Enigma machine (1 Viewer)

[wayne556517]

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Made the room out of this.......................^&grin

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Made the room out of this..............^&grin

 

[villagehorse]

What great assortment of accessories Wayne. Bet the Allies would like to get their hands on that Enigma machine. Really interesting layout.:salute:: Robin

 

[Obee]

Here are the 'real things'

Scale 1:1



I saw it in he Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin in 2017 .....

AND not to out done, this one in the Imperial War Museum in London, seen on the same trip to Europe !



John

 

[mikemiller1955]

Wayne...that is one pretty cool scene made out of an ice cream box...very creative!

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Very cool Wayne. Love the story surrounding the Enigma. You've done an excellent job at creating in miniature. {bravo}}

and out of a Drumstick Box - most creative!

 

[Peiper007]

Here are the 'real things'

Scale 1:1

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I saw it in he Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin in 2017 .....

AND not to out done, this one in the Imperial War Museum in London, seen on the same trip to Europe !

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John

I was up at Bletchly Park last week, had a meeting close too and had some time so nipped in, always amazed by the place and saw the Churchilll's memorandum is to Mr. G. Page, Principle Staff Officer. It is dated the 13th May 1942 and the message reads," ACTION THIS DAY: Make sure they have all they want on extreme priority and report to me that it has been done."

I also also think of the handwriiten Churchill memo when he had wondered what all the money was being channeled through Bletchley Park was for? He visited and saw Colossus Mark 1 and a close to completion Mark 2 and when he returned to London later that day he sat down behind his desk and wrote a handwritten memo which simply said, “Give them what they want.”
Churchill saw the working vacuum tube computers built by Tommy Flowers, Sidney Broadhurst, William Chandler, Allen Combs and Harry Fensom to support the Bletchley Park mathematicians who were struggling to decipher German communications traffic encrypted by the Lorenz SZ40/42 machines.

 

[Sentaapua]

Fantastic scene Wayne! Your enigma is top notch! The whole setup is very, very nice!

 

[SITHTABBY]

I like everything about this scene: lighting, diorama pieces, setting, figure placement, etc....Very well done!

 

[jazzeum]

I join with the others. Very well done. Great idea and well executed.

 

[mestell]

Very creative and as others before me have said, nicely done.
Mike

 

[Al Fisher]

Reminds me of the 5-rotor machine we used in the US Navy in the '50s. As you can imagine, decoding a message in heavy seas on a small boy could be challenging at the very least!

Bosun Al

 

[mikemiller1955]

Reminds me of the 5-rotor machine we used in the US Navy in the '50s. As you can imagine, decoding a message in heavy seas on a small boy could be challenging at the very least!

Bosun Al

Bosun Al...
you're gonna have to start proofing your posts a little closer...
this comes off as a little confusing...
not to mention strange...^&grin

 

[Horus]

Very unusual topic for your diorama Wayne. Looks like it's ready to get entered in this years Down under diorama comp :salute::

Steve

 

[Guy]

Great scene Wayne and what a load of details .
Enigma is beautifully done, you're a real artist
guy:smile2:

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Neat looking setup. Great idea for something different :salute::

Wayne

 

[Alexander the Great]

Who ate the ice cream!

 

[Al Fisher]

Bosun Al...
you're gonna have to start proofing your posts a little closer...
this comes off as a little confusing...
not to mention strange...^&grin

Sorry, but perhaps I was too cryptic (pun intended) for you younger guys. I believe that the German Enigma machine as shown in the diorama had either three or four changeable rotors that were used in coding or decoding messages. The rotors were changed daily according to highly classified documents and had to be set in a predetermined pattern for the machine to work properly. It was not a simple task as the rotors had to be set perfectly and typing mistakes could not be tolerated.

Later machines, such as those used by the United States military, had five rotors and were installed in the radio room of most ships. Smaller craft, such as destroyers and destroyer escorts . . . the REAL Navy . . . were referred to as "small boys" among the fleet. You can imagine trying to set up the machine and decode messages while locked in a small compartment (perhaps four feet by five feet) with no ventilation while tossing and rolling in heavy seas. Hope this helps clarify my earlier post for the uninitiated.

Bosun Al; on active duty from 1956-1959

 

[mikemiller1955]

Sorry, but perhaps I was too cryptic (pun intended) for you younger guys. I believe that the German Enigma machine as shown in the diorama had either three or four changeable rotors that were used in coding or decoding messages. The rotors were changed daily according to highly classified documents and had to be set in a predetermined pattern for the machine to work properly. It was not a simple task as the rotors had to be set perfectly and typing mistakes could not be tolerated.

Later machines, such as those used by the United States military, had five rotors and were installed in the radio room of most ships. Smaller craft, such as destroyers and destroyer escorts . . . the REAL Navy . . . were referred to as "small boys" among the fleet. You can imagine trying to set up the machine and decode messages while locked in a small compartment (perhaps four feet by five feet) with no ventilation while tossing and rolling in heavy seas. Hope this helps clarify my earlier post for the uninitiated.

Bosun Al; on active duty from 1956-1959

Al...
that's funny...I did not know that...
and yes...
my post's reference was to the use of the word "boys"...
thanks for clearing that up for me...

 

[wayne556517]

Thanks, gents for the comments John (Obee) painted it for me to tiny for my ten thumbs.