Pegasus Bridge Diorama

1:72 Scale diorama of Pegasus Bridge on D-Day 6th June 1944

[@user-bg6vn9ck3r]

The use of the Longest Day as a background to the actual events just awesome.Great work.

[@tourdeairfix]

Thanks a lot!

[@UncleB1735]

One of the best I've seen for a long time, well done. Such a shame that the usual rivet counters have to get involved.

[@tourdeairfix]

Andy … thank you 🙏 So kind of you. I certainly enjoyed creating it 😊

[@Pte.Fletcher]

My step great grandfather was at the battle when it was captured, later moving on to the Bulge and the Rhine Crossing, all of which were glider landings. I've been to Pegasus a few times, and I hope to go again soon since I was quite young the first times. I now re-enact the 2nd Oxf. & Bucks (the battalion which captured the bridge) in his honour, I'd also suggest going to IWM Duxford, as they have the original model of the bridge used for briefing in their airborne display if you haven't already.

[@thomaspickard4138]

Awesome video I love all the film references lol. My dads built a huge battle of Waterloo diorama 1.72 I’d love it if he’d let me post it on KZbin. It’s has over 30,000 figures!

[@tourdeairfix]

Thomas, thank you! And your Dad’s diorama sounds amazing… would love to see that.

[@DM06847]

Outstanding. Love the way the scripts from the Movie are incorporated into the presentation. Excellent work done on the Diorama. Hopefully I will be able to visit in June of 2025. To much of waiting list with Tour group for 2024 that is the 80th Anniversary of the event.

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you! It’s also an amazing location to see in person so I hope you do make it over there someday

[@florentmagen5993]

Magnific!! Great job 👍

[@Matt-wv1mr]

Amazing Details,I use to work for for a Model Making Company which made this in scale,lot of hard work went into each pices. Village Green Model's.

[@matthewstorer8236]

Well done! Beautiful diorama. I purchased the same set up from Italeri. I haven't had a chance to open it but am combining it will the Bastogne set up also from Italeri.

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you Matthew. I really love Italeri’s sets

[@matthewstorer8236]

@@tourdeairfix Me too! Great products.

[@salvaperezrobles1279]

Muy bueno el diorama, un pequeño aporte, según tengo entendido el primer Horsa "aterrizó" sobre las mismas alambradas lo que ayudó a salvar el obstaculo. Hubiese sido un gran detalle

[@the-primered-thumb]

Great looking build mate,new subscriber 😉👌

[@matosas5334]

Nice work, but the drawbridge seems a bit unnecessary on that little lake.

[@adamkowalski9559]

Exactly...

[@tourdeairfix]

Haha 😂 Matosas … it’s a collage of views. Never intended to be one singe diorama as it would have had to have been massive. It was the feel and sentiment that I was after in creating this model. Thanks for looking though 😉

[@etienneformosa7460]

Very good job. Enjoyed it.

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you 🙏 I appreciate your feedback.

[@francomarzy5137]

very beautifull and realistyc

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you 🙏

[@williamcawley8496]

This is awesome

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you 🙏 so kind of you to comment

[@collectorguys]

Awesome job! Anyone that wants to argue about specifics has clearly missed the point.

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you my friend, I really appreciate that 🙏

[@davenewman4596]

Brilliant

[@ctscalemodellinguk]

You have a new sub mate👍👍👍

[@nordinerabkralfa7268]

Bravo super beau belle reconstitution

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you 🙏 I really appreciate that

[@andydavidson]

Up the Ox and Bucks!

[@Sarah-JaneR32]

great work well done

[@tourdeairfix]

Thank you!

[@thombienaturlich6830]

"A Bridge too far!"

[@archerry6457]

Could be wrong, but that's not how rivers work. Nice bridge model though.

[@tourdeairfix]

Haha! It’s a canal 😂 I had plans to use the right hand side, where the glider is, for another scene. But had a change of mind mid build and turned the bridge around 🤷‍♂️ It’s more collage of views than an accurate representation. After all, Caen isn’t that close either 😆

[@Phylax_Luedicke]

Schön gebaut, aber das war es dann auch schon. Geschichtlich stimmt hier gar nichts! Die 2 Bunker, welche hier so schön hindrapiert wurden, gab es nicht; ebensowenig war eine 7,5er PaK, noch eine 2cm Vierling an der Brücke stationiert. Als einzigen befestigten Unterstand gab es den Keller des 1943 abgerissenen Hauses des Brückenwärters. Diesen Keller hat man stehen lassen und die Decke mit Beton aufgegossen und somit zusätzlich verstärkt. An Geschützen gab es lediglich eine 5cm PaK, welche aber niemand zu bedienen in der Lage gewesen war und die deshalb auch nicht besetzt war. Insgesamt standen zur Bewachung der Bénouville= und der Ranville=Brücke lediglich 18 Mann zur Verfügung. 2 Mann gingen auf der Bénouville=Brücke Wechselstreife- der Rest lag im Unterstand und hat geschlafen! Entgegen dem Film und den Aussagen der Briten gab es an der Brücke KEINERLEI Widerstand! Im ganzen Gegenteil hat man den Männern während der ganzen Ausbildungszeit wahre Horrormärchen über die Deutschen erzählt, sodaß Major Howard und seine Männer vor lauter Angst schon beim Verlassen der Lastensegler wild um sich und dabei einen eigenen Leutnant erschossen haben. Die Sprengsätze, welche im Film "D=Day" so theatralisch entfernt wurden, waren gar nicht da, denn sie wurden ein paar Tage vor der Invasion von den Deutschen wieder entfernt. Am westlichen Ufer fehlt außerdem das Café und die Trasse der Kleinbahn. Was auch als Minuspunkt zu bewerten ist, ist der Umstand, daß die Bénouville=Brücke in diesem Diorama ganz offensichtlich einen kleinen Baggersee überspannt, aber nicht den Caen=Kanal. Schade, daß ein so dankbares Thema mit einem ganz hervorragenden Modell der Bénouville=Brücke so nachlässig und ohne die nötige Fachkenntnis umgesetzt wurde. Wäre ich Lehrer und einer meiner Schüler präsentierte mir ein solches Machwerk, würde ich sagen: "Ungenügend! Sechs, setzen!!!"

[@tourdeairfix]

Sorry you feel that way and have totally misunderstood the purpose of this build. You’ll have to share your’s when you’ve built it 😉

[@tobytaylor2154]

@@tourdeairfix I've been fascinated with this mission for 40yrs, I'm surprised he didn't pull you up on the lack of damage on the front of Jim Wallwork's horsa. My personal favourite is his suggestion brotherbridge was killed by his own men. Love the build and mixed in from the movie (which also had inaccuracies lol), nice touch with the German falling into the canal.

[@tourdeairfix]

@@tobytaylor2154 thanks, I have but tried and enjoyed the process. It’s an operation I too have been fascinated with for a long time.

[@Pte.Fletcher]

@@tobytaylor2154 Don't diss the film too hard, my step great grandads first words walking out of the cinema after watching it was "Yep, that's what it was like". It was the only film he ever wanted to see, probably just because it had that mission in it.

[@tobytaylor2154]

@@Pte.Fletcher I'm not, I love the film I'm just a stickler for accuracy. For instance, Richard Todd who played major John Howard in the film dropped into Normandy and was on the bridge on the 6th of June so his acting and weapons handling was spot on. So where was your step grt grandad on d day?

[@henrycowboy9947]

Fiction Factory

[@michaelpielorz9283]

some boys are in need to win WWII over and overagain (:-)

[@tourdeairfix]

Lest we forget 😢❤️

[@desmcleod2604]

Brilliant