Remagen.

QUOTE (Al @ 28 Jun 2010, 12:20) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>and broke up as it hit trees and hedgerows on the way in.
Think of the squirrels!


If you want a Panzer or perhaps a Sdkfz 234/2 poking at the remains then DM-Toys (wink) has loads of N scale WWII stuff, especially of the German variety. Possibly a 1:148 model would look better though...

QUOTE (Putzi @ 28 Jun 2010, 16:16) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>If you want a Panzer or perhaps a Sdkfz 234/2 poking at the remains then DM-Toys (wink) has loads of N scale WWII stuff, especially of the German variety. Possibly a 1:148 model would look better though...

The final scene will have a couple of blitz's, a kuble and maybe a hotch inspecting the wreckage and removing the dead. I've quiet a large collection of 1:160 german stuff to make up military convoys and several AAA units defending the bridge. I've also a couple of companies of tanks that I'd intended to use on supply trains. However all the models are white metal which makes a rake twenty wagons pretty heavy. Maybe too heavy for my BR50's to handle

A quiet Sunday morning waiting for the rest of the world to wake up. Ideal time to turn my hand to makeing a couple of Merlin engines for the Lancaster. I'm pretty pleased with the result. Should the part once they're painted.

QUOTE (LetoII @ 5 Jul 2010, 09:30) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Those engines look pretty smart and add a nice touch to the wreckage. I've just been thinking about this, and far be it for me to give advice, but would the windows of such a wreck still be intact given the force of the impact and debris, or would they be cracked and broken open? possibly with metal bars etc poking through them/bits of tree (especially if it's skidded in at a low angle) etc? Not sure how easy that would be to do though.

Dave

Dave, the Lancaster is based on this photo of a B-17



As you can see in the photo much of the cockpit and turret glass is still intact. The model is just the 'naked' Lancaster at the moment. it still needs to be paced into the scenary and a debris field built up around it.

Fair enough, I stand suitably chastised! Really surprising just how much of the cockpit area seems to have survived, I really thought the stress of impact would have cracked the windows up; shows how much I know! lol

Dave

Finally got some track laid on Remagen this weekend.
Unfortunatly it's only on the west-end storage sidings.



The board is 1200x900 and hold 6 loops. Two loops serve the up, 2 the down and the middle 2 can serve either.
Each loop can be split in half to 2 giving a total of 12 storage sections.

QUOTE (Al @ 5 Jul 2010, 13:08) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bad day at the office!

It's been a while since the last update. Progress has been a bit slow recently. The main bridge structure is done. Only the two walkways to done then it's on to the rail deck.