WWI Combi Shadowbox /trench dio (pic heavy and a bit long - winded...) Now with replacement pics

[Steven]

Hmm the internet seems to be eating my pics.... will post newones in the posts where they are missing

[Steven]

lot of working not alot of building but I did manage to make some silent pickets whch will be used alongside some other supplies to fill empty spaces in the trench
some are glued togheter and will bundled
pic also shows the jig i used

more pics tomorrow

[Steven]

I bit of supplies filling an empty space between the walking wounded and guy with a bucket

[Steven]

the trench is being gradually populated only ones not permanently fixed are guard and head wound

Added a very essential piece of kit when you re entrenched - a ladder

and some silent pickets - not sure if they should be moved to the area around the crates

[Steven]

still detailing the trench further:

Pickets are fixed, tools are on trial - what do you think? I am thinking it goes well with the ladder and pickets - all collected and ready for some hapless working party to go over the top and repair - or enlarge - the Wire


connecting boards bridging the gaps between the duckboards - on trial - go no go ? gaps are not terribly large and would be easily crossed by taking a long stride but to the unattentive soldier moving about in a trench with no lights, a night they would pose a problem - I think I will keep them.





Thanks for looking - comments are welcomed :-)

[Andy Belsey]

Glad that I can continue to follow your build Steven.

[monica]

great work,on this one,Steven, loving the detail,and some think the eye catchers each time you re-look,:smiling:

[BigGreg]

the attention to the details... gives you immedaitely the smell of mud and dirty wet clothes .... i cannot even imagine the horrible living condition that those men endured... WELL DONE

[Steven]

Glad that I can continue to follow your build Steven.

Glad that I can continue to follow your build Steven.

Thanks - likewise mate :smiling3: are you joining the WWI GB?

[Steven]

the attention to the details... gives you immedaitely the smell of mud and dirty wet clothes .... i cannot even imagine the horrible living condition that those men endured... WELL DONE

great work,on this one,Steven, loving the detail,and some think the eye catchers each time you re-look,:smiling:

Mon and Greg, Thanks guys I am glad you like it - sometimes i feel like I am adding too many details

[Guest]

Steven.
Absolutely stunning build, yes keep those boards :thumb2:
Agree with Greg about the trench and the mud, hell, just pure hell .
John.

[Steven]

Thanks John - I am watching your Stalingrad - dio absolutely great stuff - coming together very well:thumb2:
will keep the boards - I should have planned better ahead:rolling: first tommy has his left foot on the edge of the duckboard had I had the foresight I would have placed the two a bit further back on the duckboard allowing me to place the bridging boards more naturally - but, oh well :smiling2:

[Andy Belsey]

Glad that I can continue to follow your build Steven.

Thanks - likewise mate :smiling3: are you joining the WWI GB?

I’d like to but doubt that I could finish anything. Time is pretty short at the moment.

[Guest]

Thanks John - I am watching your Stalingrad - dio absolutely great stuff - coming together very well:thumb2:
will keep the boards - I should have planned better ahead:rolling: first tommy has his left foot on the edge of the duckboard had I had the foresight I would have placed the two a bit further back on the duckboard allowing me to place the bridging boards more naturally - but, oh well :smiling2:

Cheers Steven , nearly there.
Think we all see thing we would change , but don't you find that a dio grows as you proceed, often resulting in additions that were never planned.
John

[Steven]

I thought I would show you how the dio looks with the two halves joined together for a dry run - Front view:


wires will disappear as will the tamiya tape :smiling4:

I managed to make the bridging boards look more natural - now it looks a bit more like he is stepping onto one of them



some glue sheens to dull down and I need to weather the tools next to the Hun but we are getting there....