Author Topic: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!! (Read 210679 times)

gringo · « **Reply #1335 on:** April 23, 2023, 06:48:24 PM »

Phil loads more to come....i didnt get a chance to
take any but loads i believe have been!!

best regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #1336 on:** April 23, 2023, 08:29:35 PM »

That was a good looking table, I got to it just as it was being reset.

Are the compound walls commercially available?

gringo · « **Reply #1337 on:** April 24, 2023, 12:54:15 AM »

hi Ultravanillasmurf

many thanks for the comment,,,,,,,,,,

Walls are a one off im afraid,,due
to the inordinate work involved

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

gringo · « **Reply #1338 on:** April 25, 2023, 10:12:37 AM »

some more pictures from Salute 2023 of Gringo40s
28mm "Attack on the American Embassy" much more
to follow

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #1339 on:** April 25, 2023, 09:22:34 PM »

Oh well.
Here is another photograph.

carlos marighela · « **Reply #1340 on:** April 26, 2023, 04:08:36 AM »

:-*That is absolutely outstanding!!

Love the attention to detail. Always thought it was a pity the Yanks knocked it down when they returned.

Be passing not far from the site in a couple of hours as it happens.

gringo · « **Reply #1341 on:** April 26, 2023, 11:59:11 PM »

thanks you for the input chaps...............

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

CapnJim · « **Reply #1342 on:** April 27, 2023, 04:45:16 PM »

Lovely board you did up there. Hopefully other folks will post pics of the action...

carlos marighela · « **Reply #1343 on:** April 28, 2023, 04:56:26 AM »

You can get double use from that. Operation Frequent Wind, the final evacuation. Might make an interesting what if.

Two days time it will be National Unification Day here. Quite a few festivities happening.

gringo · « **Reply #1344 on:** April 28, 2023, 09:26:02 AM »

Capnjim
many thanks indeed...there are a lot of pictures
out there,,gathering as we speak

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

gringo · « **Reply #1345 on:** April 28, 2023, 09:28:22 AM »

Carlos
as you say the Building can be refactored
and i have that in mind..as the NVA/VC close
in and a sort of re-run...

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

carlos marighela · « **Reply #1346 on:** April 28, 2023, 12:36:58 PM »

The only visible remains are the curious serrations on the wall and I’m not even sure it’s the same wall. Apparently the concrete planters still exist along with a tree that must be over a century old. You can see the tree from outside but not the planters obviously enough. Couldn’t find the plaque commemorating the attackers.

The British Consulate General across the road is a rather dowdy looking affair. The French Consulate, not surprisingly, is a much more elegant affair. Slap bang next to the US one. One in the eye for the Anglos.

gringo · « **Reply #1347 on:** April 28, 2023, 01:32:02 PM »

Carlos
nice update,,,a mate went there and gave a brief update
not as detailed as yours..the Ghost of 68 still reverberates..
its on my bucket list!.

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

carlos marighela · « **Reply #1348 on:** April 29, 2023, 12:10:36 AM »

You really should Ged. There’s so much construction going on older bits are being lost daily. Noticeable change since my last pre-pandemic trip. Food in Vietnam is quite simply without parallel, the world’s greatest and largely unsung cuisine* and the locals quite delightful.

* At home I have the choice of at least a dozen or more Vietnamese restaurants within a four minute walk from my door but the food in Vietnam is so much better.

gringo · « **Reply #1349 on:** April 29, 2023, 09:21:16 AM »

Carlos..........i have only heard good things about Vietnam
..and the residue of the War..same mate met and old VC vet
in one of the Museums..had a go at a weapons range..his favourite
the AK47 chinese version!..visited a village that uses full agent orange
canisters as a base for the buildings.Like me he rates the food as one
of the best in the world,,the French footprint and wonderful decayed
buildings...yep gotta go
cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

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