"Sword Beach Project 2" Topic

Incredible good as the first part.

From here
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Hope you enjoyed!.

Amicalement
Armand

Wow, that looks amazing!

Thanks for sharing, Armand.

Some people have far too much time on their hands. Sigh, wish I was one of them…

That is quite amazing.

Wow, just wow…

"Some people have far too much time on their hands"

Not real ….Optimized planning is the trick ;-)))

That is something else.

Some really beautiful work here.

Happy you enjoyed the 2nd part boys!. (smile).

Amicalement
Armand

Absolutely brilliant! I need to set aside some time over the next 5 years and be ready for the 75th anniversary – no way I could do that now.

Not sure what this is. The picture of the DD Sherman is a fixture which indicates its a diorama. The buildings behind the beach are certainly not in an authentic pattern as nobody in Europe has so mant straight roads and the hoses are to widely spaced for an actual village. So is it a wargame with art included or something else? Excellent modeling regardless, particularly the water and the DD tank.

<<<The buildings behind the beach are certainly not in an authentic pattern as nobody in Europe has so mant straight roads and the hoses are to widely spaced for an actual village"

You ever visited Sword Beach or look onto air pictures before D-Day or maps ? Remember, the coast line at Sword was not a "normal town", it was a place for holiday chalets.

wow

A nice sample for "as nobody in Europe has so mant straight roads"

that is looking good – and I must admit, I did kind of figure that the guy was basing it on actual photos, given the level of detail he has put in.

His detail capture is incredible. Looks exactly like the map. Impressive.

Glad you enjoyed it too boys!.

Amicalement
Armand

It is very, very good and does look just like the photos on display at the Grand Bunker Museum in Ouistreham (i.e. that artillery director tower).

Ouistreham was specifically developed (on what had been sand dunes) as a holiday destination, hence the grid-layout. It was also far less developed in 1944 than now – the Germans had also cleared large swathes of villas in order to clear line of sight. They had also demolished the casino to make way for 155mm guns – THAT scene in The Longest Day is therefore cobblers. The only (very minor) error I can see with the model is that the Grand Bunker should actually be partially-concealed behind the house, rather than being alongside it (all that was visible from the sea was the observation slit at the top of he tower).

"The only (very minor) error I can see with the model is that the Grand Bunker should actually "

Indeed you are right. Due the buildings are loose, next time, we will place it accurate. Promised. Thank you for your friendly comment.

Not at all and thanks for taking my criticism as constructive.

Out of interest, during your research, did you find any photos of the 'Ancienne Redoute de Vauban' in Ouistreham? It's marked on a few maps (one of which shows a sort of half-moon structure) and is mentioned in Keiffer's account as being the south-eastern bastion of the Riva-Bella position, but I've never seen any photos or decent plan of the thing. When you walk through Ouistreham, there is a Vauban-style gateway and corner-cupola/sentry box incorporated into the corner of a house to the east of the modern Stade Phillippe Keiffer, but that seems to be all that's left of it. Any ideas?

No, sorry. As you tell this now, I only remember an old redoute near Merville-Franceville on the other side of Caen-Canal.

Ah, I've not seen that one. There's a also a very tiny brick Napoleonic redoubt in the middle of Sword, where the Colleville road meets Colleville-Plage – so small that it's very easy to miss.