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Dioramas: Vietnam
For Vietnam diorama subjects or techniques.
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WIP. I had a little house in Vietnam ...
csago
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 12:32 PM UTC
This is the building Iīm making for a Vietnam Diorama with some running NVA soldiers in a rice paddy, and a OH-6 US helicopter and a DSHK heavy machine gun ... the title will be "LOW LEVEL HELL", just the "moto" of the scout platoon of the C troop 16 cavalry regiment of the famous Hugh Mills pilot (of course the OH-6 is the DML Dragon one).

All materials are from chinese bazzars, but the natural sticks that are just natural sticks from dead plants from a garden near of my house.

The NVA figure is not all painting, just WIP, only to see the proportion of the building.

I must paint some parts of the buiding, just to give a "faded" look.

My excuses for the bad pictures, Iīll do it better next time

Comments are welcome. Thank you.

More pictures at

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v629/csago/












slodder
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 12:52 PM UTC
That is a great source for this type of material. You've done a fantastic job with it too.
Erik67
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 12:53 PM UTC
Awesome work! The house looks really good. Can't wait to see this one finished. Keep us posted.

Erik
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 01:23 PM UTC
Very impressive work, using such simple materials.

HONEYCUT
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 02:14 PM UTC
Gday csago
Always a pleasure viewing your works.
You put your scenes together with much imagination and attention to detail. (Your cornstalks are still my favourite!)
This promises to be a tremendous work mate. I love your other diorama showing the GIs carrying their wounded buddy up the jungle slope...
Brad
csago
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 02:25 PM UTC

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Gday csago
Always a pleasure viewing your works.
You put your scenes together with much imagination and attention to detail. (Your cornstalks are still my favourite!)
This promises to be a tremendous work mate. I love your other diorama showing the GIs carrying their wounded buddy up the jungle slope...
Brad


Thank you very much, but that diorama of the giīs with a wounded buddy is not mine, Itīs of a japanese modeller ... I put the pictures in my web to post them at the forums, because itīs a very beatiful dio
HONEYCUT
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 04:12 PM UTC

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Thank you very much, but that diorama of the giīs with a wounded buddy is not mine, Itīs of a japanese modeller ... I put the pictures in my web to post them at the forums, because itīs a very beatiful dio


At least we are in agreeance though!
exer
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 11:17 PM UTC
Great work and nice idea to use the mat.
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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 07:02 PM UTC
From the pic on the inside of the hut I can see lots of work was put into this and all of it has come out well. It will definitely look great in a dio.
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 08:04 PM UTC
Hi Csago. Great work on the hut. Its very authentic looking, and great use of easy-to-come-by items. Can only imagine how good this will look when set its scene later.
cheyenne
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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 10:59 PM UTC
Csago, brilliant work !!!
The hooch turned out beautifully, and The N.V.A. dude is very well done.
Looking foward to more .
Cheyenne
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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 11:28 PM UTC
just *GREAT*
JB
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Posted: Monday, November 26, 2007 - 12:22 PM UTC
very nice job! you will build a diorama with that?
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Posted: Monday, November 26, 2007 - 02:35 PM UTC
You have done a great job on the hootch for your dio.I never saw a hootch like that during my 13 month all expenses paid walking tour of Vietnam.On the other hand like I said great job.There just are not enough dios reflecting the VietNam experience.There are a million stories that can be told.I hope that the model companies start to move into this era.I think there is more out there related to Iraq than the Nam.
EagleSmack
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Posted: Monday, November 26, 2007 - 03:06 PM UTC

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You have done a great job on the hootch for your dio.I never saw a hootch like that during my 13 month all expenses paid walking tour of Vietnam.On the other hand like I said great job.There just are not enough dios reflecting the VietNam experience.There are a million stories that can be told.I hope that the model companies start to move into this era.I think there is more out there related to Iraq than the Nam.


Agreed. I've always wanted to take a shot at a Vietnam Dio but there aren't many figures. I was looking at a box of Dragon Marine Khe Sahn figures and was thinking about picking it up. I think I will order a couple of boxes so I can do some kit bashing and make a Hue Dio.

By the way... Semper Fi. 0311 here (3/6 and 3/8 2nd MARDIV)

Also...great job on the hut. Very impressed.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 03:48 AM UTC
Wow! You truly have artistic talent to do so much with such simple ingredients!
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