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--- blog:models:french_armour_display [2025/05/07 20:47] – [Materials] john
+++ blog:models:french_armour_display [2025/07/21 17:00] (current) – [Models in-situ] john
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 ====== WWII - French countryside ambush ======
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_both_grass_with_trees.png?900|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:french_countryside_bg_photo_added.png?1200|}}
 This display is intended to house a German armoured column moving through the French countryside in WWII, with an ambush set up by Allied (British and US) forces.
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 ===== Ruined House & Walls =====
-The first job was painting the model, as it is supplied unpainted. Brickwork used the following colours:
+The first job was painting the model, as it is supplied unpainted:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250506105656.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250506112005.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250506112035.jpg?500|}}
+Brickwork used the following colours:
    * (Vallejo Game Colour) Parasite Brown + Desert Yellow base
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 {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507195308.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507195316.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6168.jpg?555|}}
 ===== Finished Display =====
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_complete.jpg?1500|}}
+Close ups:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6174.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6175.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6178.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6179.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6180.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6182.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6183.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6184.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6188.thumb.jpg?225|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6189.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6190.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6191.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6192.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6193.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+==== Added Background Artwork ====
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250514090657.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250514090711.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:french_countryside_bg_photo_added.png?1200|}}
+==== Models in-situ ====
+A section showing some of the completed models which are displayed in this diorama.
+[[:blog:military:models_sherman_m4a2|Sherman M4A2]] reversing to a firing position in the lane by the farmhouse:
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6216.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a2_leclerc:img_6215.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6203.jpg?500|}}
+[[:blog:military:models_sherman_m4a4_firefly|Sherman M4A4 'Firefly']] positioning itself in the farmhouse ruins to the side of the road to fire at advancing German column...
+{{:blog:models:sherman_m4a4_firefly:img_6213.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:sherman_m4a4_firefly:img_6214.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6207.jpg?500|}}