To follow on from the D-Day campaign I have submitted a 'request' to the commitee for another idea from the fertile brains of A-UK.
8th May 2005 is the 60th anniversary of the official end of hostilities in Europe - VE Day.
The campign idea is to portray this by putting our usual subjects into a non-warlike setting. Examples so far are:
Ships/'Planes' Trucks used to bring the men home
The aircraft used to drop food to previously occupied Europe
Men returning home with souveniers
First meeting between husband & wife (not too graphic please)
Reunion between father & children
Men returning to damaged homes
Wounded men disembarking from ships or 'planes
Civilians waving flags
Parties
GIs & Russians sharing the vodka

Must be many more ideas out there.
Start date - whenever you finish other campaign entries
Closing - 8th May 2005

Any takers?

Hi Dave

That sounds like a great idea to depict the "other side" of the war. My uncle was among the first British prisoners of war (he was sunk on the (Rawal Pindi)... after years as a POW, he flew home in a Lanc - his first view of "Blighty" was from the bomb-aimer position!

I don't know how you'd model a moment like that...

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan,
The immediate thoughts that spring to mind would be:
1) Model the aircraft standing on the ground with a figure in the appropriate uniform kissing the ground, or being welcomed
2) Scratchbuild a bomb-aimers canopy, view from the inside looking down at a colour photo of the UK, even in a small scale this could be effective

Some model that would be!

nice idea dave,

i also like rowans idea. my grandad fought in the far east and didnt get home until 1947 as his unit was assigned to internal security duties in india.

i might do a dio of the meeting between british and soviet troops in wismar 1945.

cheers

joe

Thanks Joe,
We need a few more takers before it'll be accepted as a campaign though. If there aren't enough here then we'll keep it to ourselves as a group-build OK?

fine by me dave,

i never need much excuse to build more models!

just got to research my entry more.

ive got a picture of two firefly 1c's parked in the square in wismar, and i know the british units there were 1st airborne, and scots greys. ill dig out my order of battle books.

cheers

joe

Why not, I've signed up for every other campaign with a figure in the past few months.
I should be able to come up with something (not too graphic) int he next year.

that also takes my interest . and end date gives me a good feeling to make a happy modelling period. too much time to think and convert

Count me as a possible, need to have a rummage through my model stash......

I will play too This could get very interesting.

Gentlemen, thank you for you responses, but it takes more than six to make a campaign. As there are a number of others going on at the moment I have PMd Jim asking that this submission be placed 'in suspension' for possible re-activation next year when some of the other current campaigns have completed.