Creating the Battle of the Bulge.....Wacht Am Rhine (3 Viewers)

[panda1gen]

The volks and panzer grenadiers attacked along the line, sometimes using captured weapons.......................

 

[panda1gen]

But the desperate defence continued, across the front.............

 

[redhugh]

really like the shot of the guy with the ciggie

 

[panda1gen]

really like the shot of the guy with the ciggie

The 'across the road set' is really good IMO

 

[Louis Badolato]

Nobody brings the winter to life better than you, Kevin. You can almost see their breath!!

 

[panda1gen]

Nobody brings the winter to life better than you, Kevin. You can almost see their breath!!

Thank Louis, appreciate the comment.

 

[panda1gen]

I am sorry that HB will not be making any more vehicles, I think they have made some of the best kit around in recent years.........................

 

[Wraith]

I am sorry that HB will not be making any more vehicles, I think they have made some of the best kit around in recent years.........................

And I think you are the best at showing it off to it's best.
Nice shots Kevin.

 

[panda1gen]

And I think you are the best at showing it off to it's best.
Nice shots Kevin.

Thanks Simon, I am just fortunate to have access to some of these superb vehicles.

 

[Wraith]

Thanks Simon, I am just fortunate to have access to some of these superb vehicles.

...and a great dio piece.....and some great photography skills.....and the only nice weather in the UK......

 

[panda1gen]

Thanks Simon, flattery will get you more 'tea'.........

Another favourite HB winter piece..............my tribute to Army cooks, and the poor soldiers that eat what they make.....courtesy of Honour Bound........

 

[panda1gen]

something for the pot?

 

[panda1gen]

The advance to Bastogne continued..............

 

[panda1gen]

The American GI's were ready now though.................

 

[debrito]

Excellent CLEAR picture, Panda, you manage very well the day light effects in your camera.

 

[panda1gen]

Thanks Rod, if only I had your superb buildings as a backdrop.........

 

[panda1gen]

The US troops in the south of the Ardennes tried to prepare for the onslaught, but they were at the end of overstretched supply lines. Nevetheless the allies still had far more material than the Germans who were being squeezed between the western and eastern allies.

Here a GPA ambhibious jeep takes supplies to the pack artillery of the 101st Airborne - the Screaming Eagles were sent to support the defences of the crucial southern crossroads town, Bastogne, with orders to hold the town at all costs...............

 

[panda1gen]

The airmobile pack 75mm howitzers of the 101st would be very busy in the coming battle..................

.................see the "creating the battle of Arnhem'' thread for detailed information on this gun, also used by British parachutists and other allied troops, including in the far East, where mules carried guns broken down in their component parts. These were superior, given the lack of roads, to traditional towed artillery that needed roads to move on.

 

[panda1gen]

Germans approach a roadblock...............

 

[Tiger Tank]

This dio just looks amazing... you must have spend a lot of time working on this... How long did it take you???