Ola Guys

need some of your expertise here. Currently working on a small dio with a Aerosled from Vision models and I'm making it as it is standing half on the bank of a russian lake. Now for the dio name I need some info. As the Germans did not make it one third into Russia I think that limits the number of lakes in that area. I initially wanted to go with Lake Baikal which is actually the only Russian lake I know but looking at a map it is quite deep into Russia and I am not sure that part would have seen action.

So What lakes can be found in the area that saw action during WW2 and what are their names? Looking forward to your answers guys.

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

Well the Germans got as far as Lenigrad, Moscow and Stalingrad, forming an advance line, so cant you just look at a map and pick any lake that is behind that advance line ?

Hi Robert, I´m not familiar in the advance of the german army in the areas of russian lakes, rivers and so on.
But if you have some names, possibly I can help you to give you the german names of the areas for a good translation for a diorama name or other help.

I also planned to buy some aerosleds from "big-T" for making some dioramas!

greetings...
Soeren

Why not lake Ladoga near Leningrad?

Lake Lagoda is a great idea it would fit quite well.


Paul

Lake Onega would be another possible candidate :

http://www.battlefield.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=123&lang=en

HTH

Frenchy

And what if Chudskoe-Pskovskoe lake??? From Wiki about that lake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peipus
Russian name of that lake is Чудское озеро .

Hmm, possibly the Peipus-lake.
As I now read on wikipedia, the german army had to retreat to this lake in begin of 1944.

greetings...
Soeren

edit:
Igor was faster than me.

Hey Robert,

I would go for lake ladoga near Lenningrad. they saw extensive use over there becouse of the minimum weight and freight they could carry. Currentley i am looking out for the trumpeter NKL-26 kit to make it with a GAZ AA in Lenningrad cammouflage

But you dont have to make it at a lake. they were also used on plaine countrysides, partizans and heavy snowroads where the use vehicles was not an option.

The aerosans were made of plywood and on the front a metal plate of 10 mm. Propelors in the early years of the war were made of wood and later from metal. So you can made some interesting bullethole damage on the side of these things

Regards,

Remco

It's said there are divers who go to the bottom of Lake Ladoga, which is littered with wrecked ships, aircraft and even vehicles that fell through the ice. Wouldn't you love to go check it out someday?

That would be great! but i am affraid for dark water...
On youtube you have a guy who calls himself ''warrellichunter"
He goes on a lake with a magnet in a rubber boat an goes ''fishing'' for bullets, mortar shells and other stuff. Then he ''cooks'' the mortar shells on a bbq and a scews them open to empty the explosive stuff inside!
Nuts!!!

Type in ''warrellichunter'' on youtube and see for yourself...

Regards,

Remco

I was going to suggest lake Ladoga but Pat beat me to it, if you are still searching for names, Lake Ilmen (Ильмень) in the Novgorod area.

Ola Guys

Sorry it took me a while to get back to this topic. I have read it through a couple of times and want to thank most of you for your help and suggestions. I'm still "chewing" on the suggestions and probably will make up my mind near the finish of the project.

@ Soeren
I can't say much for the trumpeter Sleds but I can tell you about the Vision Models kit and they are stunning beyond belief. The detail is amazing and two for the price of one. Really neat kit.

@ Remco
Thanks for the suggestion. I also thought the trumpy NKL was pretty neat. Maybe also a purchase for the future.
And it is true I could not purely use it on a lake or icy service but that means That I'm straying away from the subject that I'm writing my diorama feature about.

@ Frenchy, Igor, Pat, Soeren, Remco and Jamal
Thanks for the suggestions
- Ladoga
- Onega
- Peipus
- Lake llmen (is that written with 2 L's?) (How do you pronounce it? )

All serious contenders... Now I have to make up my own mind of which to choose.

All will be clear in a few weeks.

With friendly greetz

Lake llmen:
- the RIGHT writing and pronunciation - ILMEN (or i-l-m-e-n by separate letters).

my bad, I should have written the L in capital letter, ILMEN.

Ola Guys

Thanks a lot for clearing that up. Lake Ilmen is still on the list... and also a serious contender... I really need to have a good think about it.