richdlc

thanks! Funny you should mention that.....in the 15 years I've been out of the loop there's been some incredible advances in casting technology - there's a company called Bravo 6 who do an entire range of 'Platoon' figures, as well as other Vietnam and WWII subjects - the casting has to be seen to be believed - I plan to make a 1/32 Phantom...or possibly an F-105, or another Huey...or a Loach....and have a platoon (pardon the pun) of these guys walking by the revetment, a bit like the opening scenes of the movie. Here's a link for you to drool over, and some pics: http://bravo6.diorama.ru/

thanks! yeah I know what you mean - all details from reference books only!

thanks Ray sorry for the lo-rez but these pics were taken years ago when a 3 megapixel camera was cutting edge haha

*re-post as I think I put it in the wrong forum before - sorry mods!* Hi - just registered & want to say hello! My name's Rich, I'm 33 and returning to model making after a 15 year hiatus. I've been modelling on and off since I was 7 (well I guess you never really stop) - I always specialised in dioramas, especially from the Vietnam War. My father was one of the founding members of the IPMS (his membership number is 0004). I used to enter the UK Nationals every year, and was 1992 Junior National Champion....then I stopped modelling after I went to Uni. The last project I finished (ag

oops! I may well have posted this in the wrong forum (sorry I'm new) I'll re-post in the 'helicopters' forum mods - delete this one if necessary Rich

oops poss wrong forum

Hi - can anyone help? I am after the following for my Trumpeter 1/32 scale F4U-4 Grand Phoenix cockpit set Black Magic F4U-4 canopy painting masks (not essential but if available I'll take them - or for the -1D version unless anyone can tell me it's significantly different?) Vector R2800 C engine Scale Aircraft Conversions metal landing gear Aires wheel well set Aires gun bay set (again it's for the -1D version. I'm assuming the -4 version has exactly the same gun bays) Eduard exterior details set Air master .50 cal MGs (2 or 3 sets) (book) F4U Corsair in Detail & Scale (volume

Hi - just registered & want to say hello! My name's Rich, I'm 33 and returning to model making after a 15 year hiatus. I've been modelling on and off since I was 7 (well I guess you never really stop) - I always specialised in dioramas, especially from the Vietnam War. My father was one of the founding members of the IPMS (his membership number is 0004). I used to enter the UK Nationals every year, and was 1992 Junior National Champion....then I stopped modelling after I went to Uni. The last project I finished (aged around 18) was a diorama of a crashed Huey in 1/32 / 1/35 scale. I

I love Tour of Duty! It was a made for TV series but pretty accurate nonetheless. Been watching the repeats on Sky recently