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Hello everyone here you will fin my interpretation of RT CHISEL extraction

The diorama will be a portion of Cambodian jungle on November 26th 1968 with:
-20th SOS Helicopter UH-1F. Then i will represent the crew Lt. James P. Fleming (MOH) as commander, Maj. Paul McClellan as Co-pilot and the 2 door gunners Paul Jensen and Fred Cook
-RT CHISEL (Recon Team) composed by 3 composed of Staff Sergeant Ancil “Sonny” Franks, Sergeant Charles Hughes, three Montagnards, and Captain Randolph Harrison (he was the new CCS Recon Company commander and there to learn ops). The Americans were SOG personnel (Green Berets) while the Montagnards were indigenous personnel that worked with SOG. All six were safely recovered during the operation. 

Lt Jim Fleming MOH



Staff Sergeant Ancil “Sonny” Franks RT 1-0 with a Montagnard, after mission



The 2 Door Gunners (left SSgt. Paul Jensen and right MSgt. (Ret.) Fred Cook) with Capt. Harrison (in the middle) for the "training" mission with RT CHISEL on November the 26th 1968

The jungle

The Recon team RT CHISEL. 3 US personnel and 3 Montagnards

1-2 NCO/CO in "training"

1-1 2nd in Command/ RTO

1-0 Team Leader


And here the Montagnards
0-1 Team Leader interpreter

0-2 Pointman

0-3 Grenadier

And the diorama.. RT CHISEL

Outstanding!

LyleW wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2026 4:07 amOutstanding!

Thanks LyleW

Fantabulous work! What figures did you use for the team members? All the details really nailed the look of that sort of work. Particularly how uniforms get to look after some time spent in the boonies in that environment.

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2026 6:39 pm Fantabulous work! What figures did you use for the team members? All the details really nailed the look of that sort of work. Particularly how uniforms get to look after some time spent in the boonies in that environment.

Thank you so much for your comment...the figures are SOG figures from BRAVO 6

I'm at a loss for words. Well done!

I couldn't do crap for dioramas. As a kid, I tried to replicate the old Monogram Patton tank diorama as shown on the box cover.

This is an outstanding dio, congrats!