Author Topic: Franco-Thai War (Read 23492 times)

Viper4Dan · « **on:** July 26, 2015, 02:22:03 AM »

Not one to let a period with little readily available information and even fewer produced wargaming figures go to waste, I've started working on some 28mm Franco-Thai War figures. First up are the forces of the Royal Thai Army. These figures are a mix of Bob Murch's Chinese Pulp Figures, Brigade Games WW1 Russians, Crusader Miniatures WW2 French Infantry heads, Empress Miniature tankettes, some green stuff, and a little "from 3 feet away it looks close enough". I like the idea of an army that fought in the backwater of a campaign (Laos, Cambodia, Burma), against both the Axis and the Allies (Britain, Vichy France, Japan, Nationalist China, plus bandits), used a lot of old equipment, and had to draw on a variety of sources to equip its troops. In many ways, I see the Thais as an effective WW2 "Back of Beyond" sort of army.

The first photo is of my force commander and a sniper.

Viper4Dan · « **Reply #1 on:** July 26, 2015, 02:24:46 AM »

Troops advancing through a village.

Viper4Dan · « **Reply #2 on:** July 26, 2015, 02:27:38 AM »

More troops on the way.

Viper4Dan · « **Reply #3 on:** July 26, 2015, 02:28:36 AM »

Army Standard.

Viper4Dan · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2015, 02:30:31 AM »

A little light armor support......they must be optimists!

FramFramson · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2015, 04:18:51 AM »

Haha, this is brilliant - it's always good to see the obscure armies and conflicts of the first half of the 20th century get their due. I love it.

traveller · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2015, 08:20:53 AM »

Cool! Nice job on the conversions. I look forward to see more!

carlos marighela · « **Reply #7 on:** July 26, 2015, 09:14:26 AM »

Wonderful stuff. I love esoteric armies.

lou passejaire · « **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2015, 09:19:46 AM »

missing the Vickers Mk.E Type B tanks, the cavalry and the artillery

Burnt65 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2015, 10:25:13 PM »

Looks great Dan!

Siaba · « **Reply #10 on:** August 02, 2015, 09:51:39 PM »

Very good conversion job!

Phil_Gray · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2015, 09:28:45 PM »

Quote from: lou passejaire on July 26, 2015, 09:19:46 AM

missing the Vickers Mk.E Type B tanks, the cavalry and the artillery

Force of Arms did quite a nice range of Vickers 6 tonners - with the original Vickers turret and the modified one used by the Finns...

not sure who has the rights now (Warlord?)

Poiter50 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2015, 02:30:04 AM »

WG have just released a Polish Vickers Type E. It would need to be reverted to the original as the Poles had made their own mods.

Viper4Dan · « **Reply #13 on:** August 10, 2015, 05:30:44 PM »

Company B is in the process of casting the Vickers 6 ton export tank, so that will definitely be an addition to the collection. Here are two shots of the Thai crewed Japanese Type 92 70mm infantry gun. Photos of the first of my 5th Regiment FFL to follow this week.

Legion1963 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 10, 2015, 08:32:23 PM »

Quote from: Viper4Dan on July 26, 2015, 02:30:31 AM

A little light armor support......they must be optimists!

Indeed. They are ....... buddhists ;-)

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