This is a diorama of small company headquarters set in Normandy France shortly after D-Day. I constructed this project for the 2002 SSRG contest. The story is that some reserve troops are waiting in line for morning chow, while at left they get a visit form the colonel. The troops in the line are discussing the goings on. Meanwhile, the cook is giving a hand-out to a local farm dog. I constructed quite a few different items for this diorama which can be seen in detail in the U.S. Gear section. Here�s a list of what�s mainly been done:
1. Sewed together a GP Small army tent. (Accurate in design, and dimensions, 9�x10�x10�)
2. Constructed a BD-71 switchboard from sheet styrene, brass, and a whole lot of pins!
3. Also made the accompanying headset/microphone set.
4. Fabricated small field cooking stove. Fed from gasoline from an upturned jerry can, this stove could be used for a group of 30 men.
5. Botched together all the supplies that go with the stove, Oatmeal with boxes, eggs with package, bread, etc.
6. Set up two of Hasbro�s Bivouac tents (used here to dry clothes)
7. The sandbags are handmade form another project.
8. Inside the tent are a custom chair, table, crate, cot, and two folding camp chairs.
9. The radio on the trunk is a casted SCR-610 radio (next to Hasbro AA gun).
10. Yup, also made the tree, and the grass is a model railroad product. |
