Brown Water Navy Manufacturers - 28mm

Full Metal Miniatures
https://www.fullmetalminiatures.com/riverine-craft-30-c.asp
Currently a small range of BWN craft including a PBR with crew and some sampans.

Old Glory Shipyards
An older, but pretty decent range of craft including a monitor, ATC and PBR. Listed as 25mm so not sure how they size up with current ranges.

Cold War Miniatures
(OOP No Longer on their website)
Cold War produced a small 25mm PBR with crew back in the early 2000's, but the kit has since disappeared. I owned it at one time and found it very small and the crew weren't compatible with other ranges at the time.

Revell Swift Boat
(No Longer in Production)
Revell made a decent 1:48 scale Swift Boat at one time, but seems to be out of production at the moment. I'm lucky to have bought one and it's a very impressive kit (though not a waterline kit).

Monogram Rag Boat
(No Longer in Production)
Monogram made a decent Rag Boat at one time and they turn up quite regularly on eBay. The same kit was produced with a helicopter as well for a Rambo action set. Never owned it, so can't comment on the kit's quality.

Grand Manner Miniatures
https://www.grandmanner.co.uk/Brown_Water_Navy_Tango_Boat--product--361.html
Makers of a Tango Boat in 28mm. Like most of Grand Manner's stuff, very pricey.

Barrage Miniatures
https://www.barrageminiatures.com/31-boats
A fairly extensive range of river craft in 28mm including an LSSC, sampans and Yabuta boats.

Empress Miniatures
https://www.empressminiatures.com/brown-water-navy-128-c.asp
Empress has begun a Brown Water Navy leg of their excellent Vietnam range. Right out of the gate, they have produced a lovely PBR model with a crew from a certain cinematic portrayal of Vietnam.

Here's an advert from Cold War Miniatures showing their PBR.



-Todd

This is a kit I regret not picking up when I had the chance. It's a longtail boat and has multiple uses for Nam, Pulp, etc and can be used in any location from Indo China to the South China Seas. It was made by Pardulon who has since closed up shop. Alot of their stuff is now carried by Crooked Dice, but sadly this is not one of them. The owner of Pardulon scoured his left overs to see if he could find enough parts for a kit for me, but that didn't work out. Too bad as it's an excellent looking kit.



-Todd

Empress Miniatures PBR

Wow!

Added to the list!

That's one hell of a good looking boat.

Interesting thread even if not my scale.

Tom