discussion The Liberation of a Normandy Village - and some cheese and wine too!

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Ron
Coming on well....
Tim

 

[Andy Belsey]

I think that the 'doo doo' must have come from the giant duck that I sent your way?! Sorry!
Andy

 

[spanner570]

Excellent comments and great exchanges! Top posts.....

Time to introduce the players.

Don't let the average artwork fool you, the figures are superb.
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One of those 2 in the box kits. Rescued from the depth of the spares bin and just right for my requirements.
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Again two kits in the box. Superb 'Snap together' Pak 40's
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Cheers.
Ron

 

[Steve O]

superb choice Ron it's going to be amazing.

Steve.

 

[spanner570]

Thanks Steve.

I've managed to root out some pictures of the German Pak 40. As I wrote earlier you get two guns and their crews in one box.
Here is the sprue shot.
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A really nice snap together kit. It would probably get slaughtered by the rivet counters - Who cares? I like it!
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Complete with some of the supplied crew. The shot is taken from a previous diorama. Sorry no colour pickies.
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The above will be incorporated into this diorama, but possibly not as shown above.......:thinking:

Finished Allied figures to follow next.

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Guest]

Don't you just love this forum, woke up at 3 something and came on here to read of a large unexplained dropping of doodoo. !
No point in going back to sleep, my house may be next !
Good morning .

Confused of Stamford .

 

[Gern]

Don't you just love this forum, woke up at 3 something and came on here to read of a large unexplained dropping of doodoo. !
No point in going back to sleep, my house may be next !
Good morning .

Confused of Stamford .

We've always tried to vary the content of the forum a little to broaden our interests as we know the world is not made of plastic - you'll find there's quite a lot of doo doo in it as well!

 

[Guest]

Dave :smiling3:

 

[Guest]

A joy to follow !

 

[spanner570]

Thanks boys.

Here's some of the American Infantry.

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Cheers.
Ron

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Just checked my roof. Only a bit of pigeon doo doo so your monster bird hasn't made it to Shropshire yet.
Little men look good. I'm an avid Tour de France follower and your village is a great match for some on the route.
Jim

 

[spanner570]

Nice one Jim. Thanks for the great post.
Pigeon today. Who knows what tomorrow? Don't look up!

Here's one of the wee men painted up.

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Cheers.
Ron

 

[spanner570]

I'm happy with the layout of the 6 buildings. All the main damage has been created, so all I need now is to add tons and tons of rubble etc. Add the players and bring life to the stream.

Here's a couple of shots of the finished layout looking down to the village square. I've added some homemade sand bags and started to add some rubble to the Auberge gable end.

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Thanks for sticking with my build. Nearly there!

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Steve Jones]

"Nearly there" - Sorry mate but we will need another countryside of villages with copious figures and vehicles. Maybe a diorama of the Falaise Pocket will keep you going for a few years:smiling3:

This will be a real winner once completed. The Pak40 is great:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

That ROCKS !

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff....very effective

 

[spanner570]

Thanks everyone.

I've put some life into the weir using clear silicone. I also added some moss from my flat roof for shrubbery
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Except for some bits of detail and the rubble, that's it really. All I have to do now is sort out which of the far too many pictures I took of the finished build do I post?

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Guest]

That water Ron is stunning.
John

 

[Mini Me]

Ron,
Fantastic results on the weir, does liven things up a bit.
Cheers, Rick H.

 

[Steve Jones]

The weir certainly adds a bit of class to a wonderful build. Looking forward to seeing the final shots