Even though I'm a newbie I'd like to contribute in some way, shape, or form if this ever takes off.

I do however think that before our hopes get too high a musem must be contacted to see if they would even be interested.

Eddie

Hey guys & gals, Kenny here. Zoomie did talk to me about contacting the D-Day museum in New Orleans. It will be easier for me to contact them by e-mail to see if this idea is possible. I take my 10 month old son to Children's Hospital every two weeks for a check up. It's on the other side of the Big Easy, so going to there on one of our trips isn't possible. I'll e-mail the D-Day Museum and feel them out as far as the idea goes. As far as room for the dio goes, there should be room even if it is in one of the conference rooms. They are loaded with relics and always open if not occupied. I'm in.
Kenny

Hey guys. I did some research. The person we probably need to talk to at the D-Day museum is Jeremy Collins. He is the head of artifact donations. His email is [email protected].

Kenny

OKKK..just kinda wondering where this idea went. Seems as if it just disappeared..Are we throwing in the towel on this one???

Ciao Cheyenne,
I would have preferred Operation Husky, but hey.......Listen, whatever you need, I will paint some figures for the dio. Let me know which set of DML's you could use, and I will get them painted. I might even do several sets if this really gets off the ground. Would be neat to be part of history.
Ciao for now
Rob

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.

Art

Sorry Mary, Art, the idea is not dead just in Summer hibernation.
To answer a prior post from someone I can't properly credit, about Summer modeling - well for me there has been none.
For me Summer involves 12 - 14 hr days sometimes 6 -7 days a week.
I haven't even been able to really work on my non - related - very very far fetched idea projects.
For me the work will die down in the Fall and maybe then - back to the drawing board.
I thought I p.m.'ed you guys about waiting till after the Summer, if not than my apologia.
Cheyenne

Someone said you would need pictures from the beaches. I'm going to Normandy tomorrow and I'll take my digital camera with me. Expect many pictures. I'll be back in 10 days.

Ciao cheyenne and everyone else,
I live three hours from New Orleans. If this idea does take off, I would be willing to travel west to help with the setup. The last great undertaking I was involved in was a war. I would much prefer to be a part of something like this. Plus, I would still volunteer to do some figures for the plan.
I am at your service, sir.
Ciao for now
Rob

Hmmm… I must say that I love the idea. As for me, D-Day is the most interesting subject and for a long time I'd like to build a dio of it.

First of all, I see tat almost everyone here are British or American, can someone, as myself, how has no connection at all to D-Day can take part in this project?
Because I'm quite interested…
As a matter of fact, I'm a bit confused about this one, because on the one hand I think it's a great idea and I would very much like to see it coming to life.
On the other hand though, I can't ignore some of the problems I predict.
Mary was the closest to my opinion in some of the ways.
As I see it, the idea of making several different dios placed side by side is the best. The reason is that there are different events we can't leave out (the conquering of Point du Hok for example), and if we would try to put all of them together, we'll get something so big that we probably should build a museum especially for it!! :-) :-) :-)
Another problem I see, a part from all that already had been said is arranging the schedule. What would be made first, the groundwork or the models? There is always the risk of having too many models, or a huge base with a lot of empty spaces.
The last thing I can't think of is having a problem between the different models.
We all know that writing "1/35 scale" on the box, doesn’t really ensure us that it's actually 1/35 scale. Some of them are bigger, and some a bit smaller. In addition, we all know that the shade of each color comes out a bit different every time we use it. I'm afraid that in the end, the dio will look funny with Sherman tanks in different sizes and colors.
Can anyone dig me here?

Just my worries about it…
Cheers!

Ori

incredible idea

as you may know, im working now on a large d-day diorama so here are some suggestions to really get this to work

i think the best way would be to build from 40 ft past the cliffs all the way to 40 ft in the water. timing would be half way through the advance on the beach, because of the delays based on weather with some of the ships, you could have troops as far as advancing over the sand dune sea wall and still have a LCVP unloading.

To keep true to omaha and the idea of d-day, i think it would be better to use mostly infantry to make up the peice. You can create a plausible 29th infantry using the 29th infantry kits from dragon, the allied assault set from tamiya, and the normandy rangers from dragon (caution- the rangers are a little oversized, even to the 29th from dragon) and maybe even the tamiya western european infantry with a little extra work

by combining a lot of these kits with just personal spare peices, you can create a full division without much of a problem, also the plastic makes it cheap but still impressive on such a large scale

as far as vehicles, because it is an early landing scene, they would all have to be amphibious ie. lcvps, lcts, ducks and so forth

heres an idea for a successful set up

first - find a group of modelers in a locale close to one another, dosent matter where, and set them up to make the base.

after the specs of the base are set up, determine online the layout for figures and vehicles

in my own diorama, i find the hardest parts to be the most menial of tasks, therefore i suggest assigning certain parts to certian people such as having someone make the required at least 25 hedgehogs, or make the needed 100 feet of barbed wire

once all the components are complete (including basic weathering) they are shipped off to someone close to the final resting place to assemble and put final touches in

The hardest part i see is trying to keep the appearances of the uniforms and gear of all the troops the same, there are too many for one person to do, unless you had one paint all the faces, then pass that on to someone who does all the uniforms, then to someone who does all the gear, then to someone who weathers and adds details

just a suggestion, would love to see this happen

Hi all!

This sounds like an awesome project! But maybe too big for a first!
The allied did land at Dieppe in 1942 to prepare D-Day. Wouldn't it be more reasonable to make a test first? A smaller project involving lesser people to see if it works and to point out the problems?

Jean-Luc