Not at all Boots / Brian!
The more nostalgia the better. That’s a great story and a wonderful photo - in fact, I believe I may have seen it before (although quite a while ago). Which one are you?
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I had a feeling I may have shown it before and bored the arse of people; clearly age does indeed weary one(!)
I’m the skinny one in the middle; I can only just recognise myself - such a long time ago - yet so fresh in my memory. I can still smell the pines and the earthy smell of the leaf litter of the track (and the diesel of the passing traffic of course). To my then, what? Twenty-three/four year-old senses, it was literally fantastic. Funny how an image (ie the 1944 one) can stimulate one to that extent.
Perhaps it was just my imagination but it didn’t take much to summon up those black and white images and convert to the then, present; the muffled conversations, the breath in the frosty air, the odd barked (German) order, doubtless the coffee and baccy smell of the soldiers’ breath, the ticking over of the engines, albeit the tinny sound of the Schwimmwagen, probably some radio crackle from the 250, I mean just “Wow”. And I stood there and soaked it all up.
I was lucky during that posting, though in fairness, sometimes you have to make your own; I’m just glad that we just had sufficient oomph to get out of the garrison that Saturday.
Later that day, we tracked down (pun intended) the King Tiger at La Gleize, but that’s another story.
Anyway, a bit of a distraction from your build I’m afraid(!)
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Spectacular detailing and finishing on the building Tim, it looks so real. The 250 is building up really nicely as well, the PE in this case has added a great amount realism … very very nice indeed.
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The group is here: Redirecting...
There is also this group. Much smaller, but a good community that some historians like Timo and illustrators post in as well as some modelers: Redirecting...
Both are great resources (but sometimes only deepen the mystery and questions)
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