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dioramaScale 1:35
Churchill Mk VII in the Bocage
Current bid
NZ$380
3 bids · ends
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Churchill Mk VII in the Bocage
A 1:35 Churchill pushing through a Normandy hedgerow, mud to the sponsons.
- Current bid
- NZ$380
- Bids so far
- 3
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A lane in Normandy, 1944.
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True to scale
How small?
smaller than you think
Photos make everything look big. Here each piece is drawn to its real size, relative to a New Zealand $2 coin (26.5 mm across), on a ruler marked in millimetres.
Tea break
Games on the bench.
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Commissions
Got an idea? Let’s make it small.
A grandparent’s tank, a regimental gift, a pet painted on a wood slice. Tell Sunanda what you have in mind and she’ll reply with thoughts, a rough price and how long it might take.
Commission slip
- Subject:
- Grandad's Churchill
- Scale:
- 1:35
- Extras:
- crew, mud, a duckling
- Ready:
- when it's right