28mm Streets of Hue

In fact I saw that pattern on different pictures of bars front. I think it is made with tiles but some were painted in trompe l'oeil.

And a well. A bit naked, I will add some plastic bowls and ivy on the wall.

really nice

I have painted the Hue MACV compound, always in grey scale (instead of ivory, as it was in 1968). Maybe a persistent taste for 40K terrains...
I have now started the two houses beside of it (one of them was the Marine Security (guards) house). So Highway One section in in progress.

other sides (I found a picture were an observation post was on the roof top. It was made with Bofors 40mm ammo boxes - the same boxes that you can see at the rear of some M48 Patton tank turrets. So I tried to reproduce it):

Looks brilliant! Big enough to get the idea of the building, small enough to fit on your table with other terrain and not necessarily dominate it. Very well done sir!

Outstanding work on that Richard!!!

Haven't been here in a while or I would have commented earlier.
Richard, that is some incredible work.

outstanding progress

Thank you for your encouragement. The first side of my display diorama is quite over: I still have to find a weathering technic for asphalt/road. I found examples but I have to find a way to reproduce... My target is still to have this in a showcase, in my future war cabinet. Here are some pictures with figs and vehicles. It was a good experience to unearth historical photographs of that highway one section from different sources. Between the two houses there was a small building but I did not found details of it so I skipped it. I found also late other pictures of the Esso gas station with different point of view: I realize my interpretation of the only blur photo I had is not accurate. But I think the most important is to have integrated some historical elements, that make a decors/terrain matching reality and make it immersive.

Other photos (the soil is for the moment raw burnt Sienna color as I have not yet decided what palette I will use with vegetation):

Bloody amazing work Richard! As usual! WOW!

wow richard...

Fabulous. I love that 55 gal drum at the Esso station. Really nice paint job on it.

Tom

To be able to use that 28mm building both for Hue and Saigon dioramas, I changed "SAIGON" to "NAM".
I have still a red fuel drum to paint to finish that diorama piece.
I tried to be close to reality.
I understand USO was like the "Théatre aux armées" for the French. A institution for the morale I guess. To bring pieces of USA In Country.

WOW! Amazing work!!

outstanding

Brilliant work! That bit of barbed wire is a very nice touch of realism.

Hello, I almost finished two street corners bases. One with an ARVN monument. I hesitated to add a teasing "search and avoid" graffiti to it... But anyway, it was the good opportunity to try the citadel Nihilakh oxide. This is inspired by historical photographs.



End of year is coming and I realize I could not finish painting all the terrain bases and vehicles to switch back to my minis. Still have so many beauties to buy and paint from Empress Miniatures and Gringo40s...

I have almost finished painting some other bases. First is the building, in front of HUE MACV Compound, that is part today of the Dyu Tan hotel. It has been modified a bit since the battle but it can be seen (almost like this) on some pictures taken from the MACV Compound in 1968.

I painted also some bars and shops (or both...)
It is amazing to see how some bars were improvised in a place that was previously a shed, a shop or a warehouse.

Some shops/bars were proposing some...services.
Long time...


The bath is missing yet, as some electric cables and the interiors and hand painted signs of the other shops.
And all these pictures with Empress miniatures as you ought to have noticed.

Great looking buildings!

Truly amazing work.

The buildings just get better and better. what is now the hotel, just above, is my favourite so far, but the garage is not far behind.

A thought. By this stage in Hue (and it might break your heart to do it) should not the rendering on most buildings be covered with bullet holes and missing chunks? That would give you an excuse to cover the sidewalks with debris, indeed the road surface on almost every photo shows cement fragments, leaves and larger foliage ripped off by blast and gunfire. It would "weather" the streets for you.
Next we want to se the Perfumed River, the downed bridge and the entire Citadel....all in 28mm "scale".

Seriously. I do love coming back to your postings

Liam