As a postscript, I am staggered to discover that there are no M5s available in 1/72 scale, even now! I may also have to convert another M3 into an M8 HMC, at some stage.
14 December 2010 at 20:04
I've excavated my 1980's collection of French Indochina stuff, and here are around half of the vehicles, displayed as a supply convoy. They aren't too bad... not brilliant, like Troop of Shrew's, but playable until I get better stuff.
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Above, an M8 armoured car patrols cautiously ahead of the convoy. It is in the wrong shade of green (not olive drab), but with broadly correct markings.
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Above is the front section of the convoy. The tanks are a slightly unfortunate hybrid of M3 and M5 (I converted from the former to the latter; perhaps it was hard to find M5's in the '80s). But they are nicely weathered, and the Airfix M3 half track has the correct tent-like canopy.
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Above is the body of the convoy; a US tanker and GMC trucks, and a rather lost-looking Matador that I bought around 1975, presumablly left behind by the Brits in WW2. A third "M5" is in overwatch.
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And to conclude (above) a closeup of one of the M5s.
I have around another half-a-dozen vehicles that need painting. My plan is to supplement these with some of the new 1/72 Italeri and Pegasus fast-assembly kits, especially their GMC trucks, M3 half tracks and jeeps, and make up a GM100-like mobile column.
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Close this window Jump to comment formI like these! Which rules will you use?
2 November 2010 at 20:35
Ah, rules; not sure.
I'm organising stuff in "platoons" of 8-9 figures, based in sections very much as for Crossfire.
Crossfire may well be an option for rules, but alernatively I may write a simple hex-based set, with card activation.
2 November 2010 at 20:55
They look great! Nice set up as well! :)
2 November 2010 at 23:28
Thanks Doc; it is Zama, again. I'm planning to add a lot of vegetation, though and some specific Indo-China features, in due course.
2 November 2010 at 23:48
I love the paint work on them. How long ago were they painted?
Consul.
2 November 2010 at 23:52
Probably before you were born, Consul; I believe in the late 1980's. I'd do better now, but it'll get me off to a good start.
Simon
3 November 2010 at 00:23
Good work :)
Very nice kit
3 November 2010 at 00:42
As a postscript, I am staggered to discover that there are no M5s available in 1/72 scale, even now! I may also have to convert another M3 into an M8 HMC, at some stage.
14 December 2010 at 20:04