wlaidlaw Posted June 14, 2017 Share #2181 Posted June 14, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ouvrage Hackenberg - my forensic eye matched up the stains on the wall, despite the heroic (and understandable) efforts to delete the tell-tale signage. http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/84266591.jpg I'm curious - was that heavy, insulator-mounted metal bar across the whole front above the doors and windows an electrified defence system? Or a detector of some kind? Or just an exposed power line? Andy, I asked exactly the same question and just got blank looks. You are totally correct, the Hackenberg Ouvrage. Having just read the history of the Maginot line, what a sad litany of errors, not helped by France being stabbed in the back by Leopold III of Belgium's cancellation of the joint defence strategy in 1934 and absurd declaration of neutrality. Obviously another leader who learns nothing from history. This would have built a series of jointly manned forts on Belgium's much more defensible eastern frontier, rather than the hopless task of building in the flat and boggy Pas de Calais. The other major problem was the over-centralisation of French military command, which allowed little to no room for manoeuvre for field commanders, to permit flexible defense of the gaps between the grand ouvrages. When central command suffered from terminal indecision and paralysis, the field commands just froze, awaiting orders, which rarely if ever arrived. The Hackenberg Ouvrage is well worth a visit. They have got most of its internal narrow gauge electric railway running again. It was in action again in late 1944, manned by the Wermacht, fighting against Patton's tank corps. It held the progress up for some time, while only manned by a tiny number of troops. Your turn Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 14, 2017 Posted June 14, 2017 Hi wlaidlaw, Take a look here "Do you know this building?" Game Thread. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
adan Posted June 15, 2017 Share #2182 Posted June 15, 2017 Let see what happens with this. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3295743'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 15, 2017 Share #2183 Posted June 15, 2017 I think this might be a model village. The only one I know in the UK is in Bourton-in-the-Water. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 15, 2017 Share #2184 Posted June 15, 2017 Beefeater accommodation at the Tower of London 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted June 15, 2017 Share #2185 Posted June 15, 2017 Mike got it. Although in this scale, the Guardsman does look a bit like a wax model... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 15, 2017 Share #2186 Posted June 15, 2017 Mike got it. Although in this scale, the Guardsman does look a bit like a wax model... I've always imagined it wouldn't be much fun to live in these, surrounded by tourists at all times, at least thew bulk of their living quarters is outside the keep and not accessible by the public. I'll see what I can dig out in the way of a building this evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #2187 Posted June 16, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Name this building: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3296398'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2017 Share #2188 Posted June 16, 2017 Spot the cathedral. Washington National, DC? If you had been pointing the other way I would have known from its rose window. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #2189 Posted June 16, 2017 Spot the cathedral. Washington National, DC? If you had been pointing the other way I would have known from its rose window. Wilson No, not the National Cathedral. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted June 16, 2017 Share #2190 Posted June 16, 2017 It looks new-ish - so clean and well lit. And it has an Anglican flavour... And it appears to be a Cathedral (visible Bishop's Throne). North America? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #2191 Posted June 16, 2017 Yes, in North America. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 21, 2017 Share #2192 Posted June 21, 2017 Any more guesses? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted June 21, 2017 Share #2193 Posted June 21, 2017 Not St John The Divine, NYC...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 21, 2017 Share #2194 Posted June 21, 2017 Not St. John the Divine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted June 21, 2017 Share #2195 Posted June 21, 2017 Is this church in New York? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 21, 2017 Share #2196 Posted June 21, 2017 It is in New York. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted June 21, 2017 Share #2197 Posted June 21, 2017 Well, next best guess - St Patrick's Cathedral... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 21, 2017 Share #2198 Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) St Patrick's it is. Edited to say I have better photos but this was all I could find on my phone of the exterior. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited June 21, 2017 by mikemgb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted June 22, 2017 Share #2199 Posted June 22, 2017 Ya, and furthermore, Hoo. I'll find something tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted June 22, 2017 Share #2200 Posted June 22, 2017 OK. This may be no challenge to some. The name of the building would be a minimum, and a little more salient detail will get you a small discount on something you don't really want. If you can correctly provide the name and serial number of the lens I used, there will be an honourable mention in my Christmas Card list. BTW. I will be on the road Friday - Sunday so responses may lack haste. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3300550'>More sharing options...
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