Little Contemptibles - under the line World War I trench warfare - Part I (1 Viewer)

[mrsc94]

Hi all!

I bought another WWI set the other day from a place in New Zealand called Wing Nuts. I thought I would post some pics for other WWI collectors to look at! I thought it was a very unique diorama showing how each side would dig tunnels under No Man's land and would frequently come upon each other. There was a movie recently done (forgot the name) about a group of Australian miners who would dig such tunnels in order to pack explosives under the German lines in an attempt to blow huge openings in the trench system. The package came in very heavy as its a very solid piece and had very nice and secure packing as shown in the first two pics. Its packed very well for the long shipment from New Zealand and believe it or not, shipping is free! Not a bad deal for international shipping. The next two pics show the front and back. The diorama itself is taller than it is wide. Its only about three inches wide so the back of the display does have cut outs to fix the base to a cabinet if so desired. I have kids so I may have to fix mine at some point! So here it goes.

 

[marco55]

That's a fine kit.I've seen it on Wingnuts website.I think there's another nice diorama kit too if I'm not mistaken.I may be wrong but isn't this Peter Jackson's company?
Mark

 

[Raider]

I've seen this before,very cool.This is Peter Jackson's company,Wing nut Wings.Mr. Jackson is a WW1 enthusiast.Thanks for sharing,enjoy the set.

 

[marco55]

Yeah I thought it was Jackson's.I saw on the Perry's brothers website WWI figures that Jackson commissioned them to do.
Mark

 

[mrsc94]

Wow, I did not know that this was Peter Jackson's company. I had heard a while back that he was a big collector but it didn't register with me even though the company is based in New Zealand.