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JimWeb · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: Spotted at Samur

Okay - conversation piece....

bsmart · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:50 am Post subject: Re: Spotted at Samur

Now that is a movie prop I don't think I've seen before.

What does the sign say?

Roy_A_Lingle · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: Re: Spotted at Samur

Hi Folks!

"A" movie prop? Check out that vehicle to the right, I think that is a US Halftrack under that v-mod make up.

I cann't read the sign, but the layout reminds me of the type used at the French musuem. (Sorry, forgot the title of the thread!)

Very Interesting photo Jim.
Sgt, Scouts Out!

bsmart · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Spotted at Samur

Modified halftracks are a movie and TV staple, actually that is more modification than you often see,

But an M-24 redone to look like a Panzer? It looks like a longer gun than standard also

Roy_A_Lingle · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Spotted at Samur

Hi Bob! Hi Folks!

- bsmart

But an M-24 redone to look like a Panzer? It looks like a longer gun than standard also

From a model builer's view point, looks like a seam line along the bottom of gun tube.

It's one thing to see a M47 painted up to look like a Panther or Tiger. However if I saw a M24 playing the part of a German heavy weight, I think I would fall out of my chair with laughter. Laughing

Sgt, Scouts Out!

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: Spotted at Samur

- Roy_A_Lingle

However if I saw a M24 playing the part of a German heavy weight, I think I would fall out of my chair with laughter.

Sgt, Scouts Out!

...complete with bb-resistant side-skirt armor and the innovative 45-degree muzzle brake. Wink

Garry_Redmon · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Spotted at Samur

The vismod M-24 is from the movie "Is Paris Burning?" There were two or three modified for the movie. They were later used for the movie "Night of the Generals."

I really like "Is Paris Burning?" It was a French-made movie with American stars to enhance its international interest. Kirk Douglas (Patton), Glenn Ford (Ike), Tony Perkins and Orson Welles (Swedish consul) to name a few. I recommend it.

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Spotted at Samur

- Garry_Redmon

The vismod M-24 is from the movie "Is Paris Burning?" There were two or three modified for the movie. They were later used for the movie "Night of the Generals."

I really like "Is Paris Burning?" It was a French-made movie with American stars to enhance its international interest. Kirk Douglas (Patton), Glenn Ford (Ike), Tony Perkins and Orson Welles (Swedish consul) to name a few. I recommend it.

So did I. The soundtrack is by Maurice Jarre and will be instantly familiar to anyone who ever saw "Grand Prix" (most of us, I imagine).

The only thing I thought was unfairly done was the portrayal of Dietrich von Choltitz by Gert Frobe as kind of boobish...when in fact Choltitz had a very distinguished combat record and bore significant responsibility for preserving the city at risk of his own life, considering who he worked for:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...n_Choltitz

"He was released from Allied captivity in 1947. Dietrich von Choltitz died in November 1966 due to a longstanding war illness in the city hospital of Baden-Baden. He was buried at the city cemetery of Baden-Baden in the presence of high-ranking French officers. Baden-Baden was the post-WWII French headquarters in Germany.

David_Clark · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 36

- Roy_A_Lingle

if I saw a M24 playing the part of a German heavy weight, I think I would fall out of my chair with laughter.

Not exactly heavy weights Roy, but Tobruk is attacked by German M24s in Desert Rats starring Richard Burton and lots of Aussie actors.

One M24 eludes the cunning trap set by the Aussie gunners but is knocked out by an M8 Greyhound.

Regards

David

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