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

[Steve O]

Simply amazing work Ron.

Steve.

[Si Benson]

Hi Ron,
Just had a quick catchup of your fine work..... I know your an old hand at this sort of thing, but I’m still impressed with your blue Peter style of diorama building.
Si

[Guest]

Fabulous " young " Ron.
Gets better with each posting, following this with note book ready.
John .

[Mini Me]

Top Drawer as always, What's next?
Rick H.

[scottie3158]

Now your just showing off:smiling:

[Gern]

Hence the wrong spelling (Ain't that right Dave?!)
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Ron

Yep! That's the same excuse you used last time!

[spanner570]

Good fun and great crack!
Here's a couple of bits of detail.

What's a French village without a bread shop? Same rub on letters as the Auberge. Bit of a job getting the letters all neat.

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A gagged Mr. Adolf..... Plus some notes from the liberators.
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Cheers.
Ron

[Gern]

There must've been some enormous birds around judging from the size of that doo doo on the roof!

[spanner570]

There must've been some enormous birds around judging from the size of that doo doo on the roof!

Dear sir,
Thank you for your correspondence regarding the mysterious doodoo on the roof of the Boulangerie. I have sent a team to the village to investigate and have removed it from said roof. It took two bucket loads to bring it all down!
Such a large amount of droppings would seem to point towards an as yet unheard of species of bird, possibly a throwback to the Jurassic period or beyond. I will keep you informed on our research findings.
In the mean time please let me know if any more s**t comes your way. I would be most interested in further samples.

Your servant.
David Livingstone Scott Heyerdahl Shackleton Amundsen Attenborough (BBC ITV Love Channel Jeremy Vine Show)

[Gern]

Dear sir,
Thank you for your correspondence regarding the mysterious doodoo on the roof of the Boulangerie. I have sent a team to the village to investigate and have removed it from said roof. It took two bucket loads to bring it all down!
Such a large amount of droppings would seem to point towards an as yet unheard of species of bird, possibly a throwback to the Jurassic period or beyond. I will keep you informed on our research findings.
In the mean time please let me know if any more s**t comes your way. I would be most interested in further samples.

Your servant.
David Livingstone Scott Heyerdahl Shackleton Amundsen Attenborough (BBC ITV Love Channel Jeremy Vine Show)

Or perhaps the shelling of the village woke him up and scared the s**t out of him!

[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