Arnhem vignette - Part I

And now, as they say over to something completely different. An online modelling group I belong to has announced a group build. The topic is operation Market Garden, due to the fact that the 70th aniversary of its start is just around the corner. To begin with, I intended to ignore it, but then I remembered that I have long, long time ago purchased  a 1/35 scale British Paras set from Dragon. It seemed like a good occasion to do something with it!

After a bit of pondering I decided to try making a little vignette with two of the miniatures. While I had a general idea of the concept and layout, I needed to know the size of the miniatures before starting the work on the vignette scenery. And so, here are the two minis in semi-assembled state. Left arms are not attached to make painting easier. Brass rods have been inserted in holes I bored out and will serve as holding pins during painting process and then be re-used to anchor the figures to the bases.