D-Day Plus 2 (1 Viewer)

[WesternOutlaw]

I was lucky enough to be friends with Rick Wang and Steven Chong, who graciously gave me several Figarti Posters, including one which was made all of photos of me with Figarti products or at Figarti events (Rick has a weird sense of humor). They also gave me several Figarti prototypes, all of which I display in my "Figarti Room," where this diorama is housed.

That is so cool. I don't know much about Figarti but like what I've seen from what they made in the bast. Great stuff, and it sounds like you've got an amazing collection.

When I see dioramas like yours, they inspire me to set up my own D-Day table. Have done a few in the past but nothing too elaborate due to a small table and smaller mat.

 

[MLH13]

Amazing dio and the LCT Figarti made is spectacular! I wish they were still available today.

Mark

 

[OzDigger]

Just thought I’d pull this thread up since tomorrow is D-Day plus 2.

Hi Louis, great to see this thread again but sad to note there wasn't much in our media about D-Day.

What about in the US?

There are several hundred employees in the company I work for and I think I'm the only person into military history. On the few ocassions I mention Military History and Toy Soldiers they look at me as if I'm an eccentric old dude, which is more or less correct I guess. I can recall my Grandfather telling me about his exploits in WWI and even my Father related some incidents during his service in Bomber Command, albeit late in his life. As you may recall my Father was a Bombaimer/2nd Navigator in the Pathfinder Force, all Operations were in Lancasters.

Recently I've been training a new employee who started employment with us to renew her visa. She's from Germany, attractive girl in her early 20's with Blonde hair and Blue eyes, into a wide variety of sports including Hockey, Snowboarding and Equestrian sports such as Dressage and Showjumping. She was a bit surprised that I knew some things about Dressage (my Father was into Dressage) and that I was familiar with her hometown of Dortmund. I'm usually rather open and straighforward, but decided it was best not to mention my Father personally dropping several tons of bombs on her home town in 1945 {eek3}

 

[Louis Badolato]

Hi Louis, great to see this thread again but sad to note there wasn't much in our media about D-Day.

What about in the US?

There are several hundred employees in the company I work for and I think I'm the only person into military history. On the few ocassions I mention Military History and Toy Soldiers they look at me as if I'm an eccentric old dude, which is more or less correct I guess. I can recall my Grandfather telling me about his exploits in WWI and even my Father related some incidents during his service in Bomber Command, albeit late in his life. As you may recall my Father was a Bombaimer/2nd Navigator in the Pathfinder Force, all Operations were in Lancasters.

Recently I've been training a new employee who started employment with us to renew her visa. She's from Germany, attractive girl in her early 20's with Blonde hair and Blue eyes, into a wide variety of sports including Hockey, Snowboarding and Equestrian sports such as Dressage and Showjumping. She was a bit surprised that I knew some things about Dressage (my Father was into Dressage) and that I was familiar with her hometown of Dortmund. I'm usually rather open and straighforward, but decided it was best not to mention my Father personally dropping several tons of bombs on her home town in 1945 {eek3}

Matt,

Thankfully, our media had plenty of coverage of D-Day. I agree that we are eccentric old dudes, and that not telling the young blonde that your dad bombed her town was the right move.{sm4}