Friends,

a little over a year ago we had the Remember Market Garden (RMG) Campaign.

During that Campaign I worked on a shadowbox diorama depicting the cellar in wich General Urquhart had his Divisional Headquarters during the Battle of Arnhem in 1944.

Due to bad luck, the diorama was severely damaged and I had no ambition to recover the damage. The idea and ambition of building the scene itself, never let go of me.

I'm proud to announce that I refound ambition to start this project again. I decided to start from scratch again. Below are some in progress pics of this shadowbox diorama :


The actual scene I'm rebuilding in 1/35th scale


The Main Layout


The Construction for the Hallway


The Construction for the Wooden Floor (made in plastic)

and


All items combined

I hope you like it and I'll keep you guys posted on the progress I'll be making.

Eagle I remember the start of the shadowbox but didn't realize it ha been damaged beyond recovery. Glad to hear that you are not letting that mishap keep you from pursuing the project

Very nice, I hope to see the result.

I hope you won't damage the dio this time

Great News! It's two fold - you're activily posting which means you're building and not 'working'. And you've taken up this project again -Nice re-start.

Danny, that looks like it will be a sweet build, are you going to give the impression of a partial beamed ceiling or completely cover the top ?
Cheyenne

Cheyenne,

the diorama will be one of the shadowbox type, so the ceiling will be totally covered. The only way to look into the diorama, will be from "the front" (looking from the bottom up of the second image).

The scene will have dimmed lights to create that special claustrophobic atmosphere....

Hi Eagle
Thats the way to do it dont give up very much looking forward to seeing this develop.
Looking good so far Cheers Chris

Im looking forward to see more of this project.

Danny...I cant wait to see the progress on this one. I love the whole concept that you are trying ot recreate. I am also glad that you have found your motivation once again to restart this project..All the luck with this build..And make sure to keep us updated with lots of pics..
Mary (++)

looking good my friend,you do have some carpenter skill in you how many figures will be in this dio.i can see five man but i bed there are more in the room.where is this picture taken,was it in a museum??.love to see the progress

Jeroen,

the image is a (bad) picure of the 1:1 scale diorama that is in the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek...... never been there ?? it's a MUST to see if you have the slightest interest in the Battle of Arnhem !! I'll be you're guide if you would like to go there someday !

The number of figures is still undetermened.... at least there will be :

- General Urquhart (Division cmdr)
- General Hicks (cmdr of the 1st airlanding Brigade)
- Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Loder-Symonds (cmdr Royal Artillery)
- Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mackenzie (GSO 1 (Operations))
- Phantom radio operator
- Phantom radio operator assistant (messenger)
- Wounded in a bunk
- medic treating the wounded guy

So there will be at least 8 figures, making it a crowded little room , just like in the real situation

Danny, I am glad to see you back at this again It is a wonderful idea and will be brilliant when finished. Also great to see you modeling again. Cheers Kevin

Ola Danny

It is good to see this diorama rising as a Phoenix out of the ashes of the Cellar you built earlier. I can`t say much of it then it looks good. And that I`m looking forward to more progress of this project.... Have you added woodgrain to the floorboards?