Last year my friend Rainer made a trip to the USA, visiting several battlefields and museums. I can assure you, I envy him for it!!
Before you get your view fixed to the photos maybe you remember that we did our own Gettysburg diorama starting nearly 20 years ago. There are several positings about it on this blog, for example here.
But now to the photos, really breathtaking. And as a nostalgican I like to see it made completely from the old Airfix-range.
We are a group of Enthusiasts from all over the world, mostly Germany, who create historical battles in scale 1:72. As we do this since more than 10 years we thought it is time for our own blog. Being a historical enthusiast I wanted to fulfill my dream of producing my own figures in this scale too. So I started working with several sculptors to produce exotic figures in 1:72 which I fear nobody else would bring on the market.
It is a really impressive diorama, isn't it? Wonderfully photographed too, please thank Rainer for us. Your own better captures the numbers and scale of the battle, but this does stand up to the test of time and great to see those Airfix figures, as you said!
AntwortenLöschenThere is another diorama using Airfix figures nearby Gettysburg, at a campground, no less. The day I went to see it I was going to have to wait half an hour to see it, and I had spent the day dragging my patient wife across the battlefield and didn't think it was fair to make her suffer more. I have been getting rid of my old plastic figures, but will not part with my Airfix ACW!
AntwortenLöschenWhere is this located please? Anthony
AntwortenLöschenHi Anthony,
Löschencheck out this link -
http://www.gettysburgdiorama.com/
cheers
Uwe