WW1 projects (1 Viewer)

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Hi All,

Just dusting off the WW1 projects I had wanted to do. The pics below are mainly Scalelink ordinance all fixed up and with some modification.
For the tipper wagon, I wanted to do it with a French soldier who had brought waste to the end of the track to a dumping ground, but I can locate that picture.
The Lewis mg had to have its muzzle modified to look the part. the gunsight was usually not attached for the battle but for aerial combat. But it looks nice
The Russian Maxim is an old IR miniatures casting. Not a great kit and I had converted it slightly. I also replaced the handle with bent wire. I'll be lowering the shield profile further.

 

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Discovered that I actually had converted two Lewis guns in two different configurations. The scalelink castings are overally quite accurate but the gun muzzles are wrong.

 

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For the Russian Maxim gun, the opening was partly covered with putty. When hardened, the putty was filed flat to simulate a lower opening. The upper part of the shield was filed down.

 

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I then rummaged further into my WWI hoard. Found this Verlinden officer with a detached boot, which was reattached. It represents a WWII French officer in 1/35 scale.

I've decided to convert this into a WWI French Officer in 1/32 scale. So, all the bits were detached and putty was added in between to raise the height and broaden the torso. The head was repositioned.

 

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I also came across several vintage car kits which I've decided to build and place inside my WWI display. These are 1/32 scale and are not bad representational models of the era.

Model Ford T, Aubiquitous vehicle, and a Renault car, which could represent one of the Marne taxis.

 

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I've started painting the Ford T and completed constructing the Renault car. This is a limousine and is not the Marne taxi model which has a shorter chassis. Both models are very well engineered and the parts are very crisp with little flash, despite the moulds being more than 50 years old!

Two simple yet elegant models for my WWI display.

 

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I also took out various other small arms and painted them.

 

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WIP on the French officer. Quite a bit of additional sculpting required to resize 1/35 to 1/32.

This will be a mounted officer as he is wearing jodhpurs.

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Great Fire power.....now you need to add the troops....:salute:::salute:::salute:::salute:::salute::

QUOTE=blaster;886356]I also took out various other small arms and painted them.

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[Artillery_crazy]

Very nice sample of an officer in smart outfit......
Attached are a few pics for inspiration.....


WIP on the French officer. Quite a bit of additional sculpting required to resize 1/35 to 1/32.

This will be a mounted officer as he is wearing jodhpurs.

View attachment 261739

 

[semperrandyfi]

Very nice sample of an officer in smart outfit......
Attached are a few pics for inspiration.....View attachment 261740View attachment 261741View attachment 261742


WIP on the French officer. Quite a bit of additional sculpting required to resize 1/35 to 1/32.

This will be a mounted officer as he is wearing jodhpurs.

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French& AEF rifle grenadiers..never been done..here.Also ,37mm Gun teams pulling that critter into action or firing .French combat engineers with flamethrowers.

 

[blaster]

Hello Luiz and Semperrandyfi,

Thanks for your inputs and great photos.

Luiz, your collection really is inspirational, reminding me of Roy Dilley's WWI collection which I have seen in the old magazines and books.

I'm probably trying to achieve that with an eclectic mixture of model and toy soldier style. Hence the period cars are being painted. I'm just developing one shelf to this display.

Here's the French Officer, based on a Chasseur Afrique uniform. I'm adding pockets to his tunic. The cane is simply a bent wire.

 

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I've assembled the officer ready for painting.

 

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The two cars are more or less completed. I will add glass windows later. I've posed them with a converted Segom/Airfix figure for scale purposes.

 

[Obee]

One looks like a Marne Taxi from 1914 ???

I painted one for a local collector, it's a Mach2 1/35 scale resin kit.

John

 

[blaster]

Hi John,

Yours look to be the correct Marne taxi model. Mine is a limousine and it has a longer wheel chassis.

I try to keep my WWI scale to be a constant 1/32-130, based on the ordinance.
Hence I am missing out on a lot of recent 1/35 scale plastic and resin WWI models which, although very attractive, would not suit my collection.

Rgds Victor

 

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I've completed the conversion of the French officer and mounted him on a small paved base.

 

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I took out another old car kit and completed it. Moulded details indicate this was made in 1953. Amazing details for its age.
Nice sleek looking vehicle, could serve as a car for some of the German or Austrian top brass.

 

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I thought that this Merc could be converted into a Graf & Stift vehicle which has a similar overall look. This latter car was the one used by the Archduke when he was assasinated. However, it seems like a lot of work to ring in the details.

 

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I'm slowly building up these two artillery pieces (Mountford Miniatures). The Gatling gun and a mountain 3.7 inch howitzer. Rather complex kits with many parts with each step requiring careful alignment and epoxy resin glue. I seriously cannot recommend these kits to beginners and take my hat off to people like John Obee for having the skills and patience to build up these metal kits.
Although not used in WW1, the kits are of the same vintage period and I've put them here until I think of a suitable thematic project for either of them.