Vietnam M132 Zippo

Thought I’d drop a couple pictures of a build I finished a few years ago befor3 I had kids and lost most of my modelling time.


Barbed wire is made from plastic window screen material, cutting out one strand from the screen.

Original Tamiya M113 kit, Verlinden resin turret, accessories from various kit sources.


Sandbags are homemade using tissue for the bags and real sand inside (technique from FSM in the early 80’s). A pain to make, but I they look way better than plastic ones and are better than I’ve managed with putty etc.

I had figured it was pretty much done, but now looking at pictures, I think I have a few things to touch up and maybe add some additional weathering and colour variation.

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Nice build, Frozin! Cool barbed wire. :grinning:

Wow, that barbed wire and the sandbags are really convincing. Super nice build!

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Really nice! The sandbags are a really great touch.