As it's the 65th Anniversary of Op Market Garden this year and we finally have some new Allied stuff to build I thought it might be a good one for a campaign. Naturally it covers a huge amount of stuff for Allied and German modellers. The airborne landings/battles ie British Airborne, US 82nd and 101st Airborne. The fight through from British XXX corps with infantry towards Arnhem over The Eindhoven and Nijmegen bridges. From the German side you've got Wehrmacht, SS and Fallschirmjager all involved in the battle with a multitude of vehicles. Naturally given the distance fought over there's a combination of urban and rural settings. The scope is pretty much endless. Anyone fancy it?

Good initiative.

I am on - probably with a StuG III.

Hello there, you can count me in ! I'll do some SS-armor. Probably a 9th SSpanzerdivision tank. Depends on what I find in the attic Grtz 2 all. Ed

Karl, An AWESOME IDEA !!!! Now what to build ???? Keep On Modelin, milvehfan

Count me in . I think I will do somehing British .

Good idea!!
I'd probably jup in with a Sd.Kfz. 251-variant...

When will it start and end?
I have a few other campaigns/builds going allready and I don't want to overdo it...

Lets do it. I am up for the challenge.

Yeah, i'm in!



Lol surprise

I'm in too !!
Great idea !! Let's do it !

I was thinking maybe the beginning of May to the end of November. Would have been nice to finish on Sept 17th but that wouldn't leave us much time so I was thinking a full 6 months. Thoughts anyone? Glad that people like the idea as it gives pretty much free reign over ideas. I'm going to be doing British Paras liasing with Dutch resistance. Probably in an urban setting with a couple of knocked out German vehicles. Thinking about I will need the full 6 months

Karl, I like your idea : Brit-Paras and Dutch resistance, I've got to do a bit more research on the Battle and I'll come up with somthing. milvehfan

im definetly in, i just bought a big lot of dragon figures for a great price and they include alot of airborne figs so count me in.

There was an awful lot of Waffen SS units resting/rebuilding being created in the area. I've never been involed in a campain. I'm interested. Cheers Geraint

Cool! We've got enough now to do a campaign submission! I'm already in my research phase so get the books out chaps as I have a feeling this will be a good one! I've started doing my list of stuff I need

Geraint, it was the 9th/10th SS pz divs refitting in Arnhem. If you need any help with anything you only need to ask and someone will always have the answer for you. Thats what I've always found

Campaign submitted chaps! Start date I've asked for is 01/05/09 finishing on 31/11/09. Fingers crossed

Oh no... the stockpile has started. Been buying figures and looking at buildings. Vehiclewise I'm very tempted by a Stug III, a Hanomag (both disabled) and an airborne jeep with trailer. I have a nasty feeling that this could be a big dio if the campaign is approved

We've been approved so start stockpiling and doing the research for may 1st

Count me in for sure!!!
Needing a good reasone to finish my Marder II, and Ive had a building idea in my head for a while now! So..... COOL!!!

Later,
John

Approved, Thats Great news. So many ideas running through my head..What to build??? I believe both the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Div's were resting and refitting in the area, Research Time, milvehfan

You're right on that one milv! Top subject to do. Try Arnhem by Martin Middlebrook dug my copy out again to start reading again. From a German view Sons Of The Reich by Michael Reynolds is good as it's the history of II SS panzer Corps. Been wanting to do an Arnhem dio for years!

I've had an idea for a market garden dio planned for a while, so this could be the drive I need to get it done!

I'll check my build schedule and see whats goin on, but could well be on for this one!

James

Hi all, was just going through the Campaign Fourm. We are now 12 enlisted with 5/1/09 getting closer. I've ordered some research material on the 9th SS Panzer Div and its involvment in Market-Garden, so I should have a pretty good Idea in a week or so as to what my project for this Campaign will be. milvehfan

Ok, it will definitely NOT be a 251-version, not even a 250....
I cooked up an idea that will only involve figures.....

I was even planning a field trip to do the Market Garden-route, starting at the Dutch-Belgian border and ending in and around Arnhem. Turns out that there is not much to see, except for Arnhem and Hartenstein is beeing rebuild for the festivities in september...
damn....

This dio is getting bigger the more I plan...LOL. I've ordered the Miniart garage as I've had the idea of having that as Regimental Aid Post with a mixture of wounded Paras and wounded SS prisoners in there. There's a couple of Great North roads buildings I quite fancy for the street (adjoining the garage). My stockpile is growing