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Hello everyone, 

being home, I could finally get my photographing wife to take some nice pictures of my proudest diorama work... As the (working) title suggests, the setting is Normandy 1944. Inspired by a picture I saw there while on vaction (we would have gone there again in may, damn you covid-19), I decided to do a scene without fighting. 

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Somewhere south of Gold Beach, troops from the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division are welcomed as liberators. I am aware this was not always the case, but I didn't want to model a few mute bystanders... 

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The old woman can't believe that the boches are finally gone... 

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In the background is a distant relative of Don Camillo who has also 'joined' the church...

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"Do hou have a light?" - "I have no matches! 

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Wine on the 'ouse for the lance corporal...

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In all the gaiety, there are more silent places... (building those trashcans myself was much cheaper than buying resin ones) 

What's going on behind this wall?

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CHICKS! 

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Exactly. 

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Not those!

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Getting ready for partying with the british boys... 

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That's all, comments and critique welcome, hope you had fun with the pics! 

 

Cheers, Johnny

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2 hours ago, janneman36 said:

Very nice diorama you’ve got here 👌were or how did you obtain those figures?

 

cheers, Jan

 

Thank you Jan! The civilians are a mix of Miniart and MasterBox (my favourites when it comes to 'different' figure sets), and the british Tyne-Tees fellers are from Tamiya and their Bren gun carrier. Animals are also from Tamiya (mainly livestock - except the dogs, they are included in their modern US Army accessories set).

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7 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Wowza!!! That’s amazing. I love the amount of life you have got into this is outstanding. Bravo sir. 🤗🤩🤩🤩

Thank you very much. I do consider it my masterpiece. 

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2 hours ago, Tim R-T-C said:

Rightly so. Endless little details and so full of life.

 

Superb.

Thank you Tim! 

15 minutes ago, bhouse said:

Absolutely fantastic! I bet the Sergeant Major has something to say about the Lance Corporal's haircut though 😁

Thanks! The Sergeant Major probably  kisses him good night, so he's all right with the haircut 😂

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