Makatashi's Carentan Build 28mm WW2

Gunnar Lopez (order #5434764)
Carentan
A modelling odyssey
by Dominic
Written by Dominic
Additional photographs and research by Sgt Perry
Editing by Matakishi
www.matakishi.com
Introduction
By Dominic, Sgt Perry and Matakishi
This booklet has been put together from several posts on the Lead Adventure
forum. The main building photographs and instructions are Dominic's
originals. I would like to thank another forum member, Sgt Perry, who
contributed information, translations from the French and contemporary
photographs of Carentan throughout the build.
All right, that's enough background, on with ominic's e!planation of the
construction...
I received the Miniature Building Authority Cafe last Friday. It's a good copy
of the "Cafe de #ormandie" which appears in the Band of Brothers' Carentan
scenario.
The $iniature
%uilding Authority
Cafe de
#ormandie model
&sing this as a starting point I decided to scratch'build, one by one, all the
buildings surrounding Cafe de #ormandie. (ere's what I've done so far)
DesireIngouf
This is a photo of Rue Holgate, at the end of it,
you can make out the Restaurant Desire Ingouf
DesireIngouf
The next step is to do the Restaurant "Desire Ingouf"
Here are some step-by-step pictures for building Desire Ingouf.
The measurements are all guessork. There are photographs of the ! front
sides. "ut the configuration for the ! rear sides is also guess ork.
DesireIngouf
The main construction material here is 4mm thick cork tiles. These tiles are
easy to work with, they take paint and glue very well. They can be glued with
either super glue or PVA. Using super glue, with the occasional addition of
some accelerator, makes building with cork tiles very fast.
DesireIngouf
The base for the hotel is cut from hardboard.
DesireIngouf
Here's the roof, the roof tiles are by Auhagen, a German railroad model
company.
here is another photograph of the
Restaurant Desire Ingouf from a
different angle
(along D91 in direction !herbourg".
DesireIngouf
#nd no$ $ith the dormer $indo$s added.
%or the detailing, I started $ith some te&tured tile sheets and cut them into
strips for the $indo$ outlines.
DesireIngouf
DesireIngouf
Then I drew in the curved outlines at the top of each window using a masking
tape roll as a template.
To make the tile strips conform to the curved window tops, I did a half cut
along each tile so the strip could curve a little. The keystones are just card cut
into appropriate shapes to fit the gap.
Next, using a textured brick sheet, cut into appropriate sized strips to line the
base of the building. The bricks are textured plastic sheets from Modulor.de
DesireIngouf
DesireIngouf
The next step is to mask off all the details in preparation for spraying. I'm
going to use a granite textured spray paint to texture the walls.
Here's the model after applying the granite texture spray paint.
After searching for the real name of the building of Mr Ingouf, the next page
shows a picture with the road that asy !ompany "#$th %I& took during the
attack on !arentan.
The "#$th %I& was at the hamlet of 'a (illonerie on the roads to %eriers.
)n the google map part you can see nowadays buildings which were in pictures
shown on pre*ious pages.
After some discussion and some +oogling, Sgt Perry and I managed to
disco*er what was written on the long sign at the side of the building,
-Hotel du .oleil 'e*ant / 0esire Ingouf &estaurateur-. 'iterally 1-Hotel of the
&ising .un and 0esire Ingouf &estaurant owner-
I'm sure the +Is had some fun in there after they liberated !arentan2
-...There is a house in 3ew )rleans, they call the 4-
DesireIngouf
Here is the (nearly) finished building.
It's not 100% complete as I'm still looking for a couple of suitable road signs
for the front, and a big poster for the rear corner (net to the !ormandie ship).
"here is a specific poster that they used in the Band of Brothers episode that
I #ant to try and find.
DesireIngouf
I bought some 1/35 Verlinden signs that are exactly what I need I scanned
them and reduced them to the correct size. Here is the model with the road
signs.
