London blitz. (1 Viewer)

[Simpson & his donkey.]

Hi guys I was thinking what could K&C make to help out on diorama scenes .How about a range on civilans with suits or work clobber on going about there bussiness in war time.Of course building back drops and paper sellers and cafe tables and staff would be good to build up a scene in maybe London during the blitz.This could go the way as the streets of Hong Kong but during the blitz.Differen't uniform soldiers walking about Bobbys kids priests the mind has no limets here.Could be something that goes very well.Simmo

 

[Rob]

Hi guys I was thinking what could K&C make to help out on diorama scenes .How about a range on civilans with suits or work clobber on going about there bussiness in war time.Of course building back drops and paper sellers and cafe tables and staff would be good to build up a scene in maybe London during the blitz.This could go the way as the streets of Hong Kong but during the blitz.Differen't uniform soldiers walking about Bobbys kids priests the mind has no limets here.Could be something that goes very well.Simmo

Now you're talking mate!

I'd love to see a range like this.The recent release of the superb set 'For you Fritz the war is over' is a great example of how K&C could make some wonderful wartime civilian sets.As you say Simmo there is a very wide scope here.As well as the civies you mention we could have ARP Wardens,Police,WAFs,Unexploded Bomb scene,Home Guard checkpoint's,kids in Gasmasks etc.I think the whole Home front theatre is so interesting and has a real feeling of the human experience about it.This area of the war has long been one that has had great appeal to me and i'd love to see K&C do this.

Rob

 

[Panzer ace]

Any type of civilians would be great. Civilians were involved in every aspect of World War 2 with the exception of North Afrika. Something along those lines would be great to add to the realism of a diorama, and the Blitz is a great place to start.

 

[trooper]

While appreciating that this is a K&C thread readers might be unaware that all the figures mentioned so far are readily available from Asset Miniatures who have an extensive range of "Home Front" figures including Land Army, police, WVS, nurses, children, groups "Digging for Victory", assembling Anderson shelters, serving tea to bombed out victims etc. They have been extensively reviewed in back numbers of "Toy Soldier Collector".

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

While appreciating that this is a K&C thread readers might be unaware that all the figures mentioned so far are readily available from Asset Miniatures who have an extensive range of "Home Front" figures including Land Army, police, WVS, nurses, children, groups "Digging for Victory", assembling Anderson shelters, serving tea to bombed out victims etc. They have been extensively reviewed in back numbers of "Toy Soldier Collector".

Yes but I only collect K&C and they haven't made this series yet.Digging out surviors is a great idea.Simmo.

 

[Uthred]

Any type of civilians would be great. Civilians were involved in every aspect of World War 2 with the exception of North Afrika. Something along those lines would be great to add to the realism of a diorama, and the Blitz is a great place to start.

That's not true. The people who lived in the Sahara were as much victims of the war as the people living in Europe or Asia. One could argue less civilians were involved, since the Sahara has a smaller population than Europe or Asia, but that does not mean the war was any easier on them.

Just my two cents on the subject...

Uthred

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

You have a good point here but the idea was ment to be for a blitzs series .But Arabs would be good for the Africa campain.Simmo

 

[Rob]

While appreciating that this is a K&C thread readers might be unaware that all the figures mentioned so far are readily available from Asset Miniatures who have an extensive range of "Home Front" figures including Land Army, police, WVS, nurses, children, groups "Digging for Victory", assembling Anderson shelters, serving tea to bombed out victims etc. They have been extensively reviewed in back numbers of "Toy Soldier Collector".

Yes they make some very nice sets.They are always near the door to one of the Halls in London and i always mean to pick up a set or two as i pass by,but always get sidetracked somehow.They do a really nice set of School kids in Class sitting there in Gas masks.

Rob

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

Yes Rob lets see how many people are interested in this and maybe with enough people Andy will see dollar signs here.Simmo.

 

[The Military Workshop]

I think the unexploded Bomb and a couple of bomb experts would be a good one.
Regards
Brett

 

[Rob]

Andy has said there will be more Battle of Britain sets,so i am hoping there may be some civvies in there somewhere too.As i say the 'Fritz' set is superb and i think the local Bobby is my favourite out of the three,the Home guard chap is also done very well.He looks like he has seen some service in his time and is straight out of 'Dads Army'.I think a home front range would be right on the money,we live in hope.

Rob

 

[Uthred]

Yes they make some very nice sets.They are always near the door to one of the Halls in London and i always mean to pick up a set or two as i pass by,but always get sidetracked somehow.They do a really nice set of School kids in Class sitting there in Gas masks.

Rob

Now, that's what I call a sad set, Rob. Kids in class wearing gas maks is an image of hell on earth if you ask me.


Cheers...

Uthred

 

[Rob]

Now, that's what I call a sad set, Rob. Kids in class wearing gas maks is an image of hell on earth if you ask me.


Cheers...

