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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: fusilierdan on December 21, 2019, 02:58:02 AM
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Please. Just starting wargaming Vietnam and am interested in how others are setting up their table for fighting in Hue. I plan to use a 4x3 table maybe moving up to 6x4. 28mm is the chosen scale. I understand there were lots of fences and walls and that the streets were fairly wide.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
Dan
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My inspiration is the illustration in the Osprey Campaign book on Tet 1968 on pages 78 and 79.
Wide tree lined street, high walls between gardens at the back of the houses, low open walls facing the street. Buildings have a mix of flat or pan tiled roofs
Due to my lack of skill, I am using Sarissa North Africa/Colonial buildings.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E0_OipeBql4/XLNzKmzKggI/AAAAAAAAFQI/YVl4_EHlCI0pxsVjKNN643KO8wvTixCBgCLcBGAs/s1600/n109-24.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A4NMaide2wQ/Xby1JozScLI/AAAAAAAAF3M/dXPKNTZWaX86wkA9JG_HlRTVQ6bTG35CACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/n109-2-2.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sk87yingiRU/XZe56DaIS8I/AAAAAAAAF1g/x64jLDMDjYAk8FXOYnpY_p0UUR4G1pmIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/n110-16.png)
I have one of their triple size ones and another small one (for conversion to a shop).
I also have their secure compound.
I am thinking of using a couple of their North African compounds, the ruined Adobe house (modified to match the Colonial ones) and the Ambassador's Compound.
Now, if someone would do the decorative walls...
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This might be of interest.
https://hntdaab.co.uk/blog/2019/12/20/initial-impressions-walled-ambassadors-residence-set/ (https://hntdaab.co.uk/blog/2019/12/20/initial-impressions-walled-ambassadors-residence-set/)
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Or this;
Sarissa Precision Secure Compound Scenery Set (28mm)
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For another view on the North African range:
https://hntdaab.co.uk/blog/tag/sarissa-precision/ (https://hntdaab.co.uk/blog/tag/sarissa-precision/)
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Thanks all for the replies.
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Very interesting buildings !!! I am still building some jungle terrain but then...
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Those buildings look very serviceable
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A couple of Knights of Dice buildings with added bits and bobs.
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Empress marine for scale
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View from above
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Some non-Hue, firebase WIPs
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4.2” mortar
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Italeri railway station seeing service in Vietnam.
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That came up a treat. It is on my list of intended purchases. Is the Tuk-Tuk a Disney piece?
Italeri railway station seeing service in Vietnam.
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No it’s a rather rare diecast actually, dirtied up a little. There was a 75% off sale at a local model car shop and that brought it into affordable range. It’s not a Lambro but one the Japanese clones from the ‘60s a Daihatsu Midget. The maker is MMP according the the underside of it.
The 2CV is a Heller kit, the VW a Tamiya 1/48. I also picked up a Heller Peugeot 403. A bit over scale but they are simple kits and easier to bang up with bullet holes etc.
I must get some of the Crooked Dice scooters.
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Ta.
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Isn't the final set of scenes in Full Metal Jacket movie based on the battle for Hue - before the Mickey Mouse Club bit?
M. i. c. k. e. y. M. o. u. s. e.
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Very nice buildings.
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Very nice buildings, and the Tuk-Tuk works very well
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Isn't the final set of scenes in Full Metal Jacket movie based on the battle for Hue - before the Mickey Mouse Club bit?
M. i. c. k. e. y. M. o. u. s. e.
Yup,. So Docklands scenery is going to be an inspiration.
The backlot in Tour of Duty might also inspire when I reach series 2.
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A couple of Knights of Dice buildings with added bits and bobs.
That white building is a treat! Very characterful, and looks like a great gaming piece. I can't quite pick it in the Sarissa range. Do you have a link?
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Lovely buildings :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
and cars :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That white building is a treat! Very characterful, and looks like a great gaming piece. I can't quite pick it in the Sarissa range. Do you have a link?
It’s from the Knights of Dice Tabula Raisa range, one of the ‘desert villas’. It has been re-roofed with corrugated plastic and dressed up with shutters, mesh door screens and plastic roller doors.
https://www.knightsofdice.com/product/desert-villa-4/
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Ultravanillasmurf and carlos marighela - some lovely terrain.
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It’s from the Knights of Dice Tabula Raisa range, one of the ‘desert villas’. It has been re-roofed with corrugated plastic and dressed up with shutters, mesh door screens and plastic roller doors.
https://www.knightsofdice.com/product/desert-villa-4/
Oh, I even quoted you saying it was KOD lol
Silly me.