I wonder about the cannon carriages in the ditch. It looks cool, but how/why did they get there?

do you prime the figures?

were these washed prior to painting

Wow! You're seriously amazing.

Love your videos

The problem with such kind of model is that, too frequently, there is poor misunderstanding about the artillery tactics and regulations of the time. Here, for example, putting a French caisson parading at short range from the Russian guns is totally inaccurate. It would have been a too easy target for the Russian gunners, that would have easily hit it with canister, causing a big explosion. Same thing with the damaged French cannon and limber found in the ditch. What is it doing there ? The problem is that this model set is too small and not realistically representing the actual distances. Bringing cannons and caissons so close underneath the Russian redoubt would be totally pointless. It is correct to show the French infantry making an assault against the redoubt, but the artillery would shoot from a longer distance. Besides, movies and model sets are too often showing unattended damaged cannons on the battlefield. It looks nice, but it is totally inaccurate. Mind that cannons were like flags, they were trophies. According to the French regulation, while the first captain was in charge of the line of fire, the second captain was in charge of the reserve in men, equipment and ammunitions. In case a cannon was “dismounted”, i.e. a wheel or the carriage were damaged by an enemy cannonball, the second captain was immediately sending a team to bring the cannon back to the rear. For this purpose, men were trained with “manoeuvres de force”, in order to move heavy cannons under any circumstances, attaching a barrel to the limber in case the carriage is destroyed.

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That was really incredible. I am gearing up to get back into painting my 1/72 Napoleonics, and that was a great guide. Many thanks.

Wow! Erg mooi gemaakt. 1: 35 is een prima verhouding voor een educatieve display. Ik ga ook eens op zoek naar 1: 35 Higgins boten...

Quite amazing!

Скажи ка дядя, ведь не даром Москва, спаленная пожаром, французу отдана? 😀

Man, I’d love to have you as a teacher!

Awesome job! Your model looks real! And you speak English very well, I understood you perfectly! Thanks for sharing your video of this fine model.

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Did you almost say shit or was your brain just not thinking?

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The fact that you built it and you made a lesson of it is magnificent , you must be a good teacher

Nice set,i like history set maked by company "zvezda"😊😊😊😊😊

WoW

Inspirationnal and superb!

Cracking job, impressive rocket and lovely dio!

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Feel free to let me know what you think about this model.

Well done maté your English is good. Hi from Hawks Bay New Zealand 🇳🇿👍🏻

Nice work! 👍🏻

Супер! Мне очень понравилось! Отличная детализация! Интересная тема! Пусть не будет воин! Не ходите на Восток Европы с войной! Всем мира!

Feel free to let me know what you think about this diorama!

Tip: Roll a ball of aluminium foil and roll sturdy against the rockface, gives nice effect. Some spackle can work too. By the way, nice subject. I'm from 1963, making models all my life, and my favourite movies: The Longest Day, and the saving of private Ryan. I know the place, Vierville etc. Been there. I'm slowly working on a small Falaise diorama.

The choice of Omaha as a name is morbid. Omaha is a large city in Nebraska famed as a meat processing town, especially cows. Did they know it would be a slaughterhouse?

Nicely done...beautiful colors!

Very good job! Waar zijn de Nederlanders?

отлично!

Amazing work!

Great job! Are the miniatures 20mm? Are you Dutch by chance?

those figs look bigger than 1/72 scale?

Gorgeous

Really good. Though as I understand it, it would have been to over-do the dead.

Грандиозно и восхитительно!

That's looks brilliant well done 👍👍

Borodino pronounced as BorodinO, stress on the last O letter

Awesome execution!

Часть наборов из Звёзды, у меня пехота и артиллерия то же в малой диораме, но у меня больше кавалерии

Not enough blood and torn apart bodies of dead and injured horses and men, otherwise, awesome work. Those features, unfortunately, represent the true horror of battle.

When working with 1:72 minifigures, toothpicks are your best friend 😄

Great diaroma, very dynamic and splendid use of minifigure displacements, the Zvezda minifigures are probably the best plastic models for the napoleonic era you can find. I have a hard time understanding why the French are resupplying their artillery so close to the redoubt 😄 but great work nonetheless, just found your channel very recently.

Muy real chaval pero el reducto Raevsky en Borodino tenía una batería de 6 a 8 cañones mínimo de 8 libras de artillería de a pie de la guardia del zar.yo ahí solo veo 3 cañones y otro más detrás que no se que pinta ahí.la maqueta estupenda de bien.pero muy pequeña .después de fallar en tomar el reducto la infantería ligera y de línea francesas. El Mariscal Murat por orden del emperador Napoleon ordeno a la caballería pesada tomar el reducto.varios regimientos de coraceros dragones franceses junto con el 1°regimiento de coraceros sajón y la guardia de corps sajona (también coraceros) se lanzaron a la carga y tras una sangrienta lucha lo tomaron.aqui se ve el ataque de la infantería y se ve todo muy pequeño agrandalo un poco más chaval.que se note que cayeron 44.000 rusos en Borodino!!! Franceses y aliados suyos ni se sabe 35.000 o 40.000 según diversas fuentes no se sabe exacto.pero muchos más que los rusos cayeron seguro.los bávaros y polacos tuvieron muchas pérdidas por ejemplo.

I often wonder why a nation as wealthy as the USA did not supply its soldiers with even the most basic bullet proof vest on this fateful day.😢

Thanks 😊

Прекрасная работа. 👍🇷🇺❤

witam , bardzo dobre wykonanie i pomysl ,kolorystychnie super, ja bym dodal jeszcze jakis lej po bombie ,chociaz maly ,ale i tak wyglada super , gratulacje😊👍