The National Day Parades are organised by the Singapore Armed Forces, with the involvement of a multitude of public and private organisations. Each year's parade will see the formation of an NDP EXCO which oversees various aspects of the parade, from the Parade & Ceremony to the Show, from SICUS (Seating, Invitation, Car parking, Ushering and Security) to Website & Publicity. The EXCO is formed by military personnel and is usually headed by the Commander of the organising division. Everything is planned with military precision and the timings of the flypast, Presidential Gun Salute, march past and shows are all meticulously planned and executed.
So here's me doing my small part to commemorate our nation's birthday - a salute to our great nation! Since there are no 1/6 scale SAF (Singapore Armed Forces) uniform, this Dragon figure (with Asian head sculpt, of course) wears the USMC woodlands digital camouflage, which is pretty much what the SAF based theirs on.
And here's a roll out of the vehicles as part of the Mobile Column. The Mobile Column is the parade of vehicles and other hardware from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force. The first Mobile Column was organised in 1969 which displayed the then newly acquired armour vehicles of the SAF. In 1990, after an absence of 20 years, the Mobile Column made a comeback as Singapore celebrated its 25th year of independence. Since then, it has been on show during the more important anniversaries of the nation's birthday, such as the 1995, 2000, and 2005 editions held at the Padang.
During the fly-past of the State flag lowered from a Super Puma helicopter, the National Anthem will be sung. If you are at the Floating Platform in the midst of all these, you can really feel the beat of the nation as one people.
Don't forget the Pledge moment at 8.22pm tonight when the entire nation will recite the Pledge in unison. Happy National Day to all Singaporeans :)
saf recently changed their camo to pixellated ones...even their camo paint apps are dots ..no more watermelon style....i wonder if their uniform on parade march/ demonstration will be like the old ones....they look much nicer...
ReplyDeleteThe world of kit-bashing is so humorous -- a HK SDU member (head sculpt of K.C. Yung) becomes a Singaporean soldier ! Well done !
ReplyDeleteHi Joshua, the ceremonial uniforms for the parade are still the same :) certainly looked nice in them when I had to put them on in those days.
ReplyDeleteHi anonymous, no 1/6 scale Singaporean head sculpt available so the HS of a HK SDU member will have to do - ha!ha! After all, recently Gong Li and Jet Li took up Singapore citizenship so you never know :)
Hi.. Can't help but notice that the vehicle with the drill is clearly the Armadillo from Armageddon.. Thats from Hot Wheels right?
ReplyDeletehi imranbecks, you are very sharp indeed :> this was one figure i just had to get
ReplyDeleteYeah.. I have that Armadillo too. Got it many yrs back in the States.. But you have apparently repainted it military green from the looks of it.. Mine is still grey just as it was in the movie. Btw, Armageddon. is showing next Monday on Ch5.. What a coincidence!
ReplyDeletewas wondering if a 1/6 SAF soldier replica can be made? would like to learn how to make one..
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