Circa 1943 apparently for the RAF in preparation for a commando raid or glider drop.
Making 1/144 Wargaming Terrain
Circa 1943 apparently for the RAF in preparation for a commando raid or glider drop.
Very nice Games Mat!
A model for the British Paratrooper raid on a radar station at Bruneval, Feb. 27-28, 1942.
See: http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/commando/brun.htm
Hmm wonder if still available, will have to show SWMBO and say "there, you see!" See if it motivates her, otherwise it's back to bribing with chocolateOriginally Posted by Zoe Brain
Circa 1943 apparently for the RAF in preparation for a commando raid or glider drop.
Wish I had this photos 15 years ago... might have got my Granny to make one of these up instead of a quilt.
I think if I asked swmbo to do this all I'd get isone of these.
See you on the Dark Side......
Could I possibly marry the granddaughter of one of these ladies?
Not a chance Joaquim they all are too busy talking on their mobile phone's
Not a chance Joaquim they all are too busy talking on their mobile phone's
That is great and oh if you get the recon photos. What a prize that would be to game on.
Why does that building in post #3 make me think of the chateau in The Dirty Dozen?
Ahead of their time!
The French chateau that appears in the Dirty Dozen was constructed especially for the production by art director William Hutchinson and his crew of 85. One of the largest sets ever built, it stood 240 feet across and 50 feet high. Gardeners surrounded the building with 5400 square yards of heather, 400 ferns, 450 shrubs, 30 spruce trees and 6 full-grown weeping willows.
Construction of the faux chateau proved *too* good. The script called for it to be blown up, but the construction was so solid that 70 tons of explosives would have been needed to achieve the effect! Instead, a section was rebuilt from cork and plastic.
See: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061578/trivia
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