D Day -- -- D+80 Years

Excellent, nice to have at least one ship in the build. Will be good to see that coming to life.

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Ship PE. Heh heh. Where do we bring the straightjacket?

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lol! I am definitely nervous about tackling this project. Me and PE don’t get along at the best of times

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Too late! completed my two D-Days builds last year, LCT(4) with correct load for Juno Beach at H-Hour+90 mins and LCG(L)939 assigned to beach suppression, Juno Beach, D-Day. Dont think I have anything in the stash except possibly an Airfix Jeep! Currently working on the other 5 European D-Days, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Elba, Southern France.

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Hope you find something to join in with. They look exceptional :+1:

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Hope to find Priller’s Fw-190 markings for that day. Then I will builds his plane.

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Just giving this a little bump to remind people … its getting closer !!

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I’m thinking of a nice little universal carrier

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I just need yet another landing craft, this will be my build
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Never built this kit, may reconsider the load
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Hull beside my 1/72 LCT876

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Good choices both David and Andrew. I had looked at that landing craft as well and could well use it as an additional build during the campaign … all depends what the Sherman is like …

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I ordered this a couple of weeks ago and aftermarket. I have the figures I plan to use already.

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That will look good. Crew added will give it a nice sense of scale as well.

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The Sherman is the old thing they’ve been churning out for years. I bought the more recent Cromwell to put in it. That’s a really nice little kit and has deep wading gear already included. If I can can find them, I might do it for the build alongside that Spitfire I planned.

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According to Scalemates the Sherman dates from 1961. I like the idea of the Cromwell

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Sounds about right. Very simple and always looked underscale. Still, always had a soft spot for it. First Airfix kit I ever built after the Matchbox Hellcat.

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5 days to go … prepare to hit the beaches … or prepare to defend the coast …

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I’m off to Spain for two weeks, so I’ll be hitting the bars more than the beaches lol.

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Question: I have an old beach vignette with 4 semi-built, but unpainted figures.
Is that ok? I have added sand and details, though.

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Yes I’m happy with that Ron :+1:

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Great!
Then I’m in!

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