Pointe du Hoc 1/35

[Ted]

Since my paratrooper vignette has reached critical mass I thought I'd start on a scene I've been wanting to build for years. I got this set of Dragon US Rangers a long time ago and have dreamed of building a section of the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to scale to show how daunting their objective was on D-Day. 100' cliffs means a diorama 37" tall 🤪

 

 

Lots of pieces for four figures

 

 

 

I painted the heads at the same time I did the Canadian paratrooper heads

 

 

And started assembling the figures. These will take a while because of all the gaps to fill and equipment to add.

 

 

I'll make a heavy wooden base and then attach tall pieces of dense foam, carved to look like the cliff. I dug out some foam from the shed and found a muddy footprint on it. 🐿️

 

 

 

[Robert Stuart]

Sounds like an interesting and different project Ted.

Wonder where you'll store it once complete

[PlaStix]

Looking forward to seeing how this project goes! 

Kind regards,

Stix

[modelling minion]

A very ambitious but excellent project, really interested to see how you tackle the cliffs.

[Ted]

22 hours ago, Robert Stuart said:

Wonder where you'll store it once complete

 

9 hours ago, PlaStix said:

Looking forward to seeing how this project goes!

 

5 hours ago, modelling minion said:

 really interested to see how you tackle the cliffs.

 

Thanks, me too.