This was so amazingly big I just had to show you guys. It's at the D-Day museum at utah beach, normandy, and depicts the landings. I think it's about 5x5 metres, but who knows. Its 1/35 scale.

WHOA! That's just awesome! Now that takes years to complete!

My god....that's huge!

Btw, did they used LVT's at D-Day? (I can see a Buffalo next to that ambulance) Never knew that!

It's very nice, don't get me wrong and no offence intended, alot of time obviously went into it. Still it reminds me of a sales display for a Marx Brothers play set. I don't know maybe the way its layed out ?
Cheyenne

Unfortunately, you cant see the whole thing in the pic. It actually extends another metre or so to the right and down.

I am by no means an expert (just starting out) But I agree the sand looks like a Raked Bunker From the golf course and from what I have read there would have been allot more Carnage left strewn all over the beach.
But I must say other than that a great dio MASSIVE


redleg

:-) I see Ants! That scale of a dio makes the whole model look small. But it's HUGE.

Erm guys.. is that a platform out by the beach?

Cheers,

If you mean the flat grey square thing, that's a rhino ferry. It would be pulled across the channel, loaded with vehicles etc, and was powered for the run in to the beach.

Hi Dave

I think he was refering to the vehicle in the forground at about 10oclock other side of wall with the ambulance.
Cheers Chris

Sorry mate you are right i refering to the post about the amtrak in the forground.
Cheers Chris

This is amazing..
Dave, thanks for sharing it.

My jaw literally dropped when i saw this.

And it's 1/35 scale!

Thanks for sharing!

Great job. Looks pretty good. As to the sand and some of the accuracy, if you don't know, most large museaum dio are done by clubs or evn school classes as projects. They usually have accuracy issues and are not always the best for groundwork, etc. The other thing is that they do get the point across and are usually done for free. I think it looks great and it does get the point across. Most who see it will not have any idea how the actual battlefield looked or that the sand is not in scale. It is not made with modelers in mind, but the average person who attends the museum. I am just glad that someone took the time to do it since so many museums are loosing funding and going away adn future generations do not get to see this type of thing.

Very impressive. Too bad it wasn't a battle scene like Saving Private Ryan. Looks like after DDay when supplies were being offloaded.

No, its definitely soon after the landings, you just can't see it in the picture. There are a load of Germans fighting back just a little way below what you can see in the pic.

Amazing! It's immense! And in 1/35! I almost can't believe my eyes! Despite one or other minor innaccuracies, it is awesome! And to think that there are people who care enough to do a work like this! It's meritory and deserves our respect! (both for the date and for the effort)
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Its big, looks good, only thing I"m confused about is the fact that alll these vehicles are landing, like there was no more fighting, and there are men still charging the beach. Must have been fun building those models.
-shain

Ciao Dave,
Thanks for the photo and you must have had a wonderful time at such a great museum! Yeah, it's not perfectly accurate, but the scale is really impressive! I first noticed that there were no barrage balloons over the shore.
Ciao for now
Rob

Ahhh man I was at Utah Beach this past week but didn't decide to go to the museum! Looks pretty good to me.

Its a shame you didnt go, the diorama looks even better when you see it up close, and they had a couple of others like it. They weren't as big, and not really as good, so I didn't take photos, but they were still impressive. Great museum. It's actually built on top of a German pillbox and you can still go in (it sticks up through the floor of the main museum room).

its big... but its not live....

Dont think any critisism is needed seings the maker will not see this.
It's certainly is a huge scene, first thing that came to my mind is "jeez, thats alot of moneys worth of kits" :-)
Cheers

It's definitely huge And no, it won't win a gold medal somewhere, but as someone already mentioned, it fits the needs of the museum perfectly, I'm sure. But if they want, I could make them a new and better one, if they pay me, and give me a year time :-)

is it me or does the action not seem to fit

on one side there are troops running along, hiding behind obstacles as though being shot at

on the other side those vehicles are just rolling off onto layed down paths as if the batle had already happened, and this is the second wave, after the beach had been taken

is this right or am i wrong because of the angle of the photo?

Your right about that bit. On the left there are a load of vehicles rolling inland, 200 yards down the road are a bunch of germans counterattacking and more being briefed.