discussion Operation Market Garden

[Alan 45]

now I've done that little winter armoured car I thought I'd make a start on this little vignette


I've started on the figures first View attachment 116223

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I've swapped out the German wounded troop for a Brit , I used the arm and head from the kit to give it a more animated pose View attachment 116226

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[monica]

nice start Alan ,there in good pose as well

 

[Guest]

Looking very good Alan.


The Dragon figures works very well...almost, the ones that I've been building all this time.


Which is your opinion about them? You prefer, maybe, an other brand?

 

[Alan 45]

Glad to have you on board guys

Looking very good Alan.
The Dragon figures works very well...almost, the ones that I've been building all this time.


Which is your opinion about them? You prefer, maybe, an other brand?

I like them , the uniforms are great the only thing that's poor are the faces , there's not much definition in them


I'm yet to find a set of figures that have good faces , tamiya are getting better but there not enough of them with good faces


Best I've found are the miniart figures

 

[papa 695]

Nice work on the figures Alan

 

[geegad]

Real nice work so far...This isn't a critasisim and shoot me down if u were about to do it anyway


But if I was u I would sand down the back of the figure on the stretcher so he will lie down more oh natural..and as I said please don't think I am been funny when I say that

 

[Guest]

Best I've found are the miniart figures

You should try the Apine ones....

 

[Alan 45]

You should try the Apine ones....

Yes mate they are good , I've seen them down our club , bit expensive though for me

 

[Alan 45]

Walking wounded, View attachment 116263

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I've left his arm off so I can position it properly on the guy helping him View attachment 116265

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[Alan 45]

As John (geegad) has pointed out I do need to sand down the back of the guy on the stretcher, I have done this as best as I can due to the left arme being part of the figure and if I file down any further I'm going to have a flat piece on that arm so I've taken two photos


This one with him on the stretcher View attachment 116277

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I can put the stretcher on the kuble ambulance
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[Alan 45]

I've now done the walking wounded


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Not a bad pose and they fitted without any adjustments
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[Steve Brodie]

looking very very nice

 

[Guest]

This is coming along very interesting!


Lovely one Alan

 

[geegad]

those figure helping each other are really nice they look like they should be resin figures fitting that well

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers Polux

 

[Alan 45]

those figure helping each other are really nice they look like they should be resin figures fitting that well

I agree John, I've never had figures fit as well

 

[eddiesolo]

Nice work Al, as said, those figures do fit superbly.

 

[Guest]

Talking of germans helping allied soldiers, I had an extremely interesting chat to a fellow aussie at an airport. He was half german, and his father was a Waffen SS Kommandant. His father was in the defence of the reich ops in 1944-1945 and during a gunfight, he heard a wounded, and expecting the individual to be a German to be a German, he went over, to only find it was actually a Brit. He patched him up at the field hsopital and sent him back to the allied lines with a white flag for a ceasefire. It turns out that the "brit" was an Australian living in the UK. Anyway, after the war, he migrated to Australia via funding of his grateful enemy after the war, and started off new in Australia. When I asked te chap what his father's name was however, he refused to tell me-one can only speculate


John

 

[Alan 45]

Talking of germans helping allied soldiers, I had an extremely interesting chat to a fellow aussie at an airport. He was half german, and his father was a Waffen SS Kommandant. His father was in the defence of the reich ops in 1944-1945 and during a gunfight, he heard a wounded, and expecting the individual to be a German to be a German, he went over, to only find it was actually a Brit. He patched him up at the field hsopital and sent him back to the allied lines with a white flag for a ceasefire. It turns out that the "brit" was an Australian living in the UK. Anyway, after the war, he migrated to Australia via funding of his grateful enemy after the war, and started off new in Australia. When I asked te chap what his father's name was however, he refused to tell me-one can only speculate
John

I've heard lots of stories from old soldiers about this and it makes you think how many ss were actually into the ideology


In the book a bridge too far it goes into a bit of detail about this from both sides , it's a great book and makes the film look like half hour soap

 

[Guest]

I've heard lots of stories from old soldiers about this and it makes you think how many ss were actually into the ideology
In the book a bridge too far it goes into a bit of detail about this from both sides , it's a great book and makes the film look like half hour soap

it's like the luftwaffe- 70% were against hitler.


John