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Add me on, I’ve got a few in the stash. Probably an FAA one.

Cheers John, glad you like it

Thanks for all the positive comments guys, especially as it’s the first scenic base I’ve made for one of my builds. Definitely learned a lot doing it and keen to do more.

I finished this kit about 6 months ago but I’ve held off doing an RFI until I had finished the base for it. It’s the mirror models 1/35 D7 British armoured bulldozer with some scratch built details and additions to make it more accurate. Nice details but a little bit of a pig to put together in places. It is finished as one of the assault regiments, Royal Engineers landing on queen white beach, sword sector on D Day. Figure is from the miniart royal engineers set. https://i.imgur.com/vRyEwzG.jpeg

Thanks for the comment Hunter

Good point and well spotted!

I’ve looked at the old fonderie kit as well and that has the US engine deck and pointed wave break. The pointed wave break does appear on some RN LCVP’s although are definitely in the minority.

Another interesting build Arjan, one that I will follow closely and take notes for when I build mine. i have come across a picture of a RN LCVP with a spray break across the engine deck on the D Day museum collection: Do you know if the shape of the wave break on the bow door relates to the manufacturer? All the RN LCVPs I’ve seen have the rounded top to the break whereas the US ones seem to have the pointed top.

Not stating the obvious Bob, I hadn’t noticed they were railway tracks! It does look like the main gun would get in the way of a fascine carrier. Thanks Peter, I’ll post it over there and see if anyone knows

Thanks for the comment John. Much respect to your FIL.

I came across this photo the other week on a FB page of a Churchill in Italy. It has unusual fittings on it that I initially thought might be part of a fascine carrier but the parts welded to the turret don’t look like they would work with that. IWM photo NA24738 with caption A Churchill tank of 21st Tank Brigade comes ashore after crossing the River Adige, watched by the inhabitants of the village of Cabiance, 29 April 1945. Anybody able to shed any light on what these fittings were for? @Kingsman @John Tapsell

I’m not much of a figure painter but I do like to do a tank crew for most of my vehicles. I finished a British armoured bulldozer most recently and to go with the base I have painted one of miniarts royal engineers. These are relatively nice figures although the faces could use an uplift and details a little soft in places. I haven’t seen this set released with the resin heads yet like they do with a lot of their figure sets. Built out of the box other than the addition of the rifle sling. Few gaps that needed filling but went together well other than that. Close up photos highlight the roughness of my paint work but I think he looks decent from a normal viewing distance! Feedback welcome.

Great stuff John. Although 1/16th doesn’t do a lot for me I’m looking forward to seeing you scratch building skills transfer to this scale and what you can achieve given what you do in 35th.

Pendon is a great place, I live about 20 minutes from it. My dad used to take me there from time to time as a kid as he is a railway modeller. I used to spend ages looking through all the windows in the houses and finding all the little animals in the trees and fields. I took my own boys (5 and 7) and my FIL there for the first time a few months back and they were enthralled by it and it was enjoyable to me as I remembered it from when I was a kid. The level of detail and story telling is fantastic. My boys even got the behind the scenes experience on the large up stairs layout as we were pretty much the only people in there on that day which they loved.

Great info, thanks for sharing that Peter.