DesireIngouf
I toyed around with adding windows, but after putting in a couple, decided
against it as it became very fiddly. I figure most people won't miss it on the
gaming table.
I finally found the poster for the back that was used in the Band of Brothers
episode.
HistoryofCarentan
Here's the famous crossroads from which Easy company 506th PIR attacked
Carentan. This was taken in !"".
#ccordin$ to the picture in Stephen Ambrose's %ook& Band of Brothers&
Easy Company came from the 'eft side.
HistoryofCarentan
Here's the picture taken from the same p'ace nowadays. It's rea''y chan$ed a
'ot.
The road on the 'eft dri(es you to a pri(ate housin$ estate %ut there were on'y
fie'ds durin$ the war.
HistoryofCarentan
Here's the picture taken from the road from which Easy Company arri(ed.
It's a $ent'e s'ope with o'd %ui'din$s in the front which& from what I 'earned
from the o'der inha%itants of Carentan& e)isted in !"".
*e can suppose that the +,"- was in position in this %ui'din$.
HistoryofCarentan
.n the 'eft side& there's a wa'' with (isi%'e %u''ets marks. That's the on'y hint of
a fi$ht in the area.
HistoryofCarentan
/ina''y here's the picture of the house in which the 01 medica' post was set up
after the %att'e.
HistoryofCarentan
2ow I understand %etter the path of Easy Company throu$h Carentan.
1o there was no Cafe de 2ormandie... and they did not pass Che3 4esire
In$ouf.
Easy Company& part of -5506& arri(ed in Carentan to the 1outhwest which is to
the 'eft of this photo.
They attacked across Rue Ho'$ate south of the rai' track towards this $roup of
houses.
HistoryofCarentan
Then turned north east to enter Carentan a%out -00m east of che3 4esire
In$ouf& near the train station.
#cross the road from the train station is today's Town Ha''& I think in !""& this
was a schoo'.
FightinginCarentan
Where were the Fallschirmjgers and where did they open fire?
C. Carwood Lipton
E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
"(...)As we reached the outskirts of Carentan we started getting German rifle
and machine gun fire. The houses in this area were somewhat like row houses
except that there were enclosed stairways leading up to the second floors from
the outside. I thought that we were getting sniper fire from one of the upstairs
windows. uck Taylor and I were working as a team at this point! checking and
clearing the "uildings and area as went! so I told him that I would go up the
stairway to that room and that after he had gi#en me enough time to get to
the top he should throw a grenade through the upstairs window. I would then
$ump into the room and finish off whoe#er was there.
I ran up the steps and stopped outside the door. I heard the grenade thump
into the room through the window and its explosion. I threw open the door and
leaped into the room! my rifle thrust forward ready to fire. I couldn%t see a
thing& The room was filled with dust and smoke from the explosion. If there
had "een a sniper there and he had "een a"le to shield himself from the
grenade he would ha#e had me silhouetted in the door! "ut the room was
empty.
'e continued to check "uildings and work our way toward the town center.
The rifle and machine gun fire against us seemed to decrease somewhat as we
mo#ed farther in ! "ut mortar and artillery fire increased. (en were getting hit.
)omeone yelled that Tipper was hit across the street from me. I ran o#er. *e
was lying there conscious "ut hurt seriously. A medic was "andaging his face
and his eye was o"#iously gone. *e had ma$or wounds in on arm and one leg.
I told him he would "e well taken care of and mo#ed on.
I came to a ma$or road intersection! nearer the town center. There was small
arms and machine gun fire coming down the street from the right! across my
front. Across on the other side of that street! on the continuation of the street
I was standing on! were se#eral + Company men. There were explosions up on
the walls of the "uildings on the left side of the street that they were on! and
they looked to me like German ,cm mortar shells fired at a low tra$ectory so
that they were coming in somewhat hori-ontally rather than dropping in
#ertically. I was on the right side of the street I was on! against a "uilding on
my right! and I did not think that the fire could get to me! "ut I started yelling
to the men on the other side to mo#e farther along. I thought that in the noise
and confusion they might not reali-e that mortar fire was "eing directed at
them.(...)"
