"Operation Mercury: Invasion of Crete / Rock Con 2019" Topic
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Sturmdivision | 15 Feb 2020 9:15 a.m. PST |
Jeffrey Henn ran an Invasion of Crete scenario at Rock Con in October 2019 (Rockford, IL). This assumed the German Maleme Flotilla made it past the Royal Navy and successfully deposited troops from 5th Mountain Division onto the beach at Georgioupolos. The beach was defended by the Australian 19th Brigade (shown dug in along the shore line). The first pic shows the modular lay-out of the beach area with a German-commandeered armed cutter racing in to lay down suppressive fire while a motley collection of Greek fishing caiques, motorboats and landing vessels wait to go in.
This shows two Pz Mk III medium tanks waiting to go in. Historically, the Kriegsmarine did manage to land two Pz Mk II light tanks at a different location, but not until seven days after the operation began.
German fallschirmjaeger begin embarking on a Junkers Ju 52 transport plane for a planned airdrop behind the enemy beach defenses.
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MiniPatton | 15 Feb 2020 8:28 p.m. PST |
What a great looking table. |
parttimegamer | 16 Feb 2020 5:57 a.m. PST |
Looks superb! Who makes the Junkers model? |
Sturmdivision | 16 Feb 2020 7:32 a.m. PST |
I wondered that too but didn't get around to asking Jeff who made it. It doesn't appear to be a model kit that you put together but rather one that's pre-painted and already nearly assembled (though I could be wrong on that). I tried looking up who makes this plane, thinking Dragon Models, but had no luck. Maybe someone else recognizes it? Here are two more views of it…
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deadhead | 17 Feb 2020 4:10 a.m. PST |
Corgi Die Cast. Beautiful model but it ain't cheap link |
Sturmdivision | 17 Feb 2020 9:19 a.m. PST |
Thanks for identifying this plane's maker. Expensive, yes, and unfortunately no longer available as well, unless you can find one up for grabs on eBay. |
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