Dynamo Models 35314 \u2013 1\/35 Otto Funk \u2013 12. SS Panzer Division \u2013 Rots, Normandy 1944 is a historically inspired figure based on one of the best-known photographic sequences of German soldiers from the Normandy campaign. Sculpted by Forghi, the figure depicts the young SS-Sturmmann Otto Funk carrying an ammunition box with an MG42 slung over his shoulder, wearing camouflage clothing and a camouflage-covered helmet. Produced in light-grey resin, the model closely follows the recognizable appearance recorded in photographs taken at Rots on 9 June 1944.<\/p>\n
Otto Funk was born on 6 June 1926 and had just turned eighteen when Allied forces landed in Normandy. In June 1944 he served with the 15. (Aufkl\u00e4rungs-) Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25<\/strong>, part of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division \u201cHitlerjugend.\u201d<\/p>\n On 9 June, Funk and other members of his unit were photographed at Rots, northwest of Caen, following fighting connected with the German attacks around Norrey-en-Bessin. The surviving images show exhausted soldiers resting and moving through the village after several days of combat. Funk appears carrying MG42 ammunition equipment and became one of the most recognizable individuals in this photographic series.<\/p>\n The photographs provide an unusually precise reference for modelers wishing to reconstruct a specific person, location and moment during the Normandy campaign rather than create a generic German infantry figure.<\/p>\n The 12th SS Panzer Division was a Waffen-SS formation. Its Normandy record also includes documented war crimes against Canadian prisoners of war following D-Day, an important part of the historical context of the division.<\/p>\n DYM-35314 depicts Otto Funk standing in the appearance visible in the Rots photographic series. The sculpt includes camouflage trousers and a matching hooded camouflage smock, field equipment around the waist, a camouflage-covered helmet, an ammunition box carried at his side and an MG42 machine gun slung over his shoulder.<\/p>\n These details make the figure particularly recognizable as Funk rather than a generic grenadier. The relaxed but exhausted posture is also appropriate to the original photographic setting, where members of the unit were recorded during a pause following the fighting.<\/p>\n The figure was sculpted by Forghi<\/strong> and is produced in light-grey resin as part of Dynamo Models\u2019 current 1\/35 figure range.<\/p>\n Otto Funk is particularly suited to a Rots or Normandy 1944 diorama. Stone walls, narrow village lanes, damaged buildings and dense roadside vegetation can reproduce the environment visible in the period photographs.<\/p>\n The figure can be displayed alone as a small historical vignette or combined with other members of the Dynamo Models Rots series, including Max W\u00fcnsche, Rudolf von Ribbentrop and other 12th SS Panzer Division figures.<\/p>\n A carefully researched scene based directly on the surviving photographs offers the strongest historical presentation.<\/p>\n DYM-35314 is a 1\/35 resin figure supplied for assembly and painting. Fine details such as camouflage clothing, helmet cover, field equipment, MG42 and ammunition box provide multiple areas for detailed painting and controlled weathering.<\/p>\n Period photographs are particularly useful for establishing the overall appearance, while subtle dust and dirt can help integrate the figure into a Normandy roadside or ruined-village setting.<\/p>\n This figure is intended for experienced WWII figure painters, Normandy campaign modelers and builders interested in recreating identifiable subjects from historical photography.<\/p>\n It is especially suitable for collectors building the wider Dynamo Models Rots 1944 series or creating a historically researched Normandy vignette.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dynamo Models DYM-35314 Otto Funk is a 1\/35 resin figure based on the famous photographs taken at Rots, Normandy, on 9 June 1944. Sculpted by Forghi, the figure depicts the eighteen-year-old SS-Sturmmann with camouflage uniform, helmet cover, MG42 and ammunition box, making it a highly specific subject for historically focused Normandy 1944 dioramas.<\/p>\n Ce qui est inclus :<\/strong><\/p>\nD\u00e9tails et r\u00e9alisme des figurines et v\u00e9hicules<\/h3>\n
Utilisation en diorama et en affichage<\/h3>\n
Mat\u00e9riel et personnalisation<\/h3>\n
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