 Jul 2021 3:35 p.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 19 Aug 2021 6:03 a.m. PST |
and here is the downed pilot painted up;
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| jammy four | 19 Aug 2021 8:44 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 21 Aug 2021 9:38 a.m. PST |
The top figure now painted up. He is a pilot inspecting bullet damage I am told;
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| deadhead | 24 Aug 2021 12:53 p.m. PST |
Drip feed. We are back to the downed pilot, but I do like the shading and highlighting here;
I somewhere recall reading that, for helicopter crews, the nylon in jungle boots was considered a fire risk and that all-leather boots were the regulation. But a quick Google check show plenty of wear for both! I suspect leather did not survive too well in the local climate |
| Legion 4 | 25 Aug 2021 3:23 p.m. PST |
All looks good ! Jungle boots in that climate are superior to the old leather boots. I worn mine not only in Panama and Korea, but back stateside when I could if authorized. At Benning[now to be called Ft. Moore], I wore them until the day I ETS'd … |
| jammy four | 27 Aug 2021 7:11 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 31 Aug 2021 6:08 a.m. PST |
a pilot who, I am told will suit any 1/48 scale aircraft/ chopper painted by Andy Singleton as before;
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| jammy four | 02 Sep 2021 4:58 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 04 Sep 2021 4:48 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 07 Sep 2021 4:52 a.m. PST |
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begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.
