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Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh
Building a common UK or Canadian Carrier is just fine with me. The idea was the factories made them by the thousands, and there is more than enough room for variation across the range. For example, the CWM has a Mk I beside a Mk II. Easy to compare one to the other and back.
I think some of the old fellas would rise in rightous fury that you were giving the Jerries much credability by putting an effort into duplicating a captured vehicle. A colleague of mine was researching Canadian soldiers who deserted and collaborated with the Nazis. He had very limited success finding out their stories. Almost every door was closed. The lure of the Crooked Cross was strong for these half-dozen guys, but they were hung as traitors (truely) after the war. Not something that sat well with ANYONE who knew or served with them.
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I considered that as part of my selection process, however I think I can defuse any concerns by discussion of the events that led to the capture and the reality that the Germans used many captured vehicles. As well it is certainly likely to attrack more folks over to our display area.
I had the same sort of situation when I flew R/C aircraft. One of my aircraft was an FW-190D and I did have the odd question about Nazi equipment. I simply pointed out that war requires at least two opposing forces and I believe it serves to better illustrate the magnitude of our forces Victory and sacrifices to be aware of the calibre of equipment they faced.
We already get the general - you are glorifying war - comments which we treat very carefully (lest we forget), especially now that we have forces in harms way.
Thanks for your comments. I have plenty of time to consider them since to get to a captured carrier, I still have to get to the completed carrier stage first.
Jeff