FightinginCarentan
After reading this Sgt Perry thinks that the US Paras were attacked when they
reached the first crossroad and that there was a house to house fight along the
road up to the crossroads with the R!" and that #ipton was wounded there
$near the %esire &ngouf restaurant'(
& must admit & am still )uite confused a*out the e+act route taken *y ,asy
company from #a -illonerie into .arentan(
&f you follow this map/ it suggests 01234 $incl ,asy' attacked #a -illonerie and
then mo5ed up the Periers road into .arentan $passing the rail junction and
the restaurant %esire &ngouf'(
FightinginCarentan
6n the other hand/ if you follow this map/ then ,101234 may ha5e attacked #a
-illonerie from the west/ then continued in a , direction into .arentan/ that
means passing the train station and the 7airie1,cole(
Regarding #ipton8s account a*o5e/ it is )uite interesting( & would like to see
some pictures of these houses that he descri*es 9 with the outside staircase
leading to the 0nd floor( $&n Band of Brother/ this *ecomes the *ig factory
which has a sniper on the staircase/ and #ipton runs in to clear the factory/
after that he is wounded outside the factory( -ut in this respect/ & think -o- is
not accurate('
FightinginCarentan
Anyway/ the only factory & can find in .arentan at that time was the :loria milk
factory which is in the , of .arentan/ near the ri5er port/ which is totally
opposite to the direction that ,asy .ompany arri5ed in .arentan(
;his is an e+cerpt on .arentan from the US Army official history <From Utah
-each to .her*ourg<
"The .d attalion (,/0th)! meanwhile! had mo#ed out astride the main road
leading into Carentan from the southwest. It recei#ed harassing machine1gun
fire and interdictory artillery fire from the south most of the way into town. As
the "attalion entered! it met the 2st attalion! 3/2st Glider Infantry! which had
already come in from the northeast. This unit had pushed a patrol to the edge
of the town "efore dawn! "ut it still faced the enemy rear guard and was
temporarily stopped. At /0// it attacked out of the wood at assin a 4lot and
dro#e rapidly into the center of Carentan. The meeting with the .d attalion!
,/0th 5arachute Infantry! occurred a"out /67/ after a short fight with enemy
stragglers around the railroad station."
-ased on this short e+cerpt/ and the recent disco5ery that this house $located
just south of the le5el crossing opposite the restaurant %esire &ngouf' might *e
the location of the aid station that treated -lithe and Winters(
FightinginCarentan
& think it is correct that ,asy .ompany mo5ed up the Periers road and past the
restaurant %esire &ngouf(
;his picture should *e the Au5ers1Periers crossroads/ with .arentan in the
*ackground(
6n the right side of the road
*ehind the -elgian gate is the
<.afe du Stade< where the 7:=0
was located and near the Para on
the left/ the cd>3" $from
Au5ers'(
;he .afe de ormandie in the ;?
series looks nothing like the real
.afe du Stade@
FightinginCarentan
;he map is a little confusing( ;he red marked route suggests that ,asy
.ompany did not mo5e north into .arentan/ instead mo5ing south towards
Periers(
;he position of the first aid station is also different( Sgt Perry has found out
that the first aid station is not the *uilding near the railroads(
FightinginCarentan
& was puAAled *y the writing on the wall of this *uilding( &t looks like <;A&##,S</
meaning <measures</ *ut that doesn8t make much sense(
,5entually & found thisB
Carentangrows
After 3 weeks' work, here's a status update on Carentan. As you can see, the approach to
Carentan is almost complete.
There should be one more house to the right of Cafe Normandie, and another ruined
shop/house net to the eisting ruined house.
