WIP Arnhem

Richie · Oct 21, 2023

Hi All,
A few weeks ago I was off with Covid and whilst off I watched a really good documentary on Arnhem followed by watching the classic war film A Bridge Too Far. So I set off scrounging around for 1/35 figures and accoutraments in order to make a three stage Arnhem diorama.
I have bought loads of different figures from different manufacturers such as Steve Kirtley, Tahk, Nemrod, Resicast, ICM, Dragon, Bronco ect.
Phase 1 with be the road to Arnhem
Phase 2 will be the British Airborne fighting from a house
Phase 3 will be post battle with wounded Para's and P.O.W.'s

I am still waiting on a few figures and some Hornet heads ect but this is where I am to date. I would estimate between the 3 phases there will be approx. 40 to 50 figures. The German's in phase 3 will have a number of different units and uniforms as the German assault was made up of various units.

The house facade was just the two walls and I have made a balcony with a balustrade for the PIAT gunners and the three floors I have added. I will have a load of sandbags to make and a lot of rubble.

I would like to thank Tommi & Steve Readdie who I bounced ideas off and Steve provided me with a great link on Arnhem. Still a good Para Steve

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cheers
Richie

1969 · Oct 21, 2023

Oh yes you have my full attention with this project, lot of work involved but you have a nice collection of figures to work with.
Cheers mate
Steve

Helm · Oct 21, 2023

Watching this with great interest as well

Steve

Briggsy · Oct 21, 2023

I'm gonna enjoy this, all the best dioramas have Para's in them, especially 2 Para.

Cheers Simon

MCPWilk · Oct 21, 2023

An ambitious project. I hope you like painting DPM!

Mike

Redcap · Oct 21, 2023

A really impressive undertaking and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Looking great so far Richie!

Gaz

Warren SMITH · Oct 21, 2023

Amazing concept.. looking forward to see you putting it all together...

Viking Bob · Oct 22, 2023

Wow, amazing idea now coming to fruition. All these figures together would take me years to paint. Following

Merryweather · Oct 22, 2023

Wow! Go big or go home!

1969 · Oct 22, 2023

Briggsy said:
I'm gonna enjoy this, all the best dioramas have Para's in them, especially 2 Para.

Cheers Simon

Couldn't agree more but then again I am biased

Steve

Briggsy · Oct 22, 2023

Always good to show case the maroon machine, probably while listening to Fat Albert's own brand music.

Cheers Simon

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

1969 said:
Oh yes you have my full attention with this project, lot of work involved but you have a nice collection of figures to work with.
Cheers mate
Steve

Hi mate,
Some great figures even in plastic although some benefit from a change of head.
cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

Helm said:
Watching this with great interest as well
Steve

Hi Steve,
Thank you mate

cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

Briggsy said:
I'm gonna enjoy this, all the best dioramas have Para's in them, especially 2 Para.

Cheers Simon

Hi Simon,
Thank you, there will be plenty of Para's.
cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

MCPWilk said:
An ambitious project. I hope you like painting DPM!

Mike

Hi Mike,
I'm actualy looking forward to the painting part, a way off yet due to the amount of figures to build.
cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

Redcap said:
A really impressive undertaking and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Looking great so far Richie!

Gaz

Hi Gaz,
Thank you mate, need to get the figures built so I can play with the placement as I have a few diffrerent ideas.
cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

Warren SMITH said:
Amazing concept.. looking forward to see you putting it all together...

Hi Smithy,
Thank you, I actually had to rein myself in because this could have been so much bigger.
cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

Viking Bob said:
Wow, amazing idea now coming to fruition. All these figures together would take me years to paint. Following

Hi Bob,
Thank you, I going to airbrush quite a bit so the Para trousers ect should move along very quickly once I start that part.
cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

Merryweather said:
Wow! Go big or go home!

Hi Neil,
Thank you, I did nearly buy 3 building facade's and a piece of armour but then thought about the size, storage ect.
cheers
Richie

Richie · Oct 22, 2023

Hi All,
I have just put the first Miniart captured Para together for comparison against the other figures
and they work out just fine.
The nice thing about this Miniart set although no decal like in some sets, but they do come with
resin heads which is a massive bonus.
You can do a lot with these plastic figures how ever it is always the heads that let them down.
This is mainly due to the poor ears on the heads and feature definition. Also considering there are
only 2 German in this set they come with an abundance of spare equipment parts.
cheers
Richie