WIP Arnhem

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Richie

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Hi All,
A few weeks ago I was off with Covid and whilst off I watched a really good documentary on Arnhem followed by watching the classic war film A Bridge Too Far. So I set off scrounging around for 1/35 figures and accoutraments in order to make a three stage Arnhem diorama.
I have bought loads of different figures from different manufacturers such as Steve Kirtley, Tahk, Nemrod, Resicast, ICM, Dragon, Bronco ect.
Phase 1 with be the road to Arnhem
Phase 2 will be the British Airborne fighting from a house
Phase 3 will be post battle with wounded Para's and P.O.W.'s

I am still waiting on a few figures and some Hornet heads ect but this is where I am to date. I would estimate between the 3 phases there will be approx. 40 to 50 figures. The German's in phase 3 will have a number of different units and uniforms as the German assault was made up of various units.

The house facade was just the two walls and I have made a balcony with a balustrade for the PIAT gunners and the three floors I have added. I will have a load of sandbags to make and a lot of rubble.

I would like to thank Tommi & Steve Readdie who I bounced ideas off and Steve provided me with a great link on Arnhem. Still a good Para Steve(y).
cheers
Richie
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Wow, amazing idea now coming to fruition. All these figures together would take me years to paint. Following

Wow, amazing idea now coming to fruition. All these figures together would take me years to paint. Following


Hi Bob,
Thank you, I going to airbrush quite a bit so the Para trousers ect should move along very quickly once I start that part.
cheers
Richie
 
Hi All,
I have just put the first Miniart captured Para together for comparison against the other figures
and they work out just fine.
The nice thing about this Miniart set although no decal like in some sets, but they do come with
resin heads which is a massive bonus.
You can do a lot with these plastic figures how ever it is always the heads that let them down.
This is mainly due to the poor ears on the heads and feature definition. Also considering there are
only 2 German in this set they come with an abundance of spare equipment parts.
cheers
Richie
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