These will be my net builds. After that, ! will ha"e to start thinking about the factory.
#ere are more shots of the town from different angles.
! figured Cafe Normandie should get a backyard since there is one in the $%$.
Three weeks ago
Today
TheRuinedHouse
This house appears on the Band of Brothers Carentan set. It is between the
first ruined house and the factory/warehouse.
This is the house with the chicken coop at the back, where "Shifty" takes cover
from the MG in Cafe de ormandie. !rom this position, Shifty a"so takes out
the sniper on the stairs of the factory. #nfortunate"y, I can$t say if this house
actua""y e%ists in Carentan.
I use &'%&'cm cork f"oor ti"es which you can (et from any bui"din( supp"ies
store for around )#*+' for a pack of +' ti"es. ,ou need + ti"e to bui"d a house
of this si-e. The restaurant in the other thread re.uired & ti"es as it was much
bi((er.
!irst, draw in a"" the doors and windows. This wi"" determine the dimensions of
the house. !or this house, I$ve opted for +./%0./cm windows and 0%1cm doors.
)ach f"oor is /cm hi(h.
TheRuinedHouse
!or the side wa""s, my measurements are 2cm wide % +/cm ta"".
3fter cuttin( out a"" the wa""s, 4ust sketch in the dama(ed areas.
TheRuinedHouse
Cut out the dama(ed areas with a heavy duty pair of scissors and a"" the doors
and windows.
Then ("ue a"" the wa""s to(ether on a &mm thick M5! base. I find that #6# a""7
purpose ("ue works we"".
!or added stren(th, reinforce the corners with 893 ("ue after the #6# has set.
ote that I$ve added the upper f"oor supports on the inner wa""s.
After building the basic house structure, I added the window frames and shutters.
For detailed method on how this is done, see the next part for the House on Place de la
Republique.
TheRuinedHouse
TheRuinedHouse
The ruined roof is fair"y easy :yay; no dormers on this house;;< =ust cut out the
dama(ed part of the roof and use p"astic strips to represent the dama(ed roof
supports.
The roof is removab"e, and so is the upper f"oor. Thus the bui"din( is fu""y
p"ayab"e inside as we"".
TheRuinedHouse
Then add "itt"e rubb"e pi"es usin( broken7up pieces of cork ("ued to(ether with
white ("ue>
3fter the white ("ue sets overni(ht, the house wi"" be ready for the ne%t sta(e 7
maskin(, sprayin( with te%tured paint, and paintin(.
TheRuinedHouse
!ina""y, the comp"eted the house;
I need to make the factory ne%t, then I wi"" see if I need a few more houses
:need some shops< to fi"" up a +0' %+0'cm board.
TheRuinedHouse
TheRuinedHouse
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
Here are some step-by-step photos and instructions on how I build an ordinary
Carentan house.
This is the house on Place de la Republique that I intend to reproduce. I
believe this real house is the inspiration for the house that appears in Band of
Brothers 2 houses to the riht of Cafe !ormandie.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
"irst step is to fiure out where all the doors and windows are. I normally
ma#e each floor $cm hih. The doors are %cm hih and the windows 2.$cm.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
Then cut out the front and bac# walls from the cor#.
&on't use cheap bo( cutters. I use a ood heavy-duty )tanley #nife which cuts
throuh the cor# really easily.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
!e(t do the side walls and cut them out.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
Cuttin out the windows is touh* but a little bit of patience and half an hour
later+
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
I went to the hardware store and found this craft ruler thiny. I wish I had
discovered it earlier. It ma#es measurin and drawin lines and anles such a
bree,e* I'm never usin my old school plastic rulers aain.
This picture shows the ruler set square thiny restin on a piece of -mm thic#
.&" board which I've measured and cut out for the base of this house.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
/nce the base is ready* 0ust stic# all the cor# pieces toether. 1ou can use 2H2
all-purpose lue for a quic# bond* and after the 2H2 has set* reinforce all the
inside corners with P34 white lue to ensure a solid bond.
