Hi Guys,

these are the airborne jeeps I've been working on for the Market Garden Campaign. Are they done, probably not, but they are well advanced so comments welcome.























Al

alan

may i be the first to say your jeep builds are absolutely f****ing magnificent
i hope my jeeps can turn out just aswell as these when i start mine.
your op market garden dio is going to be magnificent aswell in pure size and down to detail on troops and equipment

your an inspiration to us all on these builds and im sure when i say people have learnt alot from you theyll agree because ive learnt so much from your builds

thank you

and keep up the good work
will keep an eye on the

op market garden dio

tony

Very nice, indeed! I could look at these for hours; they're simply fantastic. And, I can't wait to see your diorama.

You've really sparked my interested in British vehicles and gear.

Thanks, Al!

Michael

Hi Tony,

Thanks for dropping in and your kind comments. The jeeps have been a lot of fun. Only originally intended to build 1 but they kinda grew. Only regret is that I didn't pick up the Resicast Decals when I had the chance, but at £25.00 they seem OOT for one or possibly 2 vehicles. Life Glad you enjoyed the builds, the campaign has been a bit quiet recently. either hols or people are building away and saving the outcome for later.

Cheers

Al

Hi Michael,

Same detail , thanks for the kind comments, appreciated. Glad to have sparked an interest, British stuff is quite quirky; makes it interesting and a lot of their vehicles really unusual., even a bit odd looking, but when you start to looking into them there is a lot more there that first thought.

Cheers guys

Al

Hey Al,
Nice job all around, interesting to see your Airborne jeeps all at one time.
Quite the variety of features !!
Cheers

jjumbo

Hi John,

Thanks for looking in, glad you enjoyed them. The jeeps were job speific. A total of 28 modifications were made to them depending upon role and although they were standard mods they were carried out by the unit REME so there is a lot of variation in finish and not all mods were applied to all vehicles, I guess time and the MTO decided that.

Rob van Meel's British Airborne Jeeps 1942 - 1945 Modifications and Markings is a handy reference.

It's availale from [email protected]

I got my copy from here:

http://www.jeepworld.co.uk/ecom/British_Airborne_Jeeps_-_modifications_&_markings_1942_to_1945.asp

Cheers

Al

Wow awesome work man, congrats!
Where can i see your plans for the dio? looks to be quite a sizable project. great work, i to cant wait to see it all come together!

Hi James,

Thanks. Thoughts and plans for the dio are on page 7 of the Market Garden Campaign, although the figures for the dio begin earlier. There are some cool builds going on there.

I'm really basing this around the possibility of the MB Horsa glider so the board area may need extended, and I've not settled the final setting yet as I have been doing a lot of reading up on the campaign, so the troops may well need to be walking in the other direction lol, lol.

A long way to go yet, but I think the campaign doesn't end until December, the dio will end when it's done

Op Market Garden Link

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/136186&page=1

Cheers, and thanks for the kind comments.

Al

Hi Alan,
They turned out looking great.

Hi Dave,

Thank you, much appreciated.

Al

Great collection of "airborne" jeeps Alan!! I have a couple of the Resicast jeep conversions and I hope mine look half as good.

Darryl

Hi Al,

Great to see your jeeps completed and all together, they are jaw droppingly good, I also love the mix of figures you have added to them it realy makes them

Thanks for your postings

Jerry

Hi Darryl and Jerry,

Thanks gents, glad you enjoyed them.

Darryl, enjoy the build.

Al

Hi,
Great to see some Brit Airborne jeeps.
Only critism- Rank is only sewn on the right sleeve of the denison smocks .

Matt

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the feedback. I wonder if there was unit variation on the ranks? On Page 12 of D Day paratroopers there is a picture of LCpl LAmbley who was later killed in the Ardennes. He clearly has his rank on the left arm of the smock.

Might be the exception though, I'll remove it from the paratroopers but leave it on the chaps from the arilanding brigade for now. Thanks for that hadn't thought about it.

Al

Hi Alan,
1st and 6th Airborne only wore their ranks on one arm, (if you've ever tried sewing stripes onto a real dennison, you'd be glad to only have to do one sleeve).

Rank on the left arm? Has the photo being reversed? (seen alot of WW2 pics with the negs swapped around).

All the best.

Matt

Hi Matt,

Yes, wouldn't be easy, that's why we had Tailors lol,,lol. He was Ox and Bucks so glider borne inf. Don't think the pic is reversed, could be though.

Anyway thanks for pointing that out, it is an easy enough fix and will save me on decals for the remainder of the troops. They are all lacking the para wings, Archers do a set but they are expensive and work out at almost a £1.00 a figure!!

Thanks again.

Al

No Worries, keep up the good work Alan!

Heres a few pics of my 1945 dated second pattern dennison.

Matt

Hi Matt,

Thanks, I had one of these back in my military days, colours were more yellowish/brown as I remember, but there were several styles and a lot of patterns.

Always useful reference.

Cheers

Al

Hi Alan,
the pics are of a genuine WW2 example, the yellow ones are 1970s pattern ones.

Matt

Hi Matt,

It was around 73 I had mine, traded it for a pair of jungle greens I had from Hong Kong wiith a chap from the Guards Independent Parachute Company, when the Guards still had a Para Company, the deal was certainly on my side. I'm not 100% sure but I think it had been altered with a large brest zip pocket, long time ago now.

There was a whole range of customised kit around when I was in. The Master Tailor was always kept busy.

I have a few more troops to do so I'll use it as an example, thanks again.

Al

Al,

As always, oustanding job.

Tony

Hi Tony,

Thanks and gald you enjoyed them.

Al