1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted November 17, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 17, 2014 Nice brickwork FT ! Well, it's the stuff you can buy ... like wall paper basically, cut it to size, glue it on Fenrir pointed me towards it... Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted November 22, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 22, 2014 DONE !! Quote
KG26Alpha Posted November 23, 2014 Posted November 23, 2014 Nice effort FT Now left a bit .....left a bit......... 1 Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted November 23, 2014 2. Administrators Posted November 23, 2014 Wow. Just...wow. Thats a proper work of art. Never mind unmade beds, piles of bricks and bits of sharks - you hearing me Tracy and Damien? This is very good indeed FT. Now what? Here's an idea. If you can't get a Dutch museum to take it, have you considered offering it to the IWM? Actually there may be a museum specifically for airborne services, I'll check if you're interested? Quote
DD_Arthur Posted November 23, 2014 Posted November 23, 2014 i don't know ..... it looks a bit small Yeah, thats what I thought too. It'll just be a mere trinket on the FT mantle piece. This is his next project! Quote
Snacko Posted November 23, 2014 Posted November 23, 2014 Day one! I said can we blow it up.. FT said no.. But I think you'd need at least a 500lb'ers, maybe 2. Nice effort FT Now left a bit .....left a bit......... Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted November 23, 2014 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 23, 2014 LOL nice one Alpha ! Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted November 24, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 24, 2014 1 Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted November 24, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 24, 2014 Final set of photo's. That's a promise! Once it's found a good home, more photo's will be added ... Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted November 24, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 24, 2014 Wow. Just...wow. Thats a proper work of art. Never mind unmade beds, piles of bricks and bits of sharks - you hearing me Tracy and Damien? This is very good indeed FT. Now what? Here's an idea. If you can't get a Dutch museum to take it, have you considered offering it to the IWM? Actually there may be a museum specifically for airborne services, I'll check if you're interested? Thanks Jabo! About the IWM idea: I like it, though on the other hand: this bridge did not have any significant role in WWII... it was a target for the RAF ... but it was never hit by bombs dropped... and then there's the matter of transporting it ... Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted November 25, 2014 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 25, 2014 Where to put it........hang on a minute lads.......I've got an idea........ Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted November 25, 2014 2. Administrators Posted November 25, 2014 This wouldn't be the dispersal hut/DDz squadron office perchance? Quote
PapaBear Posted November 26, 2014 Posted November 26, 2014 Just been looking at the bridge build all the way through FT and i must say thats a brilliant piece of modelling, attention to detail is superb. You have the patients of a saint, something i seem to be running short of lately, it would look good against a wall with a painted backdrop. great job Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted November 26, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted November 26, 2014 Thanks PapaB ! Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted December 5, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 5, 2014 Sorry Mick, for now it's going to be on display here: About there where I placed the red bar in the picture... 1 Quote
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted December 6, 2014 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 6, 2014 Get us a picture with it on display and the builder near its side. Very impressive. 1 Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted December 6, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 6, 2014 One more picture as it is now, because yes, I did buy some more vehicles... Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted December 21, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 21, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohcvwiljjI Added some more lighting (the original 4 street lights are switched off here) Compared to RL: And got me a new model, A-Ford, lol. It's on there... bit too big scalewise, but... oh well.... Reason I tried this? Well, I stumbled upon a really cheap (2 Euros!) string of 20 LED's of the right colour... I had to remove 6, and what was worse... the gap between two lights in the original string was 10cm's, where I needed at least 13cm's. Yes, indeed. Thirteen times I had to add four cm's of electrical wire... twentysix times cutting a wire, Fiftytwo times welding them all back together with the good 'ol'e soldering iron.... And that's just the one side of the bridge... do I really want to do the other side as well? Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted December 21, 2014 2. Administrators Posted December 21, 2014 Every time I see this it gets a bit more epic. Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted December 21, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 21, 2014 Forgot I also got this stuff: Just to test whether I can recreate the storming of the bridge by gruppe Gräbner: "While the Reconnaissance Battalion was scouting to the south of Arnhem, Colonel John Frost's 2nd Battalion of the British 1st Airborne Division had advanced into Arnhem and prepared defensive positions at the northern end of the bridge. Gräbner returned from his scouting mission to the south on the morning of 18 September, and ordered about half of his reconnaissance unit, numbering about 22 armored cars, half-tracks, and a few trucks, to attack north across the bridge. Gräbner's exact intentions remain a mystery, but he apparently either hoped to recapture the bridge or to race through the British positions to assist the rest of the division in its defense of Arnhem. Either way, the attack was a complete disaster. The Paras were ready, and after allowing the first four vehicles to pass, they opened up with PIAT anti-tank weapons, flamethrowers and small arms fire. In two hours of fighting, the Reconnaissance Battalion was virtually annihilated, losing 12 vehicles out of 22 in the assault and around 70 men killed, including Gräbner. This action is depicted in the film A Bridge Too Far.[5] (From Wikipedia: Click) Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted December 21, 2014 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 21, 2014 That shop window is only single glazed FT, shouldn't be a problem ; ) Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted December 21, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 21, 2014 Hm, that's a good idea Mick, on one end of the Bridge the Germans attack, and all the cars in "modern time" on the other end... Or a huge traffic jam waiting for the filming to finish Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted December 25, 2014 Author 1. DDz Quorum Posted December 25, 2014 The German assault on the bridge, September 18th, 1944 Question is, is 1/72nd scale good enough? Should I paint the remaining 19 figures? Quote
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