Mick's Vietnam Book (Outstanding orders fulfilled. page 18)

[tomrommel1]

Indem Beckton Gas works!!

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Exactly Beckton Gas Works in London, pretending to be an industrial zone in Hue.

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Looking good. 

Suggestion. Get a bag of stone gravel - grey - from a garden centre and throw it onto the table as if its broken concrete and debris. It works wonders.

O have a large container full of that and lots of other debris I have collected over the years. Just reach in and grab a handful and sprinkle it around.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Thanks everybody.

@Paul - at the moment I have been building several XPS foam structures using my new machines.

Once the builds are finished I will add sand and gravel.
I still have not decided whether to do the groundwork with simple painted cloth or fully sculpted XPS tiles.

[carlos marighela]

Exactly Beckton Gas Works in London, pretending to be an industrial zone in Hue.

I’ve often thought that Apocalypse Now would have been a better film if they had shot it on Canvey Island.  Wilko Johnson would probably have done the soundtrack for free.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Empress Miniatures 28mm Vietnam Civilians and Viet Cong versions.

I have really enjoyed painting these, and giving them names based on Reservoir Dogs.

Miss Green, Miss Pink, Miss Violet and Mrs Turquoise.


Mr White, Mr Ocean, Mr Grey, and Mr Blue-Sky.

[tomrommel1]

nice ! just started on mine , too.

[Ash]

Very cool, the colour coding is a great idea.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Very nice painting.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

This week I have built a Tamiya T55 in 1/48 Scale. This kit is brand new and has excellent details.
The model is very close to the Chinese built Type 59 which was commonly used by the NVA.

I left off the rear fuel barrels as they do not appear to have been used in Vietnam (or at least rarely).
I need to find some decals for this.


The commanders hatch opens and closes. The commander is on a magnet so can be removed and the tank "buttoned up".


I also weathered some other vehicles. Here is a Sarissa Precision 1/56 M113 MDF kit and an Italera 1/72 M113 ACAV.
The figures are Italera 1/72 and Empress Miniatures 28mm.


Here is a Corgi 1/50 diecast M48 A3 straight from the box behind an Italeri 1/72 M48A3.
As I photographed this I noticed that the Corgi decals say US Army but the tank is dark green as used by the USMC.
The Italeri tank is a reasonable army green colour but the decals are for USMC.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice work on the vehicles.

[carlos marighela]

Decals? Apart from using Star’s  1/72 or 1/35 PAVN there are some relatively cheap options available. There are a number of decal manufacturers who make PAVN aircraft decals in 1/72 and 1/48 that just require the bars on the side snipped with a blade.

The Hobby Boss 1/48  T-34/ 85 comes with PAVN decals and you can usually pick up the kit for less than $20 AUD. Worth having anyway it’s a spectacular kit with a full and I do mean full  interior.

The 1/48 Micromir BTR-60 has PAVN decals but it’s not a cheap kit. If you have use for one for another project though, then the decals are free.

[carlos marighela]

The Micromir decals on the Tamiya T-55 (minor conversion to make it a T-54)

Oh and if you want 1/48 decals for your M113 and M48 Gasoline/Quarterkit make a couple of Vietnam era sets:

https://www.promodels.eu/en/decals-gasoline-xsl-425_434_435.html

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Carlos,

Your T55s look great  - which colour did you use?

Thank-you for the links to the decals.
I got quite excited and added some to the shopping cart.
Then I saw the cost including shipping to Switzerland ouch.

I will consider carefully what I actually need.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

No idea what the postage is but, I-94 have some Vietnamese stars for aircraft in pack MI-106.

https://www.minibits.net/i-94-decals/miscellaneous/

I have them somewhere, I will see if I can dig them out.

The odd number forms might be interesting to rende.