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Korean War: Winter 1950

2022-2023

1/35 Scale Diorama

The diorama is a fictional scene of the Korean War, in 1950. In this diorama, the 10th “Motorized” BCT (Battalion Combat Team) of the PEFTOK (Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea) are taking a much need break in a winter-swept war-damaged ma-eul village that had existed since the Joseon-era (1392–1897), but has been destroyed by the current war. The 10th BCT has just concluded their heroic stance at the Battle of Yalu River (5th of November 1950) and the Battle of Miudong- Syngue (10-11th of November 1950) deep in North Korean, and are retreating to safer grounds.

Despite their victory, the 10th BTC could not celebrate as they are gravely unprepared for the harsh winter cold; and they are waiting for the unloading of warmer uniforms, tents, fuel, food, munitions, and medical supplies.

Many of these ancient wealthy ma-eul had oebyeog (external wall) fortifications around the community, with a choga (초가) rice straw thatched-roof outpost at the entrance, while the hanok homes were further within the village compound. The 10th BTC have decided to take temporary shelter in the ma-eul, as its great stone walls will provide adequate protection as they rest, before the march back to Suwon in South Korea.

The 10th BCT also distinguished itself during the Battle of Yutlong on the 22nd to 23rd of April 1951, where the 900-man Filipino unit faced 40,000 North Korean and Chinese soldiers of 44th Division People’s Volunteer Army. While the US 65th Infantry Division began its retreat, the 10th BCT decided to hold their ground. In the end, the 10th BCT was able to repel the Chinese military, suffering only 12 killed and 38 wounded; while the Chinese unit loss more than 500 personnel.

In the diorama are the following military equipment assigned to the 10th BCT:

   -  Willys MB 1⁄4-ton 4×4 Jeep

   -  M2 105 mm Howitzer

   -  M24 Chaffee Light Tank

   -  M35 2½-ton 6×6 Cargo Truck

For more information and close ups on the diorama, you can view them on my FB account: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158936606691404&type=3

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Model box selfie

Posing with the boxes of some of my scale models that I have worked on when I started creating dioramas from 2022 to 2023, after a 40 year hiatus of not building scale models and dioramas.

Along with the boxes of various scale models, there is also the "Games of the Generals" board game that was invented by the Filipino, by Sofronio H. Pasola Jr., in 1970. Aside from the board game, the other box is the full poseable figma™ Davide di Michelangelo (released 2016).

The models kits behind me are (top to bottom and left to right):

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale Sd.Kfz.250/9 Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (1980), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: French Village, Summer 1944” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158964759201404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale 1948 Israeli M1 Super Sherman (2011), which I frankensteined with another M1 for my “1/35 Scale Diorama: Battle of Manila 1945” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159049427691404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale Schwerer Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz.232 (2009), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: German Afrika-Korps in Libya 1942” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159302876261404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale Hanomag Sd.Kfz. 251/1 (released 1988), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: Belgium, Spring 1944” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159024885611404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale 1942-1943 Jagdpanzer Sd.Kfz. 135 Marder I (reissue 2020), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: Belgium, Spring 1944” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159024885611404&type=3)

Academy™ 1:35 scale R.O.K.  K511A1 Cargo Truck (released 2015), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: PEFTOK in the Korean War, Winter 1950” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158936606691404&type=3)

AFV Club™ 1:35 scale Sd.Kfz.251/20 Ausf.D Schützenpanzerwagen UHU (released 2007), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: French Village, Summer 1944” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158964759201404&type=3)

Bronco Models™ 1:35 scale Sd.Ah 52 Ammunition Carrier (released 2010), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: German Afrika-Korps in Libya 1942” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159302876261404&type=3)

AFV Club™ 1:35 scale M102 105 mm Howitzer (released 2006), used in my “1/35 scale Vietnam War Diorama: PHILCAG-V at Thành Điện, 1966” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159574890306404&type=3)

Thunder™ 1:35 scale US Hough Payloader (released 2017), used in my “1/35 scale Vietnam War Diorama: PHILCAG-V at Thành Điện, 1966” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159574890306404&type=3)

Academy™ 1:35 scale 1960 M151A1 Light Utility Truck (released 2002), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: PEFTOK in the Korean War, Winter 1950” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158936606691404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale M4 Sherman Early Production (released 1995), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: PEFTOK in the Korean War, Winter 1950” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158936606691404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (released 1974), used in my “1/35 scale Vietnam War Diorama: PHILCAG-V at Thành Điện, 1966” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159574890306404&type=3)

Academy™ 1:35 scale M113A1 Vietnam War (released 2019), used in my “1/35 scale Vietnam War Diorama: PHILCAG-V at Thành Điện, 1966” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159574890306404&type=3)

Bronco Models™ 1:35 scale WWII US Truck Crew (released 2013), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: PEFTOK in the Korean War, Winter 1950” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158936606691404&type=3)

MiniArt™ 1:35 scale German Infantry Weapons & Equipment (released 2017), used in various dioramas

Bandai 1:144 scale Star Wars AT-AT (2017), used in my “1/144 Scale Star Wars Diorama: The Battle of Hoth” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159034376166404&type=3)

Amusing Hobby™ 1:35 scale 1943 Fries Kran 16T Straßenbock (released 2019), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: Romanian Church, Early Autumn 1944” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159013555166404&type=3)

