Juno Beach D. Day (1 Viewer)

[AIDMAN]

Hi Guys

I am in the process of making a D. Day diorama of Juno beach sector. it is to portray infantry of the 3rd Canadian Div advancing into one of the coastal towns in that sector supported by an R.E. AVRE Churchill tank. I have all the Canadian figures that KC released several years back and correct me if i am wrong but i believe them to be the Canadian Scottish Regt which landed ...(unfortunately) outside of the area which i wish to portray...Berniers Sur Mer....St Aubin Sur Mer....Courselles. Am i correct in stating the figures are indeed from this regiment which landed at Vaux ...this is not a coastal town but an area of sand dunes on the other bank of the estuary which flows into Courselles......I can hear some of you thinking "does this really matter?????, YES it matters to me!! If they are the regiment i mentioned then i can do one of two things 1_change the shoulder flashes. 2_in this case excercise some "poetic license".


Steve

 

[Guy]

Hi Guys

I am in the process of making a D. Day diorama of Juno beach sector. it is to portray infantry of the 3rd Canadian Div advancing into one of the coastal towns in that sector supported by an R.E. AVRE Churchill tank. I have all the Canadian figures that KC released several years back and correct me if i am wrong but i believe them to be the Canadian Scottish Regt which landed ...(unfortunately) outside of the area which i wish to portray...Berniers Sur Mer....St Aubin Sur Mer....Courselles. Am i correct in stating the figures are indeed from this regiment which landed at Vaux ...this is not a coastal town but an area of sand dunes on the other bank of the estuary which flows into Courselles......I can hear some of you thinking "does this really matter?????, YES it matters to me!! If they are the regiment i mentioned then i can do one of two things 1_change the shoulder flashes. 2_in this case excercise some "poetic license".


Steve

Steve , I would change the shoulder flashes if you want to stick to the locations of your choice . That's what I would do, and that's what I do all the time when making dioramas using K&C figurines
guy

 

[AIDMAN]

Steve , I would change the shoulder flashes if you want to stick to the locations of your choice . That's what I would do, and that's what I do all the time when making dioramas using K&C figurines
guy

Thanks for your input Guy......It would"nt be the first time i have carved up KC stuff to suit my purposes..(mostly vehicles/armour) so your suggestion is probably the road to take, If i can find the correct flashes!!.


Steve

 

[6th Wisconsin]

I look forward to seeing your diorama! I took my family to Normandy last summer, and that was one of the places we visited.

 

[AIDMAN]

I look forward to seeing your diorama! I took my family to Normandy last summer, and that was one of the places we visited.

Living in the Netherlands makes Omaha beach roughly a 9 hour drive from door to door so i have been lucky enough to make many visits to Normandy and each time i am there i always find it a place of great inspiration and i always leave with a sense of reverance and respect for what took place there.


Steve

 

[BHogan]

Hi Guys

I am in the process of making a D. Day diorama of Juno beach sector. it is to portray infantry of the 3rd Canadian Div advancing into one of the coastal towns in that sector supported by an R.E. AVRE Churchill tank. I have all the Canadian figures that KC released several years back and correct me if i am wrong but i believe them to be the Canadian Scottish Regt which landed ...(unfortunately) outside of the area which i wish to portray...Berniers Sur Mer....St Aubin Sur Mer....Courselles. Am i correct in stating the figures are indeed from this regiment which landed at Vaux ...this is not a coastal town but an area of sand dunes on the other bank of the estuary which flows into Courselles......I can hear some of you thinking "does this really matter?????, YES it matters to me!! If they are the regiment i mentioned then i can do one of two things 1_change the shoulder flashes. 2_in this case excercise some "poetic license".


Steve

Steve,

You're correct. The figures King & Country produced are members of the Canadian Scottish Regiment. The image below is taken from the third volume of the Canadian army's official history of theSecond World War and clearly indicates whihc units landed on what beaches.



Cheers,

Brendan

 

[AIDMAN]

Steve,

You're correct. The figures King & Country produced are members of the Canadian Scottish Regiment. The image below is taken from the third volume of the Canadian army's official history of theSecond World War and clearly indicates whihc units landed on what beaches.

View attachment 200762

Cheers,

Brendan

Thanks Brendan for your reply and very clear battle map. I really love the KC Canadian Scottish figures and i am still undecided wether i will change the flashes or not. In the meantime i intend to go ahead with my Berniers-Sur-Mer diorama, and i am still planning to buy the Figarti
AVRE Churchill which is a copy of the real tank that interestingly also attempted to land on the same beach sector as the Canadian Scottish but sank in an underwater bomb crater where it rested for years until it was retrieved from the sea, restored and is now on a concrete plinth on the very same beach sector where it was to land..!! A sad footnote to this story was the crew were all but one machine-gunned as they left the sinking tank.......So my diorama will not be historically accurate with a misplaced infantry regiment and a tank that sadly never even got to the beach
but i"m enjoying putting it all together and learning every day!!!!!.


Steve

 

[arnhem44mad]

Thanks Brendan for your reply and very clear battle map. I really love the KC Canadian Scottish figures and i am still undecided wether i will change the flashes or not. In the meantime i intend to go ahead with my Berniers-Sur-Mer diorama, and i am still planning to buy the Figarti
AVRE Churchill which is a copy of the real tank that interestingly also attempted to land on the same beach sector as the Canadian Scottish but sank in an underwater bomb crater where it rested for years until it was retrieved from the sea, restored and is now on a concrete plinth on the very same beach sector where it was to land..!! A sad footnote to this story was the crew were all but one machine-gunned as they left the sinking tank.......So my diorama will not be historically accurate with a misplaced infantry regiment and a tank that sadly never even got to the beach
but i"m enjoying putting it all together and learning every day!!!!!.


Steve

Just found this mate, sounds awesome!

Scott