Hello to you all

[Colditz]

Originally Posted by Isaac

Tell us about your paper modeling.

Did you choose the Colditz name in reference to the glider used in the escape from the German WW2 prison?

Isaac

Issac,

Not so much for the glider as the castle itself. You might say I consider myself of
Oflag IVC. I have several books and magazine articles, one game and two resin gliders (I plan the Frankenstein the best parts of the two to make one good one). I have looked for years to find a paper model of Colditz and never found even the mention of one, oh well.

[Colditz]

Thanks to all of you who have made me feel welcome here, it is appreciated.

[Hely]

Did you find that paper kit of Oflag IV-C yet? It's a subject which has always fascinated me, too; a very good book to look out for is the "Osprey" paperback.

[Colditz]

Hely,

I haven't found hide nor hair of any model of Colditz. I find that odd considering the history of the castle. I'm going to keep looking, thinking I might have learn how to design a paper model.

I'll check out the Osprey book you mentioned, thank you very much.

Best regards,

[Burning Beard]

Fiddler's Green has a model of the Colditz Glider.

Beard

[Hely]

By Michael McNally, illustrated by Peter Dennis, from Osprey Publishing;

ISBN 978-1-84603-583-8

Contains lots of photos of the building then and now, plus a very useful and interesting top-down cutaway view, drawn and painted by Peter Dennis.

[Hely]

Do you play pc games? If so, have you come across this one? If you succeed in escaping from the two preceding camps you get sent to Colditz!



The game makes a reasonable fist of the castle environment: you get a really good immersive experience with this one.

[Colditz]

Thanks for the heads up Hely. No, I've never seen that particular game. Going to have to haunt a few of the used game stores in town to see what I can scare up.