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Mark DeBacker 作者
Tony, Yes, the price DEFINITELY STINGS, but this is a special buy for direct family history. My brother, who requested the build, is willing to cover (or share) the price of the kit. The CD with instructions and extensive photos of surviving DDs was not in the box. Was able to download the two large instruction sheets, but none of the supporting museum photos. Looks like a build that will certainly challenge my skills as the instructions are for different kits (but related) kits and are not clear on either assembly or sequencing between the two instruction's assemblies.

Mark DeBacker 作者
Oh, and Tony; interesting story about your grandfather!

Mark DeBacker 作者
Building for my family. Grandfather Harold Rueter was a WWII prison guard at Camp Perry Ohio. He made canvas awnings prior to the war and spoke fluent German. He ran a shop at the prison camp where POWs could work for extra benefits. They sewed odd, large, heavy canvas items. On June 7, 1944 the POWs were shown a movie of the items that they had made in use. They were the canvas screens of DD Shermans which had landed in Normandy the previous day. Most of the POWs were happy about this as it meant that the war would be over in coming months and they would be reunited with their families. I later learned that after the war, the large family chicken coop received a "roof" of the surplus canvas. Wish that I had known this when I visited in the early 1960s!