Robswashashore Posted November 8, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 8, 2019 Pvt. Burnell W. Coolen of Brewster, Mass. and the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, which landed at Utah Beach on D-Day, 1944. Tragically, he was killed in action two weeks later during the Division's drive to capture the port of Cherbourg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheeltim Posted November 8, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 8, 2019 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted November 8, 2019 Share #3 Posted November 8, 2019 Great. I'd love to hear some of the construction details. Is the landing craft scratch built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted November 8, 2019 Share #4 Posted November 8, 2019 Nice Job! The figures have great action poses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robswashashore Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted November 9, 2019 Great. I'd love to hear some of the construction details. Is the landing craft scratch built? Oh, no, the LCVP is the Italeri 1/35 kit! I replaced the crew with the Trumpeter figures. The Infantry is a mix of Master Box, Dragon and Trumpeter from my "stable." I had to fabricate 22 little M25 Assault Gas Mask Bags for them. I used paint to outfit them all in the M 41 field jacket, so please don't look too carefully at the pockets and the length because there are quite a few M 43s in there. Also painted M38 leggings over the double buckle boots that many of the figures came with. The beach is Cape Cod sand mixed with white glue. The water is clear silicone caulking from the hardware store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Posted November 9, 2019 Share #6 Posted November 9, 2019 As always with your work.......looks great Jean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtyScout Posted November 11, 2019 Share #7 Posted November 11, 2019 I want to echo Dennis' comment. I really like the figures running off the LCVP unto the beach. They really caught my attention. Nice job. Semper Fi. Manny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GITom1944 Posted November 21, 2019 Share #8 Posted November 21, 2019 Nicely done. Good to see the landing at Utah Beach get some attention. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted May 4, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 4, 2020 Great diorama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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