Friday 29 March 2013

Dio Park South Vietnamese figures

Well, having travelled half way round the world, my Dio Park Vietnamese figures have arrived in cold-but-sunny Scotland in the usual bigger-than-necessary posting box from Hobby Search of Japan.


Inside is the bright box containing the models.  As you can see they are designed to accompany their own models of scooters and it would appear a new model of a pushbike... I can imagine the number of etched metal parts in that one, lol.






The kit contains four figures, two on each identical sprue.  You have optional parts allowing you to produce the box top figures, but by buying more than one box you can instantly more than double the number of options given to you.  The parts are moulded with very fine detail and while the female heads are rather soft the male head is actually very clearly moulded and is undeniably a gentleman of South East Asian origin...






The chap's helmet won't fit unless you carve up the top of his head, and there is a slight gap at the rear of the lady's ao dai.  Also, the fit of the chap's backside and left foot to the scooter isn't that great, but with some minor work can be made to fit.
This is the chap made up and just sitting on Dio Park's own Honda Super Cub:



This is the girl made up, but her arms are just tacked on, and the hat is just resting on her head:



Here she is with the bike I kitbashed from a Tamiya German bike and an Aber detail set - basket is scratchbuilt...






Now I have to think of some small dioramas for them to be used in... ^_^



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