Get ready to go over the top (2 Viewers)

[Fitzgibbon]

What with questions of blending and whether to buy cavalry or not, Britains is becoming quite a topic - and almost over the top. We've been busily collecting sandbags and lumber for duckboards, and working out where to come by weathered corrugated iron sheets etc etc. And we'll just have to await the arrival of those limited edition ladders to work out how tall a trench should be...and in the excitement, I noticed this Britains ACW lass who looked like she was amenable to a change of scenery (just for the sake of the exercise); a touch of dry brush and a little dark wash, and she was right at home in the mud and wire, ready to take care of the wounded...

 

[Jack]

You are a magician!

I really like the way a single figure and a vehicle work so well. Good camera angle as well!

 

[waynepoo]

Bob,
You've done it again...nice indeed.:salute::
Wayne.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

You are a magician!

I really like the way a single figure and a vehicle work so well. Good camera angle as well!

Mandrake, I'm not; but I do so like WWI for its broad scope. Anyway, I thought I'd need some trucks to get stuff to the front, but no-one seems to do them; so I consulted my local cigarette dealer for some convertibles...some cartridge paper, wire, PVA and the handy 'green stuff' later, and I had something to cart lumber and ammo...

and I'm hoping some enterprising manufacturer will see the need to improve on my amateurish work and produce some vehicles...taxi to The Marne would not be over the top...and WWI horse drawn vehicles are just wonderful too...what about a field kitchen?
Anyway, it's raining here now and I don't have enough light for photographing my Britains WWI Brits with their new cloth-covered helmets...tomorrow maybe

 

[waynepoo]

Mandrake, I'm not; but I do so like WWI for its broad scope. Anyway, I thought I'd need some trucks to get stuff to the front, but no-one seems to do them; so I consulted my local cigarette dealer for some convertibles...some cartridge paper, wire, PVA and the handy 'green stuff' later, and I had something to cart lumber and ammo...

and I'm hoping some enterprising manufacturer will see the need to improve on my amateurish work and produce some vehicles...taxi to The Marne would not be over the top...and WWI horse drawn vehicles are just wonderful too...what about a field kitchen?
Anyway, it's raining here now and I don't have enough light for photographing my Britains WWI Brits with their new cloth-covered helmets...tomorrow maybe

Now I have seen you truck before but not from that angle, well done again.
Wayne.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Now I have seen you truck before but not from that angle, well done again.
Wayne.

For the sake of a calmer suit-ra on truckin', here they are from yet another angle

...and not happy with the canvas on the lead truck, so am in process of re-surfacing...

...but they size really well with the Britains Brits - and you'll have to wait for the sun to come out to see whaqt I mean.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Britains Brits take on Britains Germans

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

Britains Brits take on Britains Germans

Very good photo's mate .Simmo.

 

[waynepoo]

Bob, well done, the helmet covers work a treat mate.
Wayne.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Before the truck was rolled...

 

[Jack]

Impressive. I assume that you have used the AWM has your inspiration, which from memory was your plan.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Impressive. I assume that you have used the AWM has your inspiration, which from memory was your plan.

Thanks Jack; 'plan' is probably a grand term at this stage - more of a pastiche of ideas whose ultimate form is still a works in progress.
The vehicles were inspired by "1916" AWM publication that I purchased at TheMenin Gate (and with a little supply help from the cigarette shop), and the longer term goal remains a dio of Sausage Valley's supply road that is featured in the same publication.

 

[Jack]

Thanks Jack; 'plan' is probably a grand term at this stage - more of a pastiche of ideas whose ultimate form is still a works in progress.
The vehicles were inspired by "1916" AWM publication that I purchased at TheMenin Gate (and with a little supply help from the cigarette shop), and the longer term goal remains a dio of Sausage Valley's supply road that is featured in the same publication.

Your planning will probably be more effective than the thinking which underpinned the actual attack that you are representing. How many vehicles are you looking to use for Sausage Valley?

We might have a Marne taxi before then. You want ten and I want three - how many would Andy need to sell when he has thirteen already spoken for?

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Ah yes; the Marne Taxis - well that's another story; a purely French story and very evocative. But Sausage Valley was a place of some diversity (mostly Australian diversity) - I think I could do it justice with another truck and a horsedrawn vehicle...and a Field Kitchen - this could take some inventiveness since my cigarette store won't get any more $7-50 convertibles (note: they are RH Drive). Britains are doing the battlefield figures but not much around for logistic support - drivers, cooks, mule skinners etc, even warriors in non-battlefield poses{sm2} - will probably come down to figure conversions. Should be worth the effort though.{sm4}

 

[Fitzgibbon]

One more push lads! Give 'em hell!

 

[waynepoo]

Ah yes; the Marne Taxis - well that's another story; a purely French story and very evocative. But Sausage Valley was a place of some diversity (mostly Australian diversity) - I think I could do it justice with another truck and a horsedrawn vehicle...and a Field Kitchen - this could take some inventiveness since my cigarette store won't get any more $7-50 convertibles (note: they are RH Drive). Britains are doing the battlefield figures but not much around for logistic support - drivers, cooks, mule skinners etc, even warriors in non-battlefield poses{sm2} - will probably come down to figure conversions. Should be worth the effort though.{sm4}

I think these are some of the photos that have inspired your ideas for Sausage valley, you've got one truck already.
Wayne.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Yep, them's the ones! We drove along the "Sacred Way" at Verdun last year and the story made the hair stand up on the back of my neck (yeah, I do still have some); so next year, we go check out the Somme in some detail.

 

[Terp152]

Great work. {bravo}} Chris

 

[jazzeum]

Very well done. The backdrop seems to work in seamlessly with the figures and trucks.

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Thanks everyone for the comments.
Wayne, this is the second vehicle with its inspiration from the Hurley photo of Australian troops passing the Cloth Hall in Ypres

As you can see (despite the photographic disguise{sm2}), I could do with a few more toy vehicles to practice on. The underside brand seems to be CCC - made in China - a 'pull-back' drive toy. Lucky with the scale as you can see{sm4}.