Welcome to "Defending the Eyrie". It's a dio featuring 4 members of the Royal Australian Air Forces 2 AFDS (Air Field Defence Squadron) at Vung Tau during the Vienam War. 2 of the Adgies are inspecting their bunker, while 2 re crewing the Quick Reaction Force gun buggy.
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"Defending the Eyrie" RAAF ADGies in Vietnam
grimmo
Queensland, Australia
Joined: January 17, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 03:45 PM UTC
meaty_hellhound
Alberta, Canada
Joined: July 23, 2010
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Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010 - 03:56 AM UTC
nice work on all those sandbags Matt and the groundwork turned out really well with the track marks you added. looks like a great build and the figures are well posed for the scene. cheers, mh.
grimmo
Queensland, Australia
Joined: January 17, 2006
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Joined: January 17, 2006
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Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010 - 04:08 AM UTC
thanks mate. This was built for a comp, had 6 months to do it, and ended up doing in 5 days! (last 5 days of course!)
Frenchy
Rhone, France
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Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010 - 04:43 AM UTC
Hi Matt
Nice Landie. It looks like some have not been fitted with the modified front fenders like the one below :
PS : I have the conversion set from Mouse House still waiting in the stash...
Frenchy
Nice Landie. It looks like some have not been fitted with the modified front fenders like the one below :
PS : I have the conversion set from Mouse House still waiting in the stash...
Frenchy
grimmo
Queensland, Australia
Joined: January 17, 2006
KitMaker: 752 posts
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Joined: January 17, 2006
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Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010 - 01:24 PM UTC
I based it on that pic, but forgot about the fenders! I still need to add some small details like the bridge classifiction sign, the stencilling onthe bumper, and a couple of other bits.