Operation Market Garden 80th Anniversary diorama sets

[Reuben -355625]

As 2024 will be the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden I think it would be a good idea to release diorama sets of the operation. I was thinking something like when Airfix released multiple diorama sets when it was the D-Day 75th anniversary. These sets could have themes like capturing Nijmegen Bridge, where you could have Sherman Fireflies. Or a drop zone, where you could have a C-47 dropping supplies/paras. Also the battle of Arnhem where you could have buildings and German tanks. For all of these sets you would obviously have figures, probably in 1/76 or 1/72 scale, but you could also have bridges for the Arnhem and Nijmegen sets. It would be great to see Operation Market Garden commemorated by Airfix by making these sets.

[ian_rutland]

This would be expensive to produce, though AIRFIX could reissue the Paras, a jeep, and a Horsa if they still have access to those tools. Plenty of German figures and vehicles, and the C-47 could get new decals.

As for a bridge, this was, and still is, a very large structure. This could be provided as a simple download to use as a background picture, plus a basic vac-formed base. You would then add two packs of figures, and a couple of German tanks. All our armour was used further south. They never got to Arnhem during the battle.