COUNT ME IN! Long time to actually settle on a kit too but the term DUKW comes to mind. Not 100% on that but pretty sure that’s what I’ll end up doing.
Vance, Overlord was still a very nebulous concept at the time of Dieppe. While many lessons learned there were later applied in Overlord, it was never intended as such a rehearshal for the main landing. It was actually more of “lets see what we can do with this force” type of thing. And a demonstration to the Soviets that the Western Allies were able to raid Europe but not able to hit and stay as they were demanding.
Mike, Italeri makes a very nice DUKW in 1/35.
Yup it’s been sealed in a public storage locker since it came out…just no excuse to build it until now [:D]
Even though this is a few months away, I’m a starter for sure. At the moment I’m thinking of Tasca’s M4A1 Sherman with Hedgerow cutter although I will probably change my mind before the start date. These marking come with the kit so this is probably what I’d go for.
Hans, I love the badges, both of them are very dramatic. But…The American helmet for allied figures…it represents only Americans. There were lots of other nationalities and Brits and Canadians had significantly different helmets. IMHO, this badge kinda exludes them, especially since the GB is about all allied participants. Can the badge be modified? Maybe add a British style helmet?
The German badge, was it taken from the Saving Private Ryan? Do you think the German badge can be simmilar to Allied but with a Geman helmet? Just a thought.
Cheers…
Good idea, but the hedgerow cutters weren’t used for a month or two after D-Day.
Im in...if I dont forget about it…
After digging around to see if there was something else that caught my eye, I officially decided on Italeri’s 1/35 DUKW. With a swap coming up 1st week of October I’ll see if I can find a decently priced howitzer to use as the cargo load and of course I’ll probably add verlinden and eduard sets to it.
I hear what you are saying Tim and agree. I didn’t plan on using the hedgerow cutter with the Shermy I plan to build, it’s just supplied with the kit for one of the decal options.
Cheers
I might be interested in this GB. And just to be different I would consider a Sherman. I will be watching and waiting.
Kim
Well, I gave that some thought, and while I don’t wanna exclude anyone, I can’t put everyone in it either. Their were three distinct Allied helmet types, the American M-1 “Steel Pot”, the classic “Tommy” helmet used by the Brits and British Commonwealth units, and the Brit Paras had their own helmet too… But, since Omaha Beach was arguably the bloodiest battle of the Day, and an American beachhead, I thought that the American helemt would convey that message better, and it IS associated quite readily with the movie, “The Longest Day”, and the “helmet-shot” on the beach being the main movie poster…
What I CAN do is add a bar to the bottom, with the flags of the various Allied countries with the highest involvement, that being the American, British, Canadian, and French flags. If someone is good with Photoshop, I’d like a volunteer to do just that and submit it.
Here’s a rough sketch:
Yeah, the photo of the German badge is from SPR… I looked for a photo of a similar pose of a Stalhelm, but with no luck…
I bought Accurate Miniatures Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-8 Josef Priller on D-Day kit. Forgot to mention it in this thread. I think I read its a rebox of the Eduard kit.
Well Hans, I’m not from the UK/Commonwealth but I like the Allied badge. [Y]
Ironic too… The steel used to make the hedgerow cutters was “supplied” by the Germans… From their very own "Hedgehog) beach obstacles…
Good work on the badges Hans, fitting.
Cheers
Tony
Instead of trying to encompass every country through their flags, what about using one of the maps with the beach heads on it.
I’m not suggesting the below one, it’s just to illustrate what I’m talking about.
Just a suggestion.
Actually, the Brits had three (or techincally four) helment types for Normandy:
The classic Mk II
The new Mk III “turtle style” which was first used by some of the British assault troops
The Para’s helmet
and its’ close cousin, the Tankers Helmet, also introduced into combat in Normandy
But I kinda like the GB Bdge map idea myself…
Not sure how to encompass the beaches into it… Maybe a section of the map above (with the WW2-era Canadian flag though) in the bar under the photo?
Trouble is, I’ll lose a lot of detail once the badge is shrunk to proper thumb-nail size…
Then I’d have to add US Tanker helmets, Brit berets, etc., and then I’d also get Flak from the USAAF, RAF, Luftwaffe, RCAF, etc. because I didn’t have the flight helmets and “50-Mission Crushers”…
[;)]
Let me rephrase that to be “steel helmets”. None of this wussy non ferrous stuff on a troopers head [;)]
We still got over a year to go boss. [whstl]