Airfield at Smeatharpe
Posted: March 15th, 2016, 6:20 pm
This is supposed to be the airfield at Smeatharpe on top of the Blackdown Hills in Devon. It was built during WW2 and operated for only a few years. It was the airfield from which the 101st Screaming Eaghles took off for the D-Day landings.
The base measures 30 inches long and 18 inches wide. That give it a scale of - the main runway is 1.8 km long, so work it out for yourself. I used an image from Google Earth as a plan. Smeatharpe is the small village on the top right of the first photo. Think of it as illustrative rather than as a scale replica.
The first photo gives an overall view.
Unfortunately, it looked bare. So I made some aircraft to go on it. There are about 8 C47s and 10 Horsa gliders now in the scene. Each one is less than my thumbnail in length. Most are on the ground, but a few are 'flying', held up by wire.
Views that are any closer reveal the relatively crude nature of my work. There was only so much time I was prepared to spend in making it. There is a lot more than could be done to it, but the moment has passed.
The base measures 30 inches long and 18 inches wide. That give it a scale of - the main runway is 1.8 km long, so work it out for yourself. I used an image from Google Earth as a plan. Smeatharpe is the small village on the top right of the first photo. Think of it as illustrative rather than as a scale replica.
The first photo gives an overall view.
Unfortunately, it looked bare. So I made some aircraft to go on it. There are about 8 C47s and 10 Horsa gliders now in the scene. Each one is less than my thumbnail in length. Most are on the ground, but a few are 'flying', held up by wire.
Views that are any closer reveal the relatively crude nature of my work. There was only so much time I was prepared to spend in making it. There is a lot more than could be done to it, but the moment has passed.