1ou'll note that I've left a 2cm marin around the edes of the house for the
pavement* which I'll score in later.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
I have no idea why the windows on the second story are set off centre. I've
noticed that not all !orman houses are built symmetrically. .aybe there's a
room there that doesn't need a window* or maybe it's a stairwell.
I found this old postcard on the web showin Carentan's main square with the
556 memorial. "rom the loo# of the cars it could be either late '-7s or 0ust
after the war. 1ou can 0ust ma#e out the house I'm buildin on the e(treme
riht.
The small car on the riht is either a Renault %C3 or a "iat 877. 9oth where
build after 552. That ma#es the photo about late 6:%7s or early 6:$7s.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
This photo is definitely pre-war. Probably 6:27s. The house is partly obscured
by the 556 monument.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
The ne(t step is to ma#e the cor# 0oints less visible.
In my previous buildins* I used normal plastic modellin putty. "or this model*
I'm tryin out a wood filler which I bouht at the hardware store. ;ust squee,e
it out of the tube and use a sculptin tool to spread it over the 0oints*
smoothin it out as you o.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
The window and door frames are cut out from plastic strips. The curved part
above the front door was cut out from a sheet of plastic card.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
;ust to add a bit of interest* I decided to build a small outhouse at the bac#. I
have no idea if the bac# of the actual house loo#s li#e this as I can't find any
photos of the bac#yard.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
The house interiors are all playable* with removable upper floors. The first step
is to lue in cor# supports alon the inside walls.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
Reviewin the photo of the house aain* I noticed that I made a mista#e on
the upper window frames. )o I spent some time to correct it with plastic strips.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
The strip riht at the top of the house has some decorative protrusions. These
were 0ust wedes of plastic cut out from waste strips.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
To do the window shutters* 0ust cut out appropriate si,ed rectanles from
plastic card* and use some strips for the hines.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
!e(t come the doors.
The rear door was cut from a te(tured plastic sheet obtained from a model
train shop.
The front door is cut from plastic card and decorated with plastic strips.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
The chimneys are cut from balsa wood which you can buy in a hobby or &I1
store.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
"or the roof I used te(tured plastic card from the model train store.
;ust measure it and cut it out with a )tanley #nife. &id I say already how much
I love my new )tanley #nife< It cuts throuh plastic* cor# and .&" so easily.
/n the other hand* my old and cheap bo( cutters don't wor# as well and
require a lot more effort to cut.
&on't foret to cut a bit of indentation in the roof to allow for the chimneys=
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
These roof tiles are from Vollmer, a >erman model railroad company. /n
some of my other houses* I used roof tiles by another >erman company called
Auhagen. 1ou could also use other brands* for e(ample the ones stoc#ed by
Antenociti's Workshop.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
!ow comes the part I hate most - ma#in the 2 dormers on the roof. It is quite
a 0ob cuttin out all the small bits of card for each dormer.
4s it requires quite a lot of cuttin* drillin and filin to et it attached to the
roof* ma#e the dormers and fit them on 9?"/R? luin the anle of the roof
toether @I almost forot==A
&ormers are a bloody hassle* but they have to be done=
)tart first with the side walls. 1ou have to et the anle riht* otherwise the
dormer won't sit straiht.
The little tab at the bottom of the side walls is for supportin the dormer on
the roof. Cut a hole in the roof that will fit the tab. This will ensure that the
dormer doesn't slide off while the lue is dryin.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
I ot so stressed buildin the little roof for the dormer* I forot to ta#e photos.
)o here is a photo of the step after the dormer roofs have been built and
fitted.
;oin the main roof toether and add trianular supports to strenthen the
0oint.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
In this photo* you can see what the dormer roof loo#s li#e.
The fiddly part is ettin all the anles riht. I haven't wor#ed out a ood way
to do this yet* so it's all trial and error.
