Jan-Mar 2011 Group Build Normandy Thread, "To Make or Break an Invasion..." in Group Builds; Hi all,
Well, with a month and a bit left of this GB, I've just got time for one more ...
Well, with a month and a bit left of this GB, I've just got time for one more entry. I've decided to abandon my idea of doing another 1/72 build, and instead am going to be going for my first 1/35 diorama.
In the largest naval invasion in history, millions of shots were fired in the first 24 hours. The scene I'm going to depict will be that of one single shot, a shot which debatably was the most important of the entire invasion, the outcome of which held thousands of lives at stake, and in a worse case scenaro, could have lead to the failure of D-Day.
Except I'm not going to tell you where or when this took place until the build is finished.
For that reason, I'm not going to post any box art; instead I'll post work-in-progress pics as I go along, and see if anyone can guess in the meantime
Had a think what the subject is and though at first it was the distruction of the building containing the demolition charge switches which would have blown the Pegasus Bridge sky high.
However, this was done with grenades and no switches were found anyway!!
So thinking cap back on....
Ron
If it wasn't for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching T.V. in the dark!
A good guess Ron, I had intended to do something along those lines in 1/72, but lack of time and space shoved me towards something a little smaller. Perhaps this will serve as a clue
Been a bit delayed on this one, but I'll be doing some more tomorrow. It is indeed the lower hull of a French tank, but not a Hotchkiss. More pics over the weekend, hopefully
The tank is finally taking shape, missing just it's tracks, weathering and decals. Oh, and some of the hatches, but those are supposed to be missing, for reasons that will (hopefully) soon become clear.
These not-so-common tanks are interesting to build. I can see myself doing an some early-war work at some point in the future.
A shell accidentally hit this tank (Though why a French tank would be there is another matter) and disabled it, causing it to block an important road / causeway, thus delaying the German reinforcements.
No, I didn't think it would be right either!!!
Ron
If it wasn't for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching T.V. in the dark!
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