'Holy Roller' & 'Death Takes A Holiday' (Big & Small, edition 1)
Hello again DU'ers,
Thought I'd start a new series of pics on the theme of 'big & small', whereby I post a pic of a scale model of a particular subject alongside the actual full-size object itself.
So with that in mind, here are couple pics of "Holy Roller" - a recently-restored WWII 'Sherman' tank of the 1st Hussars Regiment (2nd Canadian Armored Brigade) on display in London, Ontario.
Alongside Holy Roller is "Death Takes a Holiday", my radio control model of a Fort Garry Horse 'Sherman Firefly' (a variant of the Sherman with a longer barreled 17-pounder cannon).
Both Shermans (full-sized original & radio control model) are vehicles of the 2nd Canadian Armored brigade.
The 1st Hussars was the first regiment within the brigade. The Fort Garry Horse was the second.
Note the unit markings on the fronts of the vehicles:
'Holy Roller' with 'Death Takes a Holiday' in the foreground:
The historical significance of "Holy Roller" is that it was the only tank within the 1st Canadian Hussars to survive & complete the entire campaign in Northwest Europe from D-Day to VE-Day.
'Death Takes A Holiday' in front of 'Holy Roller's' running gear:
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Your models are, except for their diminutive size, perfect replicas of their originals. I can believe you did quite a lot of painstaking work on them.
Thank you so much for sharing them!
I look forward to seeing what else you have planned.
It's a labor of love.
The biggest challenge with this particular model was finding decals for a Canadian WW2 tank in 1/16 scale & fitting the gun barrel.
Definitely plan to post more 'editions' soon.
Thanks again!
Looking forward to future installments.
Planning on doing future installments soon 
And for checking out my post. It's a labor of love.
