King & Country
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Hi Guys,
A good diorama setting is one that can be used in a number of different scenes... A little bit like an old-time movie set on the back lot of Warner Bros. in the ‘Golden Age of Hollywood’ back in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Well this little jungle road that we produced to ‘show-off’ our new K&C ‘BAMBOO’ is proof of that.
As you saw yesterday that little ‘vignette’ was set in South Vietnam... Today the action has moved to Malaya in early 1942 as General Yamashita’s
Imperial Japanese 25[SUP]th[/SUP] Army moves swiftly down the Malayan Peninsula on their way to capture one of the ‘Jewels of the British Empire’... SINGAPORE!
From the very beginning of the campaign the Japanese enjoyed naval and air supremacy although technically outnumbered on the ground by British, Australian, Indian and Malay forces.
For the British and Empire soldiers defending Malaya and Singapore the entire campaign was a total disaster!
For the opposing Japanese it was notable for their battlefield flexibility and superior leadership which included making much use of ‘bicycle infantry’ allowing troops to carry more equipment swiftly down Malaya’s road system and through the thick jungle terrain as well as the Colony’s many rubber plantations.
The Japanese also had the advantage of utilizing more than 200 tanks while their opponents had none.
Here we see one small section of Japanese armour supported by a few of those rapidly advancing ‘bicycle infantry’ moving inexorably down that little Malayan jungle road all the way to Singapore...
Enjoy!
Andy
A good diorama setting is one that can be used in a number of different scenes... A little bit like an old-time movie set on the back lot of Warner Bros. in the ‘Golden Age of Hollywood’ back in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Well this little jungle road that we produced to ‘show-off’ our new K&C ‘BAMBOO’ is proof of that.
As you saw yesterday that little ‘vignette’ was set in South Vietnam... Today the action has moved to Malaya in early 1942 as General Yamashita’s
Imperial Japanese 25[SUP]th[/SUP] Army moves swiftly down the Malayan Peninsula on their way to capture one of the ‘Jewels of the British Empire’... SINGAPORE!
From the very beginning of the campaign the Japanese enjoyed naval and air supremacy although technically outnumbered on the ground by British, Australian, Indian and Malay forces.
For the British and Empire soldiers defending Malaya and Singapore the entire campaign was a total disaster!
For the opposing Japanese it was notable for their battlefield flexibility and superior leadership which included making much use of ‘bicycle infantry’ allowing troops to carry more equipment swiftly down Malaya’s road system and through the thick jungle terrain as well as the Colony’s many rubber plantations.
The Japanese also had the advantage of utilizing more than 200 tanks while their opponents had none.
Here we see one small section of Japanese armour supported by a few of those rapidly advancing ‘bicycle infantry’ moving inexorably down that little Malayan jungle road all the way to Singapore...
Enjoy!
Andy
