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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Sardoo on November 19, 2024, 10:40:25 PM

Title: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: Sardoo on November 19, 2024, 10:40:25 PM

I’m planning to do a Great Escape diorama using the excellent Blotz WW2 huts.

I want to build a tunnel under the main hut which starts under a stove inside the building.

The problem is that I can’t find a suitable stove! The ones I have seen are either too big or cost “funny money”.

Any suggestions about where I might get an appropriate stove would be very gratefully received.

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: madman on November 20, 2024, 12:37:30 AM

Scale? Look to model railroad details. For 28mm look at O (1/4"=1') scale.

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: Cat on November 20, 2024, 01:24:46 AM

Google: "O scale" caboose stove — there are a number of options for your perusal.

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: anevilgiraffe on November 20, 2024, 08:40:14 AM

was it Frontline that did a load of useful wild west furnishings? Pretty sure they had a stove that should fit...

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: modelwarrior on November 20, 2024, 09:47:51 AM

Search "Dolls House Stoves". 1/48 scale would do the job. The shape of stove your looking for is called a Parlour stove.

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: Sardoo on November 21, 2024, 12:21:25 PM

Many thanks, folks! I'm on the trail!!

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: SJWi on November 21, 2024, 01:53:36 PM

Sardoo, I will follow your progress with interest. Last month I visited the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Poznan, Poland. Most of the "Great Escapers" who were recaptured and shot are buried there together with the last crew lost by 617 Squadron ( the Dambusters) in WW2. It was beautifully maintained as ever and very moving.

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: SJWi on November 21, 2024, 06:31:06 PM

I planned to show a photo of Roger Bushell's gravestone but something went wrong. In the film he is re-named Roger Bartlett ( Big X), the character played by Dickie Attenborough.

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: Digits on November 21, 2024, 07:02:12 PM

You should have looked at GREAT ESCAPE games! lol

https://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/online-store?q=Stove

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: Sardoo on November 21, 2024, 11:01:22 PM

“Great Escape Games”. Doh!!  lol

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: Sardoo on November 21, 2024, 11:04:03 PM

Quote from: SJWi on November 21, 2024, 06:31:06 PM

I planned to show a photo of Roger Bushell's gravestone but something went wrong. In the film he is re-named Roger Bartlett ( Big X), the character played by Dickie Attenborough.

Thanks for the pictures. That must have been an very moving visit.

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: SJWi on November 22, 2024, 06:12:57 AM

Sardoo, indeed it was. I had found out about the "Great Escapers" before I visited, but was intrigued to find a whole Lancaster crew buried side by side in deepest Poland. I checked the crew database on the International Bomber Command Memorial website and found that 617 squadron attacked the German battleship Lutzow which was providing naval gunfire support probably against the Russians. They died 3 weeks before VE Day. 

Title: Re: Great Escape Diorama
Post by: Sardoo on November 22, 2024, 02:11:51 PM

Fascinating! Three weeks before VE Day is truly tragic.