I have absolutely no doubt that your wife has become a fan of yours seeing how much work and hours you have dedicated into your project and every bit more interesting and detailed than the other.
On my current projects I try to apply the very same discipline and patience and you gave me a great idea with your explanatory text on your pictures.
I am working on a project called “The Last Warning” dealing with one inspection by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to one of the communication centers near Omaha Beach in which he warned his officers that the invasion would be the longest day, not just for the Allies, but also for the Germans. Hence also the title of the famous movie “The Longest Day” in 1962.
Although the terrain and the Communication Bunker have been completed there is still lots to do.
But to take a break and not making it a routine work I also took a break to scratch build yet another Bunker on Omaha Beach in rigid foam, which will then be covered in plaster and an acrylic compound simulating concrete.
It will be a dedication to the men who landed on Omaha Beach and the sector I am depicting lies to the East, near Colleville-sur-Mer, called by the Allies Fox Green and by the Germans WN61 (Wiederstansnest 61 or Defensive position 61), one of the most dangerous, together with WN60, Wn62 and to the West, Wn72 and Wn73, also known as sector Charlie.
Since there was no model of this particular Bunker anywhere to be found I had to build it myself following accurate plans of the period.
This particular one was also called R677, or H677 (meaning Regelbau - Regular Construction or Heeresbau - Army Construction) and contained one of the most dangerous guns of WWII, the PAK43/41 88mm anti-tank gun which was also mounted on Jadgpanthers (Hunting Panthers) and Königstiger (King Tiger, or Tiger II).
In any case, should you be interested to visit my two pages describing both builds here are the links to them:
And with that I salute you once more for an excellent work so far. I hope to see more of your tiny gems taking form.