All,
I absolutely hate going to Jimmi's webpage (Flashpoint Miniatures, from Down Under)! Whenever I'm there I start looking around, and I don't really need anything, but I skip from page to page, pic to pic, thinking 'wow, that would be really cool on the table!' And that's how I ended up with some Flashpoint Minis' 15mm US Tank Riders for the Vietnam War (amongst other things, but that's in a different post).
The whole group, 28 troops. They come as individuals, I glued them to popsicle sticks. I'm leaving them on the sticks so I can place and remove the troops from vehicles. It looks like it will actually work. There is a good mix of M-16s, M-60s, and M-79s, though no M-14s. I gave them a quick olive drab paintjob and wash, and I'm pretty happy with them.
Side view. I put the guys at far right back to back; they can sit in the middle of an amtrac or on the back deck of a tank. You also get a look at the popsicle sticks I mounted them on.
From the rear.
And the other side.
At an angle, and a little blurry to boot...
A closeup of one foursome, with two rifles, an MG, and an M-79. Guy second from left is wearing a boonie cover rather than a helmet.
A look at four sets perched atop an LVTP-5 Amtrac.
Six sets spread across two Amtracs.
Another look.
Other side.
A regular set on the back deck of a tank.
Again.
The back to back guys. With these I've got enough troops to put 12 on each Amtrac and four on the tank. All the vehicles are from Peter Pig.
From the left.
And the front.
Pretty cool, eh? I really like them. I suppose I need to buy some M-113s, and these guys can serve as Doggies, or even ARVN. We are coming up on a long weekend, and I've got all kinds of plans for games, so stand by.
V/R,
Jack
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