Bandai™ 1:72 scale Macross Frontier VF-25F Armored Messiah (released 2008), used in my “1/72 Scale Diorama: Repairing the VF-25S” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158966028156404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale M24 US Light Tank Chaffee (reissue 2015), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: PEFTOK in the Korean War, Winter 1950” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158936606691404&type=3)

AFV Club™ 1:35 scale M35A2 2-1/2 Ton Cargo Truck (released 2010), used in my “1/35 scale Vietnam War Diorama: PHILCAG-V at Thành Điện, 1966” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159574890306404&type=3)

Tamiya™ 1:35 scale German 88mm Gun Flak 36/37 (released 1974-1988), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: German Afrika-Korps in Libya 1942” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159302876261404&type=3)

MiniArt™ 1:35 scale Accessories for Buildings (released 2018), used in various dioramas

AFV Club™ 1:35 scale WWII M24 US Light Tank Chaffee (released 2014), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: PEFTOK in the Korean War, Winter 1950” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158936606691404&type=3)

Border Model™ 1:35 scale Junkers JU 87 Stuka G1/G2 (released 2022), used in my “1/35 Scale Diorama: Romanian Church, Early Autumn 1944” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159013555166404&type=3)

These are obviously just a fraction of the model kits that I have ordered and worked on since 2022.

Postscript:

For more information on my diorama journey from childhood, I have written the FB memoire: “Diorama Memories: If you build it, they will come. . .” (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159283851421404&set=a.10159242840496404)

For my tips on diorama making, here are the following FB pointers:

“Tips on Starting Dioramas” (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159524380116404&set=a.10159470208271404)

“Diorama 101” (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159691566446404&type=3)

This picture was taken circa 2024 in my classroom at the Southwestern University PHINMA, Barangay Sambag, Cebú City

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Vietnam War: PHILCAG-V at Thành Điện, 1966

2023

1/35 scale Diorama

Circa December 1966: this diorama presents the PHILCAG-V (Philippine Civic Action Group to Vietnam) forces on their way to Thành Điện during the Vietnam War, in which several units of the PHILCAG-V served from 1966 to 1969. The Thành Điện region is part of the Châu Thành district of the Tây Ninh Province, which is 72.5 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of South Vietnamese capitol of Sàigòn (now Hồ Chí Minh City). Tây Ninh would serve as the base camp/headquarters of the PHILCAG-V, while other medical units would extend their operations to the towns of Phú Cường in the province of Bình Dương, Mỹ Tho in the province of Định Tường, and Bao Trai in the province of Hậu Nghĩa. And the PHILCAG-V equipment facility was located in the Hiệp Hòa district of the Bắc Giang province, which is just 10 kilometers from Châu Thành district.

Unlike the PEFTOK (Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea) that served overseas more than a decade earlier, the PHILCAG-V was on civil and medical operations, specifically to help the Vietnamese people who were displaced by the war. However, the PHILCAG-V also had a Military Assistance Program that would train members of the Địa Phương Quân (VT: Local Army / South Vietnamese Regional Forces) in Long Bình in the province of Đồng Nai, Đà Nẵng in the province of Quảng Nam, Quy Nhơn in the province of Bình Định, and Vịnh Cam Ranh in the province of Khánh Hòa.

The Philippine civic operations started with Operation Brotherhood in 1954, shortly after the Indochina War (1946-1951), where Pres. Ramon Magsaysay Sr. (1907-1957) sent a contingent of medics to help the Vietnamese refugees. But now with the Vietnam War (1955-1975) raging, the United States of America and the Republic of Vietnam (VT: Việt Nam Cộng hòa / also known as South Vietnam) called upon the Philippine military to support the war against the Communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), but sending combat troops was rejected by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. (1917-1989) which nullified any initial promises made by his predecessor, Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Sr. (1910-1997). Instead, Pres. Marcos opted to send soldiers and civilians to help the refugees; similar to how Macapagal sent the 16-man humanitarian aid team of PHILCON I (Philippine Contingent) in 1964, but on a larger scale.

From 1966-1968, 10,450 military personnel served under the PHILCAG-V and were dispatched to the Thành Điện region; along with military engineers, doctors and nurses to support other civilian groups in the area. And for the first seven weeks of their deployment, the PHICAG-V teams were treating an average of 2,000 medical and dental patients per week.

The first PHICAG-V units were almost 2,000 men strong, under the command of the WW2 and PEFTOK veteran, Brig. Gen. Gaudencio Tobias; who was replaced in 1968 by Brig. Gen. Ceferino Carreon. The first PHILCAG-V units arrived in Sài Gòn on the 28th of July, 1966.

Although the PHILCAG-V primary orders were for civic duties, these were also battle tested soldiers who had to contend with the constant sniper and ambushes by the Việt Cộng guerillas hiding in the forests of Thành Điện. By the end of the tour of the 12th of December 1969 of Dậu (Vietnamese Year of the Rooster / 酉), the PHILCAG-V only suffered 9 casualties and 64 wounded.

In this scene are the following vehicles of the PHILCAG-V:

   - M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)

   - M41 76-mm Walker Bulldog Gun Tank

   - M54A2 5-ton 6×6 truck

   - Ford M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck

   - VAI Tractor with a Hough Payloader

For more information and close ups on the diorama, you can view them on my FB account: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159574890306404&type=3

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