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Little Kid Falky · Posted: Fri 02 Feb 2007 21:44 pm Post subject:

Hey, a bit late joining the chat

but here I am...

I was thinking of having a British church or similar with a Panzer in front of it with anti-Nazi slogans scrawled across it with a German guy rubbing it off...
Or something like that

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Owen · Posted: Fri 02 Feb 2007 22:28 pm Post subject:

I think a Diorama would need some more action as a relaxed diorama would mean that there is not as much interesting stuff to model.
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airfixteen · Posted: Fri 02 Feb 2007 22:30 pm Post subject:

Ratch · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 08:20 am Post subject:

Richard M · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 09:25 am Post subject:

To paraphrase again
" And so, my fellow ATF'ers: ask not what your ATF can do for you—ask what you can do for your ATF joint build."

I think the initial invasion forces were expected to be held up by local Home Guard and militia, long enough for the regular army to form a counter attack between 1-3 days later.
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Little Kid Falky · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 09:45 am Post subject:

Caesar make 1/72 Underground Resistance figures. They could probably be used if push came to shove

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Owen · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 10:01 am Post subject:

I'm sure that you could always get some 1940/41 British Infantry and change their weapons to broomsticks and dustbin lids!

BTW, when should we start making designs for the diorama? I think that a 20cmx20cm board would suffice, and would probably be big enough.
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Ratch · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 10:16 am Post subject:

I thought three 6'x4' boards had been mentioned - or was I fantasising

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Owen · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 10:23 am Post subject:

That's Huge!
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farmroad38 · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 10:29 am Post subject:

Bit of a difference between 6'x4' and 20cmx20cm! Going to be fun when you two join your sections together...
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Owen · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 10:44 am Post subject:

Am I right in thinking that 6'x4' is the same size as the Standard Hornby Trackmat?

I thought a 20cm x 20cm board would be good because you could join them up and make them individually, plus they would be easy to post

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davecov · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 11:07 am Post subject:

I mentioned three 2'x3' boards making a diorama 6'x3' or four boards for a diorama 4'x6' but personally I think that we should go with three. That would make the co-ordination of the build much easier and there would only be two joins to worry about. Going with any more boards or sub-dividing them into smaller boards would make life much too difficult. Each board can also be designed in such a way that they look like a complete diorama on their own as well as forming part of the larger diorama.

As for items on the boards, I have been thinking of a real-life setting that could be used as a basis for "Atfville-on-Sea". Looe down in Cornwall sprung to mind as it has the following features:

A small pier alongside a stretch of beach (see here)
A "cliff face"
A river running through it with a bridge about half-way through the village
A small railway junction at the furthest end bordering on fields

Of course it would need to be condensed a bit but it could be split into three parts - beach, village, railway/fields. We wouldn't need many buildings - perhaps a couple of cottages and a church (without LKF's anti-Nazi slogans

). There could be a few AA batteries on the mole, by the railway, by the bridge etc. Throw in a couple of pill-boxes, a crashed plane and an "invasion" barge....

Just my first thoughts......

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Owen · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

One thing that springs to mind with me is the levels of boards. If one is at sea level, and the others at Cliff height, then we will have to get it up to a certain height. High Density foam is good for this though.
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Little Kid Falky · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 11:27 am Post subject:

Er, Dave sorry if I wasn't clear

but I'd meant there'd be anti-nazi slogans on the Panzer not the church

Still, I like your ideas better
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davecov · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

Owen · Posted: Sat 03 Feb 2007 11:56 am Post subject:

Here are a couple of Webcams from Looe, it could make quite a good diorama:
http://www.looe.co.uk/webcam/webcam.htm

It might be good if there was an E-boot tied up against the Jetty, afterall, it is 1/72!
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davecov · Posted: Sat 24 Feb 2007 11:51 am Post subject:

Any more ideas?

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Owen · Posted: Sat 24 Feb 2007 12:14 pm Post subject:

I've been taking a few snaps of places that might be good to base ideas on in Norfolk. I'll get a few up in time. I thought it might be good to have an inspirational gallery where we can have photos of real places. I do this with my Model Railways and it is very useful.
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joe · Posted: Mon 05 Mar 2007 18:32 pm Post subject:

i have no idea how this will ever happen. its too complicated, and no one is posting! how are we ever going to get down and think about kicking off this build! its meant to be a " running build " but its nothing like running! lets get down to buisness?
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