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Above: An M-10 Tank Destroyer stops on the Hills of St. Cloud, just outside of Paris, on August
25, 1944. The crews of the M-10 and the Jeep are awed by their first look at the City of Light sprawled before them in all
its splendor. The M-10 was built by GMC and armed with a high velocity 3 inch anti aircraft gun. The gun was mounted in an
open turret, itself mounted on the chassis of the M-4A2 Sherman tank. This scene is based on a real street in St. Cloud. The
streets are clay, the sidewalks balsa wood, the groundwork is Celluclay and the stone walls are Celluclay with aquarium stones
set in the clay while still wet. The M-10 is Tamiya, and the jeep and gun I believe are Monogram. The
sign above the street reads "Happy Welcome for you Allies", and is an authentic reproduction of a sign I have in photos of
that great day for France. The graveyard has names on the headstones. I was feeling a bit "humorously morbid" that day, so
I named the dead after infamous French serial killers, such as the 19th century Paris killer Landru.
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Above: A view of the whole project.
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Above: A Frenchman, his daughter and their dog. The man carries French bread and a miniature version of Paris
Soir, a Parisian Newspaper. The date on the paper is August 25, 1944. The street is named after
my mother, France Asaban.
Above: The rear deck of the M-10, complete with a case of French Calvados wine (scratch made from balsa wood)
and a case of C-rations. Note the billboard full of German propaganda posters in the background. This
street is named after my father, Maurice Asaban.
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