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Atlantic Wall Fortifications 1/35th
jimbrae
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 06:26 PM UTC
As a ''New to you'' a photo/text report on the French manufacturer PN Sud Modélisme who produce a very extensive range of Atlantic Wall fortifications and artillery emplacements in 1/35th scale. The full story, including a large selection of images, can be seen:

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

SGTJKJ
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 07:10 PM UTC
A new firm to me. Thanks for the insight. I have actually visited some of these bunkers in Normandy. They are huge and it is very interesting to see them in 1/35.

Thanks for sharing
troubble27
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 07:15 PM UTC
Wow, these are real beauties! Much better then some of the ones I have seen by other manufacturers! Great new addition to the subject!


Gary
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:17 PM UTC
These really do look great. Not cheap, I saw one on their site for 170 Euro, but you get what you pay for. I'd really love to see one of these built on a convention table some day.

HARV
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Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:24 AM UTC
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

HARV
UserDude
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Posted: Friday, March 23, 2007 - 09:40 PM UTC
Looks great....

Now, let's find someone willing to import the product to north america.

Cheers

Marc
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 08:41 AM UTC
HI there,
I found a company in the Netherlands helmuth’s strongholdsthat also makes 1/35 scale fortification. They are a lot cheaper than PN sud.


See here for another topic about PN Sud bij Steve Zaloga
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 09:00 AM UTC
hi
i have seen these models close up at a show in normandy, held at omaha beach and met the guy behind them. they look very good, a little pricey but very nice molding, some are really quite big!!!!!
at the same show i met the guy from mk35 models, i like his diorama bits too.

neil
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 12:37 PM UTC
They do look very good.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 03:47 AM UTC
The website no longer works, which makes me wonder if they went tits up.

And the website for Hellmuths Stronghold seems like it's not really active or working properly.
davidne
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Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 04:25 AM UTC
Found a site for them at the address below:
http://82.240.92.237/dev2000/WebPagesFR/home.html
Biggles2
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Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 09:11 PM UTC

Quoted Text

... tits up.



Can you say "tits"? Sounds like a George Carlin routine!
bill_c
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Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 01:28 AM UTC
Thanks, David, takes me back to our visit to Normandy and Batterie Longues sur Mer.
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