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Erwin

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Totally awesome :boom: did you get plans for this? or is it totally speculative?? Either way its great!

It's an own design with elements of real bunkers.I live at Oostende Belgium just 1 Km from the Atlantikwall remains.Also my visits to Normandy helped me with this bunker.

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Two interesting pictures.

1943...

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Same type as part of the Atlantikwall museum at Oostende/Belgium...

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Some progress on my bunker.I added support beams and a vent fan.

The part in front of the opening is the inside roof.In reality made from metal beams and board where the concrete was poored on.

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Having been to Normandy many, many times, and lived in Jersey too, I can testify that your bunker has all the hallmarks of an original. The last pic for example, the fan, the ceiling, the entrance-way, all bring back memories of my childhood 'bunkering' as we used to call it. I always, always used to think I'd come face to face with a German soldier when digging around - albeit forty years on from when they left.

Keep up the great work.

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Having been to Normandy many, many times, and lived in Jersey too, I can testify that your bunker has all the hallmarks of an original. The last pic for example, the fan, the ceiling, the entrance-way, all bring back memories of my childhood 'bunkering' as we used to call it. I always, always used to think I'd come face to face with a German soldier when digging around - albeit forty years on from when they left.

Keep up the great work.

Thank you for the apreciation.

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I visited Normandy three times .Last was in 2014 during the 70 th anniversary.Best visit of all with the extra shows they gave and reenactments.

I live at Oostende/Belgium only 1 Km from the Atlantikwall remains.And I visited the museum at Raversijde many times.

https://www.google.be/search?q=raversijde+atlantikwall&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WOvmVPqXCsKCPYXdgbgH&ved=0CDUQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=977

I have plenty of insperation at my disposal

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What is the overall sizes of this model ???? Looks fantastic and will be a cracking centrepiece on a display taple at the shows !!!! What are you going to use for the 1/24 figures ???

Nige

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The base is 88 x 65 cm.

Finding figurines is the most difficult part.

I was hoping to find these figurines from the 1/25 Panzer kits.

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And then there is the 1/25 th Tamiya officer...

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