Hi guys!!!
Actually, I'm one of the aircraft builders, but for a group project ("Operation Overlord") of my modellers club, I've tried times on vehicles.
Both displays are intended to show scenes of how they might have happened during the Battle of Normandy in 1944.
Both tank models are already Oldtimers among the kits. The Sherman is from Italeri and the Panther from Tamiya.
The figures are from Master Box and the displays from Mini Art.

Cheers
Stefan

Excellent work both!

I love building the older, more simple kits, sometimes just as a relaxing departure (escape) from the often overly complex current day kits.

Your work is proof positive that excellent models and dioramas can come even from the older, tried and true offerings when executed properly!

I agree, these look really great! But I only have one question-- why is that infantryman on the left rear corner of the Sherman carrying a plank of wood?
VR, Russ

Maybe his sargeant told him to?

Probably a Bangalore Torpedo. They came in some sort of long cloth slip case that contained multiple sections which then screwed together to form a long explosive tube which could be slid under obstacles such a barbed wire line to clear them in quick order.

Could be-- I thought about that, but it looked too rectangular, but upon resizing the photo, it does have "wrinkles" in it so that's probably what it is. I'd think that far inland a Bazooka would be better since a Bangalore was an engineer demolition device used on obstacles-- maybe they're going to blow that wall!
VR, Russ

welcome back to armor building buddy! Looks great!
J

Really nice results on both scenes! Creativity and a little TLC with these older kits can still produce winners.

Thanks for your comments, guys!
According to the manufacturer, the soldier carries a stretcher.
But you are right. It looks like it could be a Bangalore.

Nice builds Big Z , very cool .
It's a well known fact that the Allies dreaded the mg42 , yet it's a little known fact that the Germans feared any Allied soldier armed with a 2 by 6 ......
Just kidding man , beautiful work !!!

Thanks, Cheyenne!!

Hehehehe...... my grandfather was in France and always said that in addition to the US 2 by 6 was the Germans' greater fear of the beans that the Allies eat for breakfast. But one would have hold with Sauerkraut against it ...... !!!