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"The Counter Attack": Carentan - June, 1944

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  • Member since
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  • From: Charlottesville Va
Posted by Stern0 on Friday, June 26, 2009 6:25 PM

Dave, Looking good! found the same one you have but here is a good weathering shot...hope it helps!

 

Always Faithful U.S.M.C
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Posted by razorboy on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:39 PM

Settled on the design and put together the fence the other day, now I need to "Age" it a bit and add a few nail heads here and there.  The "Boards" were cut from Balsa Wood sheet that I had on hand - cut to size and assembled with wood glue.

razorboy

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  • From: Charlottesville Va
Posted by Stern0 on Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:24 PM
Dave, looks like you have a great plan there...will be looking forward to some WIP pics. I will see If I can find a good Gate pic too...keep em comming!Big Smile [:D]
Always Faithful U.S.M.C
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"The Counter Attack": Carentan - June, 1944
Posted by razorboy on Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:45 PM

I purchased this old Italeri Sturmgeschuetz IV model on ebay last year and I have been saving it for just the right diorama.  I will be building it in conjunction with several Fallschirmjager figures (Dragon), four 17SS personnel (Dragon) in a farm lane deep in the bocage - outside of Carentan. 

The figures are seen here in the "Out of the Box" configuration - before modifications are made.  I plan to show some of the uniform combinations used by German paras in 1944, this will include ankle boot/gaiter combos, feld-grau para helmets,  Luftwaffe Blue Stahlhelm, feld-grau trousers and the whole range of jump mocks available in June 1944.  The figure at the top left for example, wears a stahlhelm covered with chicken wire.

I did a bit of work on the Stug. today, mostly sanding road wheels and basic hull construction.

Does anyone have a really good picture of an old wooden farm gate?  This is the only one I have and I would really like to have a few more to go by.

Thanks in advance,
razorboy

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