Navy Seabee, Dong Tam, RVN '67- COMPLETE

[JamesOLeary]

Navy Seabee, Dong Tam, RVN 1967

I am calling this one complete. Yesterday I spent some time attaching the jute twine for grass for this project. That was pretty monotonous but worth the effort.

Here are some photos. I did not do 360 degree shots of this since there are plenty of 360 degree photos of the figure and the sign. I think it turned out well. At Dong Tam, the soil was pretty much a mixture of black, gray, and brown soil which I tried to replicate here. This base was in the Mekong Delta and the soil was quite different from the red dirt found in the Central Highlands.

On to the next project!

Cheers,
James

 

[SA Dave]

DANG that guy looks peeed off :evil:

 

[JamesOLeary]

He just found out he has to mow that grass around the sign.

 

[SA Dave]

Looks like he has the teeth to do the mowing with hehehe

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Nice work James! Your figure painting is amazing!

 

[Duke Maddog]

I love it! Magnificent work!


"Show us your war face!"

 

[moon puppy]

Navy Seabee, Dong Tam, RVN 1967

I am calling this one complete. Yesterday I spent some time attaching the jute twine for grass for this project. That was pretty monotonous but worth the effort.

Here are some photos. I did not do 360 degree shots of this since there are plenty of 360 degree photos of the figure and the sign. I think it turned out well. At Dong Tam, the soil was pretty much a mixture of black, gray, and brown soil which I tried to replicate here. This base was in the Mekong Delta and the soil was quite different from the red dirt found in the Central Highlands.

On to the next project!

Cheers,
James

He looks more like he just saw someone coming out of his hut with his beer.

Excellent work James. You a one man campaign.

 

[iambrb]

Wow that is great work! I struggle to get my figs to look like a tenth as well!

 

[JamesOLeary]

Thanks for the additional positive comments. I am going to be out of modeling action for the next couple of weeks, but when I get back to it, I have several projects I want to work on.

Projects that I want to work on are:

Australian Soldier (it is going to depict a friend of mine from the TXARNG who had served in the Australian Army in Vietnam in 1971. He later moved to the US and served in our Army and the TXARNG. Hard Core dude!)

New Zealand Soldier

Ford Lynx Scout Car (undecided if it will be an ARVN vehicle or one that was restored and displayed at HQ of 1/4 CAV at Di An.)

Tet Offensive diorama depicting the fight at Ho Nai Village involving the Scouts of 2/47th Infantry (Mech)

Diorama of Soldiers in-processing Finance at Bearcat Basecamp

Vignette of Soldiers in defoliated area

Army engineers working on a road or a bridge

Now, I won't be able to get all of these completed this year, but I would like to get the scout car completed before an AMPS show in Austin, Texas in September and the Tet Offensive diorama completed before the 47th Infantry Regiment's reunion in April 2018. The single figures will be able to be completed along the way simultaneously with other projects.

It's going to be a busy, but enjoyable journey.

Cheers,
James