{"id":11312,"date":"2020-06-16T20:42:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T19:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=11312"},"modified":"2020-06-16T20:42:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T19:42:35","slug":"d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/06\/d-day\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OK, so we’re a few days late …<\/p>\n

Ian Maun has shown us some pictures of his 2mm D-Day diorama, and kindly allowed us to put the pictures on our blog. The following are Ian’s words on its construction:<\/p>\n

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The beach is sandpaper and the cliffs are layered cardboard and modelling clay, dry-brushed, with Woodlands Scenics grass-mats and trees.<\/p>\n

The view is from the north, so the beach to the left is the eastern beach, and the beach to the right is the western. The eastern beach is still under bombardment from HMS Warspite (the Eagle model), HMS Roberts (Navis) and a Landing Ship Tank (Rocket). Following Salerno, Warspite\u2019s \u2018X\u2019 turret is still out of action. No troops have yet landed. Shells are exploding and there are shell craters on the beach and in the fields. The town hotel is burning. The town buildings are a mixture of Langton and Brigade models.<\/p>\n

The central beach is the main focus of action with troops and armour landing. The troops are Irregular Miniatures 2mm, as are most of the armour and other vehicles. The LCAs are mainly by Shapeways, and the LCTs are Irregular Miniatures and some unknown makes. Their blue and white camouflage has had black added to it sharpen the contrast. The beach defences include posts, Y-shaped defences with a Teller mine and \u2018Czech defences\u2019, six-sided Xs made from steel girders, or, in this case, Plastruct rod! The beach is covered in barbed wire (made from coiled 5amp fusewire), behind which are machine gunners
\nThe Pointe du Hoc is under attack from American Rangers from the east, with landing craft and a rocket- firing LCA. The troops have ropes going up the cliffs, and have secured the nearer part of the Pointe, despite the barbed wire defences. Although I\u2019ve copied the layout of the guns on the cliffs, I\u2019ve not taken away the guns themselves, unlike the Germans! The village is made from Brigade models, and the gliders are Irregular Miniatures. The battery in the middle is a mixture of makes. German tanks can be seen on the road. There are many German troops in the field. Field Grey paint camouflaged them too well, so that has been lightened.<\/p>\n

On the western beach, armour is coming ashore and troops are making their way to the narrow \u2018draw\u2019 on the right.<\/p>\n

At sea is the second wave of the invasion, with a large number of LCIs, as well as other landing craft and landing ships, laden with troops and armour. Troop transports are standing off.<\/em><\/p>\n

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OK, so we’re a few days late … Ian Maun has shown us some pictures of his 2mm D-Day diorama, and kindly allowed us to put the pictures on our blog. 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