Verlinden 120MM Special Forces Vietnam

[BigGreg]

Since you are doing an African-American guy... you could reperesent Ben Thompson who was the RT Illinois 1-0 (it means team leader)

[Steve Brodie]

Hi Steve

I'm going to carry on with this one.

YEAH !!!

[Guest]

Greg - Woah - how did they even move with all that gear?!! I just don't have that much equipment, so a training exercise would probably be right. I don't think my chap looks enough like Ben Thompson to make this a portrait, but it's a nice idea. Thanks again for the info.

Steve - :thumb2:

[Guest]

OK, the next stage - uniform complete and head re-painted and fixed. It clouded over just as I got my camera out, so I struggled to get a well -lit image of the face. Hopefully, you'll get the idea:

[Guest]

That is a complete change.Very nice :smiling3:.

[BigGreg]

Greg - Woah - how did they even move with all that gear?!! I just don't have that much equipment, so a training exercise would probably be right. I don't think my chap looks enough like Ben Thompson to make this a portrait, but it's a nice idea. Thanks again for the info.

Steve - :thumb2:

well they moved and sometimes VERY FAST... ;-)

[BigGreg]

And that is the 2nd part of the equipment you can see the STABO harness and the RPD used by SOG with 2 drums and then ammo belts in the canteen pockets
Most of their uniform were painted with black stripes to camo them and to have a very neutral look in the jungle.. note also the PEN EE camera

[Richard48]

Looking really nice Peter.Im into Vietnam war and am thinking of some busts maybe for my lil ol range.M.A.C.V.S.O.G is an area id consider for sure.

Carry on mate.
Richard.

[Guest]

Greg - Where's the kitchen sink? Thanks again for the pics.

Richard - Glad you like him so far. Some Vietnam busts by your good self would be great.

[JR]

Well think you have surpassed your self with this one Peter, everything looks perfect .Well done .

[Lee Drennen]

Looking great! And what a history lesson thread thanks for posting

[Guest]

John and Lee - thanks very much for looking in. May get him finished today.

[BigGreg]

John and Lee - thanks very much for looking in. May get him finished today.

...CAN'T WAIT....

[Guest]

Here it is then:



Today, I painted and added all of the equipment, made a strap for the M16 and stuck him on a base. I used 1/10 scale decals for the smoke grenade, so the lettering is slightly over-scale, but better than anything I could hand-paint. Simon T will also be pleased to see that I tried to represent the yellow lettering on the fragmentation grenade.

[Guest]

Very nicely finished Peter :smiling3:.