G'day everyone, well as i promised a while back, i would egt pics of my dio that won first place at the Australian Model Expo 2004, so here they are, more close ups of figs to come soon, but for now thisll hafta do, heheheh, hope yua like them, just clikc on MY SELECTED LINK, or go to my Gallery to check them out, Cheers!!!

Hi there mate. is a nice effort and an open space scene, which is good . i dont always like too crowded dio's. From what i can see from the pictures the tank is nicely carried out the buildin also and the figures stand ok. Maybe some toning down in the grass, otherwise the colours seem nice. One thing i would have done in your place. I d given the building a lil angle compared to the base side as not to be parallel, but the diagonal cut of the road is improving the setup so its not a major item. Weel done mate !!!

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heheheheh, only kidding, like you told me earlier toning down on the grass, i will remember that next time, i agree it is very bright and an angle would add just that little bit extra when looking at it, cheers mate thanks for the imput!

Well built tank but there's a problem, I'm afraid. You have the tank marked as a US Army vehicle. While the ARVN used it, we didn't. See M41 at Globalsecurity.com

Congrats on winning first place. It all looks great. The build is clean and the layout is done very well. The only thing is as Al has said, the US did not use the M-41 in Nam. It was considered too light and the ARVN's were the only ones to use it there.

You did pretty well and it sure looks like a winner! Congratulations!

Yeah..this dio deserved the prize!Congrats

Cheers guys thanks, regarding the fella being carried by his buddy, the idea was that he got shot around other side of building when they came under fire from VC, but went into ally way behind that buidling shown to avoid being hit again, also this was a good excuse to use up empty space! :-)
Regarding the M41, heheh, well, im very disapointed in myself
as i did a fair bit of research, and i have the ARVN markings for it, but then i saw a pic of a us m41 in saigon, and it did have the us markings so they couldnt have made it up, and then i saw full metal jacket, where the only tank you see in that film are the US m41's, but oh well, the judges obviously didnt know either Cheers guys thanks!

Will try and find the picture of US M41 in saigon, but anyay, next time will TRIPLE CHECK, before i go ahead with something like this, i was sure in my mind, but oh well.
cheers