4fter 0oinin all the roof tile pieces toether* hide the uly seams with strips of
card from a corn fla#es bo(.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
4nd the finished product.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
I haven't fitted the ate and arden walls yet as I'm oin to spray the house
with a ranite-te(ture spray.
I'll put in the walls and ate after the te(ture spray has one on. )o the ne(t
step is to mas# off all the windows and doors in preparation for sprayin.
Here's the house all mas#ed* ready to be sprayed with Dupli-Color Granit
Texture spray @r!lon )tone te(ture spray wor#s 0ust as wellA.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
The spray wor#ed* and the fence and ate have been attached.
HouseonPlacedela
Republique
The finished house.
The fences and ate are from "aller* another >erman model railroad
manufacturer.
The "aller fences are H/ scale. I uess they are meant to be full heiht for H/*
but they wor# well as low fences for 2Bmm.
TheFactory
Here is the method for building the factory.
The administration building is made from cork. The building front, sides and
rear are measured as before, and the windows and doors cut out.
Plastic strips are used for all window and door frames. The roof is a textured
plastic sheet from Vollmer, cut to the appropriate size and glued together.
As you can see, the walls are simply cork cut to the required shape and glued
onto !" board in which # ha$e scored a pa$ement pattern with a knife.
TheFactory
The side shed and factory chimney are actually H%&scale 'erman railroad
accessory models.
The shed is actually a locomoti$e shed, so it is tall enough for people in ()mm
scale. *ut the side door on the shed is too small +H% sized, so # had to cut out
a larger door for ()mm people.
TheFactory
"or comparison, here-s a screen shot from *and of *rothers showing the
factory in the background.
*T/, the factory
administration building
resembles the (0th
Artillery barracks in
1arentan.
TheFactory
Carentangrowssome
more
Here's what Carentan looks like so far. I've made a 4'x4' (120 x120cm) board
ot of !"#.
I'm not sre I like the look of it as the $re% is &st a bit too overwhelmin$.
I think it mi$ht be better to se a $rass board with cobblestone streets 'laced
on to'.
Carentangrowssome
more
Shops
Now that I have a load of houses, and a factory, I need some French shops for
my town.
As I already built a house on Carentan's Place de la Republiue, I decide to
build a couple more buildin!s from this famous suare.
"his is a view of the suare after the city was captured by the #$ %&%st
Airborne in %'((.
I decide to build the houses startin! from )Cafe du Pro!res) to the )*orlo!erie,
+i,outerie) and )-eubles)
Shops
*ere's another view of these houses.
Shops
#nfortunately in both these photos, you can't ma.e out the full structure of the
*orlo!erie/-eubles house.
I mana!ed to find this picture showin! a victory parade on Place de la
Republiue, showin! uite clearly what this house loo.s li.e 0on the left1.
Shops
$o usin! the techniue described earlier for buildin! the house with !arden on
Place de la Republiue, I scratch/built these two buildin!s.
It will take me a bit of time to make the roof of the Horlogerie-Meuble house as it has
five(!!) bloody dormers!!
Shops
Shops
TheGame
Here are some photographs of the finished town in use. Miniatures are 28mm
miniatures from Crusader and Artizan Designs.
Products
Companies and products mentioned in the text
Band of Brothers, a book by Stephen Ambrose and a film series by HBO.
ISBN-10: 0!"!#$$0
ISBN-1": $%-0!"!#$$00
&'st type it into Ama(on for a h')e list of the *ario's +,+-Bl'ray sets.
Lead Adventure Forum the online .omm'nity /here this all happened.
http:--///.lead-ad*ent're.de-inde0.php
Matakishi's Tea House my /ebsite /here the ori)inal arti.le is hosted.
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Miniature Building Authority
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Auhagen
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Modulorde
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!erlinden
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!ollmer
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Antenociti's "orkshop
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Faller
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