Recently I have seen some Diorama models made by a very skilled member of my forum, and found the realism he is able to create quite breath taking. In awe of his work I felt inspired to "have-a-go" for myself.
Around the same time, following last years 80th anniversary of D-Day, memories of my late father's war time service have been stirred, in particular his landing on the Normandy beaches during Operation Overlord. My thoughts aligned and the idea of building a D-Day diorama were born.
I discovered a scale model kit called "Operation Overlord" that depicts the D-Day beach landings, and that was perfect for what I wanted. After I'd bought it; studied what you get in the box; pondered where on earth to start; and reflected on how good (or bad) a job I might do, I decided I'd like to start with something smaller and less important - I wanted to make the "Operation Overlord" diorama as good as I could get it and didn't want to spoil it by using it as a practice piece.
Another smaller kit called "D-Day Battlefront" provided the perfect solution, not only because of it's smaller size and simpler construction but also because it wasn't as meaningful to me and it wouldn't matter so much if I messed it up.
I haven't made a plastic construction kit since I was about 13 years old and back then it was a case of slapping glue on everything and leaving it unpainted. This time I am attempting to create something more realistic. The kit comprises of a flimsy plastic base with all the components necessary to create a realistic landscape, a couple of tanks, sundry military equipment and a few dozen soldiers.
My version of the German Tiger tank looks as if it's just come out of the showroom - I certainly need to do a lot better than this.
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