Hue City Offensive

TigerII

Member since
June 2004
From: East Stroudsburg, PA

Hue City Offensive

Posted by TigerII on Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:30 PM

This was my first attempt at making a diorama. The tank is a Tamiya M48A3 that is providing cover to US Marines as they advance on the Citadel in Hue City during the 1968 Tet Offensive. I got the idea from a pic in the book The U.S. Marine Corps Story. Some figures from Tamiya's Assault Team had to be modified to look like Vietnam era Marines, and I used Airborne Cavalry figures from Dragon for the other figures. I hope you like it and comments are welcome.

http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=1260&img=DSCF0054.JPG

http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=1261&img=DSCF0055.JPG

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TigerII

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:37 PM

Tiger II, I wish my first dio had been that interesting! Your figures are all in
great position. It's a good action scene. I like it. One think you may want to condider for the future though is NOT to put your road, walls and vehicle parallel to the edges of the base. It just makes things much more interesting to the eye when it's not .

Looking forward to seeing diorama #2.

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gringe88

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July 2004
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Posted by gringe88 on Saturday, September 25, 2004 5:58 PM

a very nice piece tigerII. post up some pics of the front of the M48. I'd like to see it all around....

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LemonJello

Member since
February 2004
From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa

Posted by LemonJello on Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:18 AM

Yeah, what's already been said. Everything looks pretty good, you did some nice conversion work on those figures. If you've got some more pics, let's see them.

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TigerII

Member since
June 2004
From: East Stroudsburg, PA

Posted by TigerII on Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:31 PM

Thanks for the comments. djmodels my #2 and #3 dioramas are already on this site. "The Last German King" and " Waiting to Exhale". I'll see if I have any other pics of this diorama. Thank you again for the comments.

TigerII

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:26 PM

Looks good! The posing and placement of the figures are well done, too. I hope you can post pics of the dio from other perspectives, too.

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Model Maniac

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February 2003
From: Thailand

Posted by Model Maniac on Sunday, September 26, 2004 11:03 PM

Very nice dio and layout, TigerII !, thanks for sharing!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:55 AM

I like i.
Well done

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:59 AM

tiger very impressive. you capture a lot of action. great work.

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oldhooker

Member since
July 2003
From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)

Posted by oldhooker on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:29 AM

Beautiful job Tiger!! Smile [:)]

Thanks!!
Frank

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:52 PM

Holy heck, that looks great! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Regards,

-Drew

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:16 PM

Very nice set, if u got any spare accessories i would just put a few broken bricks here and there to spice it up, all in all its great

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TigerII

Member since
June 2004
From: East Stroudsburg, PA

Posted by TigerII on Friday, July 22, 2005 1:17 AM

Hey All,

I know some of you wanted to see more of the M48 tank in this dio. So here are some pics. I'm a little envious of the new posts here. I'm in the process of getting ready to move so I'm in limbo now. I can't wait to start on my next project. Well I hope you like the pics.

TigerII

http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=15362&img=Hue_City_Offensive_005.jpg
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=15363&img=Hue_City_Offensive_011.jpg
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=15366&img=Hue_City_Offensive_027.jpg
http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=15367&img=Hue_City_Offensive_031.jpg

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Friday, July 22, 2005 8:16 AM

Nice work

Thad

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:08 PM

Tiger-looks great-very reminescent (sp?) of newsreels I've seen. But as mentioned above add some brick 'crumbs' and dust and you'll have a super piece. Remember-a model is never finished.