SAS and LRDG in Libya 1943 - 1/35 scale Diorama

[@kennethstewart-gray3150]

An outstanding Diorama, and your vocal presentation was unique and informative as a personalised account.

[@jasemac5391]

I love your attention to detail and the back stories that go along with your dioramas my Brother 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@AustrianTommy]

Fantastic Story for a fantastic diorama! Thank you very much!

[@danielwatson7733]

Looky here Guv-Nor, I'm afraid that I will need some still pictures of this diorama. Simply smashing work!

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks for your kind comment, the best pictures are in the video. I can paint OK, but I take photos like a gorilla wielding a wrench. Cheers

[@danielwatson7733]

@@foxhoundsunraysix6376 No worries Bro, dig your work!

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

That was great😀. A very well detailed diorama complete with full history,tremendous👍😀. Thanks for showing and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete 🤓

[@henkmeerdink2088]

I agree, it's an excellent diorama, great build and painting, and superb weathering. Great work on the figures too. I may take some inspiration, having build the LRDG Chevy a few years ago, but gotten a bit bogged down in how I was going to put it on a base. I intrigued by your reference to the pannier(carrier) on the jeep rear. You said it was designed by the paras, as used during Market-Garden. But Market-Garden was not until Sept. 44, and I've not come across references of the Paras converting/adapting their jeeps like this. They did have a collapsible (hinged) pannier carrier, which was to be used to retrieve the re-supply panniers after they were dropped after a landing. The reason the carrier was hinged, up against the rear of the jeep, was because during transport in the gliders, there was no space to have anything sticking out at the rear of the jeep. If you have a reference, or a photo, I'd be grateful if you could share, as I'm in the middle of a Arnhem diorama, depicting the first arrivals forming up and getting ready to move of off the Ginkelse Heide. Again, you've done a brilliant job with those Tamiya kits.

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Hi Henk, thanks so much for your kind comments. I love your level of knowledge regarding the pannier on the jeep. You are absolutely correct in what you say. The only reason the pannier was on this jeep was me using some artistic licence in adding to the scratch built parts. I suspect it would have been feasible for a local modification to occur back then, but there has been no documented evidence to support that. Kind regards

[@henkmeerdink2088]

@@foxhoundsunraysix6376 a absolutely, no problem. One thing that makes wwii modeling so interesting and fun is that it was truly a time of innovation, where soldiers could "make things up" as they went along. The military went pretty much from horse drawn cannons, to jet fighters, in about 6 years...

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

@@henkmeerdink2088 I couldn't agree more

[@manningjackson2723]

Great work mate! 👍👍

[@markedwards5106]

Great presentation, A lot of work, well done. Excellent diorama!

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks very much, I enjoy the challenge of creating a plausible scenario to set the diorama in.

[@waynejameson]

Well done - excellent commentary makes the scene more real. Keep it up

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks so much for that. Trying to tie in a fictitious story amongst a real deployment is the challenge.

[@peterevans3247]

Lol Mate what a great piece of work covered by some real history and an awesome yarn, love it !!!! Para's yep they were involved right from the beginning that was Stirlings initial idea ie drop Paras behind the lines then he moved to water ops and divers and then finally the LRDG with SASR being the icing on the cake. Very much an underrated Officer was David Stirling and his mate Paddy. Lest We Forget !!!

[@julianstorey2699]

I have recently read 'Long Range Desert Group' by W. B. Kennedy Shaw. This was good to watch.

[@miksstudio]

Brilliant, loves the details and the history is interesting. We need some action movies based on the SAS and LRDG made.

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

I agree, their stories from WW2 are nothing short of astonishing.

[@MelchizedekKohen]

Sea of sand is one of the best films about the lrdg but yeah more movies should be made, I've just read the lrdg and sas roll of honor books highly recommended. my grandfather was LRDG and then selected for sas in Africa he started in the gordon highlanders he and his whole squad survived the war.

[@bronoun8884]

People couldn’t handle it

[@michaela3274]

Great dio. Well done

[@andy98114]

Great narration of the mission to go with the presentation. 👍👍👍👍

[@sandstorm1934]

the attention to detail is fantastic

[@TheWatneg]

Une STG 44 en 1943... ???

[@johnquintana7276]

In north africa?

[@claytonmcclain182]

Sturmgewehr 44. Thats whats on his back. Fantastic build forsure 👍

[@kal.50bmg32]

That assault rifle never saw service in Libya in 1943. Never ever.

[@claytonmcclain182]

@@kal.50bmg32 True? But I was just saying I like the build. That's why I said sturmgewehr 44 that's the year it was made. Guess you were the only one who caught it.

[@philRminiatures]

Informative video and wonderful job on the dio... Thumbs up!

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks so much, it's a good challenge trying to come up with a credible scenario to fit the diorama. Cheers

[@kal.50bmg32]

There´s never ever been a MP43 in North Africa in 1943. Never!

[@tonimancer8075]

Great diorama well made

[@marksimkiw923]

Nice diorama and love the history

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks so much for your kind comment.

[@danielwatson7733]

Good show, Jolly good show Commander!

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Roger that, thank you

[@panzer-meister]

It's nice work. Good looking too.

[@alanfaulkner6329]

These are very good.

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks so much for your kind comment

[@edithrobert-casanova7545]

Simply brilliant.

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks for that, it was a joy to make.

[@dmg4415]

Love the story including having a story for each member of the group. Are they from the real people involved or just make believe?❤

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Thanks for the post. They are all made up, that's why there are no names mentioned, just ranks and positions held. It was a good challenge coming up with credible back stories for each member.

[@dmg4415]

@@foxhoundsunraysix6376 I do think that You was very close into getting the correct background, as SAS and LRDG was indeed people from all walks of life, from petty criminals to posh high born, but each and every one of them grew into a piece of the puzzle that a successful combat unit is, and a lot of them did not survive the war or was scared for life. Usually those who was there really seldom talked about it. Those who talked about it was seldom there. That goes for many soldiers trough out of the human history.

[@riff2072]

That was cool.

[@archerry6457]

When you'd rather be in the North African desert than Lancashire. Understandable.

[@Emtbtoday]

Fantastic story very different ! How did you make the field rucksacks? I have a couple of real ones the same my dad then went on to use for his fishing haha

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

That is the fun on making a diorama, coming from a different angle that hasn't been covered too much by other artisans. I made packs by getting the dimensions of the real thing, divide by 35 and then made an expanded template out of plastic card (with additional flaps to glue together). Scribe onto coffee filter paper, cut out and glue the sides together. The external frame was made from copper wire and the bulk inside the pack and pockets were cut up pieces of sprue

[@danielbalquinta9534]

Hola muy buena la maqueta👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@foxhoundsunraysix6376]

Gracias por tu amable comentario, fue divertido hacer el diorama.

[@DarrellHolmes-q3u]

Hall Michelle Thompson Maria Martinez Amy

[@IsaiahVenus-o8f]

Miller Jessica Brown Carol Clark Michael

[@AliceBlakemore-o4w]

Brown Linda Davis Deborah Johnson Betty

[@zaynevanday142]

Exactly Zero Australians served in the LRP or LRDG

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

Really ? Well my Father served in the LRDG and he was an Australian.

[@zaynevanday142]

What has Australia got to do with the LRDG or the LRP ? Nothing that’s what 😂

[@gloriathorndike9017]

Young Jessica Hall Daniel Rodriguez Christopher

[@fredadaforman3120]

Hernandez Anthony White Joseph Walker Melissa