Uthred

Thats the whole point though mate,sad it may be,but more important it was defiant!.'Life goes on as normal despite' sort of thing.That wonderful generation were not going to be cowed by Goering or anybody else.

Rob

 

[Uthred]

Thats the whole point though mate,sad it may be,but more important it was defiant!.'Life goes on as normal despite' sort of thing.That wonderful generation were not going to be cowed by Goering or anybody else.

Rob

I can see your point, but being a former school teacher myself I can't avoid but think what a trauma it must have been to the kids...

Call me a bleeding heart, but there are things I believe kids should not try: war and gas maks for instance.

Cheers...

Uthred

 

[Rob]

I can see your point, but being a former school teacher myself I can't avoid but think what a trauma it must have been to the kids...

Call me a bleeding heart, but there are things I believe kids should not try: war and gas maks for instance.

Cheers...

Uthred

I hear what you say and to start with it probably was scary for them.But kids are tougher than we think and they adapt,pretty soon the gasmask routine would become pretty mundane.But as you say and looking at the wider picture they must have seen some terrible things.

I was once approached by an old lady and her family who wanted to tell me their story.The old lady was in tears and could not continue talking and had to be helped away.Her Grandaughter returned to me to explain what had happened to her Grandmother.

One day during the War she was ill and had to remain in her bed whilst her brother and sister went to play in a house at the end of the street.A short while after they had gone she heard a huge explosion from that direction.Her parents told her not to leave the room and flew out of the door.After half an hour or so inquisitiveness got the better of her and she walked out of the front door.The house her siblings had been playing in had suffered a direct hit by a V1 and there in the street lay the bodies of her brother and sister and her parents distraught on their knees.

What can you say?.Kids should never have to see that.But i guess its the price that generation had to pay to rid the world of scum such as the Nazi's,its becuase of their refusal to bow,their determination and their resolve we live in freedom today.

Rob

 

[Uthred]

I hear what you say and to start with it probably was scary for them.But kids are tougher than we think and they adapt,pretty soon the gasmask routine would become pretty mundane.But as you say and looking at the wider picture they must have seen some terrible things.

I was once approached by an old lady and her family who wanted to tell me their story.The old lady was in tears and could not continue talking and had to be helped away.Her Grandaughter returned to me to explain what had happened to her Grandmother.

One day during the War she was ill and had to remain in her bed whilst her brother and sister went to play in a house at the end of the street.A short while after they had gone she heard a huge explosion from that direction.Her parents told her not to leave the room and flew out of the door.After half an hour or so inquisitiveness got the better of her and she walked out of the front door.The house her siblings had been playing in had suffered a direct hit by a V1 and there in the street lay the bodies of her brother and sister and her parents distraught on their knees.

What can you say?.Kids should never have to see that.But i guess its the price that generation had to pay to rid the world of scum such as the Nazi's,its becuase of their refusal to bow,their determination and their resolve we live in freedom today.

Rob

What a touching story. I guess this shows she never fully recovered from the war and I believe she never will.

I completely agree the world had to get rid of Hitler and the nazis. Over 25,000 Brazilian troops fought in Italy in 1944 and 1945 to help liberate that country from the their former allies, the nazis, many did not return.

But I am still a bleeding heart and while I can accept two armies fighting each other, I can't accept the bombing of innocent children, something both the nazis and the allies did during WW2.

Maybe that's the reason why I can't collect WW2?


Cheers...

Uthred

 

[trooper]

Now, that's what I call a sad set, Rob. Kids in class wearing gas maks is an image of hell on earth if you ask me.


Cheers...

Uthred

Been there. Done that. The main problem we had was understanding the teacher, the voices were very muffled through those masks, and they tended to fog up. We were told to cut a potatoe in half and rub it on the inside of the eyepiece to avoid fogging, but it didn't help very much. One kid used a cooked potatoe and couldn't see a thing! It didn't help if you were claustrophobic, something not really understood then. But that was all part of life in those days, as kids we knew nothing about life pre war. to us war was the norm. And, to a child, it was simple, the Germans were trying to kill us, we had to kill them first, all of them. A simplicity the bleeding heart revisionists of today cannot understand.

 

[cantinetozzo]

Personally i'd like to see a K&C range to honour all the people who contributed to the war effort , obviously the Blitz was the first example of a sistematical bombing of civilian objectives , and i always admired people who with bombs falling on them continued their life, it's something i could never understand fully,and so i hope Andy will continue on the line already traced with the Bobby set of FOB.

 

[RAMC]

How about a civie boat owner with a few damp soldiers from the beaches in a sailing dinghy or small fishing boat.

 

[Rob]

How about a civie boat owner with a few damp soldiers from the beaches in a sailing dinghy or small fishing boat.

Hey Glyn,

As Andy has said he is moving away from Dunkirk to the Battle of Britain,how about a slight spin on your idea.How about one of those motor boats that picked up RAF and Luftwaffe pilots that landed in the drink?.It could be rescuing a downed HE111 crew

Will you be at the show next month mate?

Rob