Viet/French Para,Indochina 1/16.Acmodels,February release

[amcairns]

Greetings,
Acmodels would like to announce this mid Februarys release of Viet/French Para in Indochina.
Optional head included,
Scale 1/16
cast in grey resin
ACM16010
Sculpted and painted by A Cairns.

 

[tonydawe]

Looks good Andy

 

[Don]

Looks really good Andy, lot of movement! What does the alternative head look like?

Don

 

[Ferris]

Very nice sculpt!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[alamac]

Like it Andy

 

[Jimbo]

Very nice sculpt, very realistic looking.
Cheers
Jim

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Superb, and a really original topic.
Congratulations Andy!

the most famous Parachute Battalions vietnamiems during the Indochina war.
Their name is given in French:
Foreign Legion: CIPLE ( Compagnie Indochinoise parachutiste de la légion étrangère)

1er BPVNou or 1er Bawouan (BPVN = Bataillon de Parachutistes vietnamiems) 1951-1953

5ème BPVN or 5ème Bawouan ( Was in Dien Bien Phu)1953-1954, the most famous.

A most have book concerning the Para in Indochina :
LES PARAS FRANCAIS EN INDOCHINE 1945-1962 T.1

Available from :
http://www.librairie-ac.com/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=8295181
And for more documentation and photos (often in French), just use your internet search engine Google with such sentence:
bataillon parachutistes vietnamiens