Guys

I managed to put this together...........its a what if scene in Vietnam......hope you guys like............







Thanks and regards

Mr B

lost for a name ...any ideas?

Mr. B,

Nice dio. Like the ground work and idea.

Did the crew survive the shoot-down?

As for title, how about "Bursting the bubble", since it has a bubble shaped canopy?

Jason

Nice work Mr b.

How did you do the water?

As for title, how about 'Harvesting the field"?

Very nicely done Mr. B. I always enjoy non-combat dios as its generally tougher to tell a story. The crashed chopper is obviously in "Indian" country as suggested by the nearby VC is dramatically posed. The water came out well too. I liked how the bubble canopy is dirtied up. Did these Sikorskys (I think) have perspex or glass canopies?

Hmm....a title how about:

1. A "Soft" Landing
2. Bad day at the Office
3. Honey, I think someone parked their chopper in our backyard.

B, nice one.. wah.. switch to Diorama now ha..

My choice of title will be
"Litle Bird Down"

How about "Site Survey" for a title?
Representative of the wreck being 'surveyed' by the Vietnamese.

Guys

Thanks for the nice words....

Jason - Thanks ....crew walked out in my mind....:) ground work a moxture of earth tones and horby grass painted ....a shade of green........

Poohbear - The water was done with base of flat earth mixture....some cheap shelac poured in then try 50 cents gum around 3 tubes in total.....some shades on the airbrush....and a bit more chelac done......

Beachbum- Thanks .....its was from your idea on the padi and the water....but a cheaper version :) ....good tips...and thanks for the nice words....not too sure on the bubble...but wanted the look of ripped off glass/prespect......on the bell....

Tom- Yeap ....once in a while ....need to move on out of planes.....:) thanks for the nice words as well........

As for titles guys thanks alot......so many choice cannot choose....one.......all seem nice and fitting.........:)

Hi, I'm new to these forums - they have been recommended to me by an existing member.

Mr. B - I can no longer view your photos - states thay have been either moved or deleted.
Can you post a link to these photos please?

Hello namfreak, you must be James?

Warm welcome to our humble home away from home and perhaps you might like to drop a word or two about yourself in the below thread :)

http://z12.invisionfree.com/ScaleModelsMal...wtopic=157&st=0

cheers and happy modelling :)

I can't c any pic dude...

Hello Nam Freak

Always glad to see a common interest in the Vietnam war.........This was built sometime back........managed to locate a few pictures for your viewing ...........

Rgds
Mr B

WOW! Amazing diorama Mr. B!
Beautifully done!

I'm re-discovering my love of models - last one I did was about 17 year ago - and they were all 'nam related - Huey, M113 etc. I even had a go at some dio' too.

Hoping to do a nice build on an Academy Huey and maybe incorporate it into a dio.
I don't see where the Huey fits into the crash scene - this must be a seperate dio - do you have any more photos of the Huey?

Beautiful dio Mr B. I particularly like 'Nam dios.

Hi Namfreak,

There was a time I was into the 'Nam thing and built some kit of the era.

I have some pix of my Huey but it is a troopship. I can understand the sparce after market stuff for Huey's so I scratch built most of the pylons and supports for the guns plus modified both the pigs and gun stations.

Hope this will help. Please forgive the slight blurred close-ups.



















I'm dreaming of putting this into a dio too. Glad to have another 'Nam enthusiast to spurr up interest.

Richard.

Namfreak - The huey is a static build....but it was in my nam folder so I added it in will add somemore shots once Photobucket can upload faster........

Rt- Lovely Huey man..........love the stuff in it.........You must put it into a diorama...it screams for such with your "shrinking" ray technology ........some huts and kampung setting will not be too difficult.............or landing into a hot lz

Thanks
Rgds
mrb

Thanks B,

The close-ups showed some very rough finishing though.

Thinking about a simple pre-flight check and a stick of grunts ready to board but waiting around for the order. Some of their stuff is on board already.

Richard.

@rtfoe - Amazing job on the UH - 1D! Is that Revell's 1/32 scale kit?.
Yeah that's screaming out to be incorporated into a diorama!

@mr.b - Looking forward to seeing some more pics of your Huey!

Glad to see there's some guys that are interested in the Vietnam era thing. I've just taken delivery of the "Huey Walk Around" book -wow! Amazing for the details in it.

Thanks, Namfreak. Yup it's the Revell 1/32 alright. Very old kit that needs a lot of extras especially the cabin.

The Dio wil have to take a back seat for now. Currently working on a few projects. Who knows, I might just start one just to break monotony of WW2 subjects.

"Huey Walk Around" you say. That's one great asset for details to your Huey Project.

Look forward to your build.

Cheers,
Richard.