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Saturday, April 25, 2020

G is for Growing . . . 'Brown Water Navy'!

In the bag that was part of Peter's latest parcel, were these three, which are a perfect addition to the fleet we saw here, although neither plastic toys, nor celluloid tourist trinkets, being manufactured of a base-metal or whitemetal, probably with a high lead-content?

Brown Water Navy; Dugouts; Fishing Boat; Fishing Figure; Japanese Models; Landing Craft; Little Boats; Little Vessels; Model Japanese Boats; Pontoons; Small Boats; Viet Gong; Viet Mhin; Viet Minh; Vietgong; Vietnam era; Vietnam War; Vietnamese; Vietnamese Boat;
Following the patterns of the celluloid keepsakes, these will probably be the next price-bracket up for tourism; ceramic and ivory being above these, silver-neff at the top? A bamboo-raft punter who looks like one of those fishermen who use trained ducks (. . . cormorants?), a small fishing vessel with three crew and a larger vessel with two crew - I'd like to know how they pulled-in that ton of fish without a winch!

Brown Water Navy; Dugouts; Fishing Boat; Fishing Figure; Japanese Models; Landing Craft; Little Boats; Little Vessels; Model Japanese Boats; Pontoons; Small Boats; Viet Gong; Viet Mhin; Viet Minh; Vietgong; Vietnam era; Vietnam War; Vietnamese; Vietnamese Boat;
From the other side; the five loin-clothed fishermen are all the same basic sculpt, the arms and legs bent to fit their final position/task, the punter seems to have been built in situ with a soldering iron, or at least - his legs/feet have been?

Brown Water Navy; Dugouts; Fishing Boat; Fishing Figure; Japanese Models; Landing Craft; Little Boats; Little Vessels; Model Japanese Boats; Pontoons; Small Boats; Viet Gong; Viet Mhin; Viet Minh; Vietgong; Vietnam era; Vietnam War; Vietnamese; Vietnamese Boat;
The 'real' Brown Water Navy liaise with a shore-patrol to check out two fishing boats, paying no heed to the old man on a raft . . . death can come quickly to the un-alert, but when your imperialist occupiers are supplied by Baravelli (figures) and Hong Kong (vessel), what can you expect!

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