Hi Everyone
Well, Normandy it is and, well... where do you start?!!!
I've got soooooooo many kits that could fit this title it's been really tough choosing a subject. Kits that were in the running included: various landing craft, a Churchill AVRE, the Tamiya 1/16 RC Tiger (that I'm converting to the late Tiger) and countless dioramas on beaches and of the Atlantic Wall.
In the end I've decided to use the GB to both finish off a couple of projects I already had started and to try and model something I discussed with Graham some time ago. This discussion was centred around modelling 1/72 tanks at realistic distances of engagement. In the end I/we realised that the scale distance would be huge. For instance; say a Tiger engages at 1400 metres (which is not the furthest reach of this beast) then this would result in a scale distance of roughly 20 metres - approx 60 feet!
Now because I don't have a spare aircraft hanger to house such a project and the 'dead space' between the elements would be colossal, and would be of no interest, I'm going to use a fair it of artistic license and squeeze the dio a bit.
With this in mind this is the plan...
I'm going to try and depict part of Operation Goodwood on 1/72. The dio will show 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Div) attacking the village of Bras on the way to the Bourguebus Ridge.
Although the distances will be a bit squashed the finished dio will still be some 5' x 3', basically the size of our dining table - the restricting factor!
Now I know what you're probably thinking, 'where the hell are you going to store this thing?' Well, I'm going to try and design a modular system that fits together some how. In this way I can model a 1' 8" x 3' piece and split it into 3.
Now to the subject matter...
...I'm going to finish the 1/72 builds (+ a few others) I started in the Armour Non GB. These include:-
Sherman V, Firefly VC, Panther G, 2 x Stug IIIs, Sd Kfz 210, Opel Blitz, Pak 40 and an 88mm + lots of little figures.
I'm also going to use the GB to finish off the Typhoon projects I started a little while ago. These include the MDC 1/32 kit, the Hasegawa 1/48 kit and will now be joined by a wheels-up 1/72 Academy version!
To tie up all these disparate pieces this is the final idea.
The completed piece(s) I'm going to try to present in a kind 'comic book' story style, in this way I can use all the models to tell a short story. This, in some ways, is a bit like the 'storyboard dioramas' as described by John Reid in his superb thread.
Essentially what I'm trying to do is tell a short story with as much historical and modelling accuracy as I can.
Well that the plan, here's the start - some of the kits under construction
[ATTACH]23416.vB[/ATTACH]
PS. I hope I'm not cheating by including some already started models - there'll be plenty of construction stuff to see including part of a French village, so I thought you wouldn't mind!
Hope you like the plan
Paul
[ATTACH]30058.IPB[/ATTACH]
Well, Normandy it is and, well... where do you start?!!!
I've got soooooooo many kits that could fit this title it's been really tough choosing a subject. Kits that were in the running included: various landing craft, a Churchill AVRE, the Tamiya 1/16 RC Tiger (that I'm converting to the late Tiger) and countless dioramas on beaches and of the Atlantic Wall.
In the end I've decided to use the GB to both finish off a couple of projects I already had started and to try and model something I discussed with Graham some time ago. This discussion was centred around modelling 1/72 tanks at realistic distances of engagement. In the end I/we realised that the scale distance would be huge. For instance; say a Tiger engages at 1400 metres (which is not the furthest reach of this beast) then this would result in a scale distance of roughly 20 metres - approx 60 feet!
Now because I don't have a spare aircraft hanger to house such a project and the 'dead space' between the elements would be colossal, and would be of no interest, I'm going to use a fair it of artistic license and squeeze the dio a bit.
With this in mind this is the plan...
I'm going to try and depict part of Operation Goodwood on 1/72. The dio will show 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Div) attacking the village of Bras on the way to the Bourguebus Ridge.
Although the distances will be a bit squashed the finished dio will still be some 5' x 3', basically the size of our dining table - the restricting factor!
Now I know what you're probably thinking, 'where the hell are you going to store this thing?' Well, I'm going to try and design a modular system that fits together some how. In this way I can model a 1' 8" x 3' piece and split it into 3.
Now to the subject matter...
...I'm going to finish the 1/72 builds (+ a few others) I started in the Armour Non GB. These include:-
Sherman V, Firefly VC, Panther G, 2 x Stug IIIs, Sd Kfz 210, Opel Blitz, Pak 40 and an 88mm + lots of little figures.
I'm also going to use the GB to finish off the Typhoon projects I started a little while ago. These include the MDC 1/32 kit, the Hasegawa 1/48 kit and will now be joined by a wheels-up 1/72 Academy version!
To tie up all these disparate pieces this is the final idea.
The completed piece(s) I'm going to try to present in a kind 'comic book' story style, in this way I can use all the models to tell a short story. This, in some ways, is a bit like the 'storyboard dioramas' as described by John Reid in his superb thread.
Essentially what I'm trying to do is tell a short story with as much historical and modelling accuracy as I can.
Well that the plan, here's the start - some of the kits under construction
[ATTACH]23416.vB[/ATTACH]
PS. I hope I'm not cheating by including some already started models - there'll be plenty of construction stuff to see including part of a French village, so I thought you wouldn't mind!
Hope you like the plan
Paul
[ATTACH]30058.IPB[/ATTACH]
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