St. Maire Eglise

reddog-03 wrote:

It's not a battle scene but maybe this painting of the 505th at Ste Mere will help generate some ideas. http://www.pattonsgallery.com/images/dietz/seizetheday.jpg

 

not a battle scene but it still captures the heart of the battle

i checked that site out too  good ideas 

but they use toys like forces of valor  and the men in the city square are standing in patches of  grass in the middle of the road in the city square

take a look

Hello Robert,

As for 1/35 Airborne Infantry, you can get Dragon's invasion of normandy, US paratrooper set and Verlinden and Jaguar(no longer in business, but still can get from ebay) produced more expensive resin kits.  As for 1/72 Airborne Infantry, ESCI(again no longer in business) had a set of US Paratroopers (and there were few half folded parachutes, which I believe you can easily convert to a parachute that is hanging from the church roof top).  This was not a bad kit (I used to build only 1/72 armor and figures due to $$$, and really loved Hasegawa and ESCI).

As for the church, once again, you may have to go visit Verlinden's website and you should be able to find one. 

Enjoy building it and once it is complete, please do share some pictures.

 

It's not a battle scene but maybe this painting of the 505th at Ste Mere will help generate some ideas.

http://www.pattonsgallery.com/images/dietz/seizetheday.jpg

Also, if you need any help with parachute construction, I can send you some diagrams.

if you are able, watch the movie "The Longest Day" it has a great part on the St. Maire Eglise battle. 

Thank you.  I suppose the correct spelling is the best start. ( I'm a boob. )

The church and John Steele have come up repeatedly and I think I have a cool angle. I have an issue, 1944 'chute and I was thinking of using a snippet of it to do the diorama 'chute.

I've never modeled a parachute, however and am unsure about scale issues with the silk.

Thanks for your help,

RO

Search Google Images for St. Mere Eglise (correct spelling) for a ton of images. Yes people have done dios on this subject, see St. Mere Eglise scroll down to bottom, there are 3 pics to see.

I think a marvelous idea would be to do a dio on Paratrooper John Steele who's chute got hung up on the steeple. Today a silk parachute and statue still hangs on the church.

I'm no expert on figures or buildings, so I'll let someone else answer those questions. I do play Call Of Duty which features St. Mere Eglise prominently.

Good luck! I would like to see the completed dio, it would be a great subject!