Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 01:16 AM UTC
Recently, we did a News Feature on the first of Masterbox's Vietnam figure sets in 1/35th. Now, the company have sent us images of another Work-in-Progress on a similar theme - the Vietnam War.
Provisionally titled:
MB 35107 - "Head for the Huey"
The scene of the W.i.P. is a group of U.S. Troops supporting an injured comrade while they are trying to reach a Med-Evac helicopter which has landed in a 'Hot-Zone'. Two of the team are giving covering fire while the rest support the wounded soldier. Now, of the 6 figures in the set, 5 are U.S. personnel, while the 6th seems to be a South-Vietnamese (irregular, going by the footgear?)
As the set is In-Progress, and as the Masterbox people are regular visitors to the Site, any comments on any aspect of Equipment, Uniforms etc. would be very welcome...
Now, as those who have been on the Site for a while are aware, we have been covering a great deal of the work by Masterbox. As News Editor, i've made a very conscious decision to give them (along with several other companies of this type) as high a profile as possible. In essence, I believe that the last few years has seen a number of companies who are going out on a limb to support the modeler, and equally important, have been listening to what is wanted and are not afraid to make any changes necessary.
Now, in my own 'list' of modeling interests, Vietnam has never figured very highly. This though, for the sheer imagination and technical prowess, rates, in my book, as one of the more intesting projects i've ever covered.
Images of the W.i.P. at the side....
My thanks, once again, to Masterbox Ltd. for the Update!
MB 35107 - "Head for the Huey"
The scene of the W.i.P. is a group of U.S. Troops supporting an injured comrade while they are trying to reach a Med-Evac helicopter which has landed in a 'Hot-Zone'. Two of the team are giving covering fire while the rest support the wounded soldier. Now, of the 6 figures in the set, 5 are U.S. personnel, while the 6th seems to be a South-Vietnamese (irregular, going by the footgear?)
As the set is In-Progress, and as the Masterbox people are regular visitors to the Site, any comments on any aspect of Equipment, Uniforms etc. would be very welcome...
Now, as those who have been on the Site for a while are aware, we have been covering a great deal of the work by Masterbox. As News Editor, i've made a very conscious decision to give them (along with several other companies of this type) as high a profile as possible. In essence, I believe that the last few years has seen a number of companies who are going out on a limb to support the modeler, and equally important, have been listening to what is wanted and are not afraid to make any changes necessary.
Now, in my own 'list' of modeling interests, Vietnam has never figured very highly. This though, for the sheer imagination and technical prowess, rates, in my book, as one of the more intesting projects i've ever covered.
Images of the W.i.P. at the side....
My thanks, once again, to Masterbox Ltd. for the Update!
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