A new idea for candian diorama

Link doesn't work. Touch-ups were usually done by hand, sometimes whole repaints or adding new marlings, etc were by hand. The aircraft were spray painted with a paint gun whenever possible.

I will try and find a better link.
The second diorama will be of a ww2 plane being
repainted in a war zone.
djw1
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I can not find a better link. So I was thinking of trying to describe it.
It starts after the war ends and it is clean up day on Juno beach.
Now this is not a small one, it will be 4ft long and 4ft wide.
The clean up will be of tanks planes and yes bodies.
This will be on both sides, thats y so big. Any ideas or welcome.
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djw1

I was a kid building my first models in the late '40's early '50's. If you are referring to kids then,,,,,every stick and paper build or solid model we built was brush painted using testors, I think, lacquers. Most of the time we didn't bother with paint on stick and paper construction because it screwed up the paper and we didn't think they flew as well, not that they flew well to begin with. I graduated to rattle cans when Monogram introduced their SuperKits, preshaped balsa solids with plastic parts and clear canopies. The super detail of the age. Nobody I knew used a spray gun, but perhaps adult modelers of the era did. All of the models I saw were hand painted. HTH and nice to find this forum. Joe

djw1,
Is this the pic you were trying to show?



Here is the site.
http://www.around.ntl.sympatico.ca./~toby/ww2.html

yes it is.
thanks.
djw1
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djw1

The Invasion stripes on the Spitfire in this picture is what is being painted by hand, not the entire aircraft. However, "spot repairs" were usually brush painted depending on size. This was confirmed as norm for Canadian aircraft based in England by my Uncle who was an airframe technician during the war. Lots of shot holes were simply patched and painted to the point of having a "Leopard" spotted paint area.

As far as your idea of the Juno beach cleanup operations. Some reference books you could use are THE SECOND FRONT (Time Life Books) it has some pictures of the beacheads on D+4 etc. Another is INVASION '44 (Unknown Publisher) it deals specifically with Juno, Sword and Gold beaches and the aftermath. The other reference is contact your local Veterans Affairs office and see what pamphlets they have some have previously unreleased photos in.

Last but not least is check the website www.historytelevision.ca and check out FOR KING and COUNTRY the video series has some great footage of all battles Canadians were in during WWII.

Hope this helps you. Good luck with the build.

Cheers;

Gregory

Nulli Secundus

That's one heck of an idea, and a very involved dio. It'll take you some VERY careful planing to get something that big to work out. I suggest for the cleanup you focus on a larger scale, standard 1/35, as it's less happening.

Thanks alot my son and I do talk to vets alot.
I'am going to do this for Nov.11 2006, and give it to a legion.
It is the least I can do. My son and I are very eager to start but we
have to plan. We are going to look up the books today.
Any more ideas are welcome.
djw1
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the aircraft being painted is having invasion stripes painted on it, which was ordered for all allied aircraft just before d-day.

this book is very good for juno beach info
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/item.asp?Item=978155002492&Catalog=Books&Ntt=juno&N=35&Lang=en&Section=books&zxac=1
it has alot of pictures, and some information about canada before d-day (dieppe and such)

canadian forces reached their objectives on d-day (no other beaches managed this) and even went past the objectives as payback for dieppe. the DD tanks also made it to shore which was a big help, the american ones hit bad currents and capsized.

whats the plan for the dio? landing? on the beach? getting off the beach?

Wow!!! Boy did I misunderstand your post. Sorry for the idiotic (in context) response. Joe

Well it is going to be clean up day. Removeing the tanks that still run, the troops, amo ect.
Looking at the wood I think I'am going to split it in half. One half will be cleanup the second wil be looking back
from 2006. The strips on the plane is for my son diorama. He like the photo and he asked me to ask all of you.
You know kids the parents are never right.... He thanks all of you. His is a 1/48 scale spitfire.
I am going to call the clean up side "Unfinish Work" the other side will be "Hind Site is 20-20"
What do all of you think of the titles?
djw1
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Titles are good, but hindsight is one word and it would be unfinished (with an "ed") You probably knew that just making sure. Can't wait to see it finished!
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Oh yeah, and invasion stripes is probably my favorite patterns on aircraft. It wouldn't be realistic, but I thought about putting them on a YF-22.