Commander Colin Maud, Beachmaster, D-Day 1944 - The Longest Day - 1/35 WW2 Diorama

My first project of 2024 is complete and its one that I've wanted to do for a long time as its a scene from my favourite WW2 movie 'The Longest Day' depicting Commander Colin Maud who was a Beachmaster on D-Day,

The movie has a few inaccuracies in that the scene is set on Sword Beach but Commander Maud was actually the Beachmaster on Juno Beach. He was also given the temporary rank of Captain for the D-Day landings, hence his shoulder boards are not those of a Commander. Maud's real dog 'Winston' was a German Shepard and not a Bulldog, I've read that the directors changed the dog as there is a German Shepard in a another scene and they didn't want two dogs the same to confuse the viewer. Maud was also a technical advisor for the movie and the shillelagh wielded by actor Kenneth More in the movie is actually Mauds own.

Anyway, some of you have noticed that the Universal Carrier has been sat on my shelves for a few years and here it is finally used in a diorama 👍

Kits used:
1/35 Universal Carrier - Tamiya

Figures used:
1/35 Commander Colin Maud and Winston by Scale Model Accessories (this kit is discontinued but I was lucky enough to pick one up on Ebay a few years ago)
Other figures are a mish mash of Tamiya, Bronco, Gecko and Dragon figures with some having resin heads and re-posed limbs

Cricut Digital Cutting Machine - the machine featured is the Cricut Joy but please note that it has been modified to cut Tamiya Masking Sheets. Out of the box this machine will cut right through the masking sheet and requires a small tweak to the cutting blade mounting.

3D printer - Anycubic Mono X

XPS Foam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzuxO77yuk

Paints used:
AK 3rd Gen Paint Sets - sets include shadow and highlight colours for mixing intermediate shades
Vallejo Model Color and Tamiya Acrylic Paints

Wet Palette from Hobbyzone - https://hobbyzone.pl/

Airbrush - Iwata Eclipse HP-CS
Brushes - Size 1 & 0 from Rosemary & Co, dry brush from Artis Opus

Please note that the cameras and processing software may not accurately reproduce the colours of paints used

Music from Epidemic Sound subscription service

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