Modelling World War 1

[Kiteman]

me too!

[zak]

I have now finished my Clayton and Shuttleworth Steam waggon, here are a few pictures.

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[zak]

Front view as well.

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[Bigkev]

Excellentio!!

Bigkev

[Kiteman]

The effort has worn you out, you can`t spell Shuttelworth any more! A most excellent model once again. I am out of english superlatives to describe your work so I´ll give you one in German, ausgezeichnet! If you want it translating throw it in a translation machine.

[zak]

I have been building a 9.2 in siege howitzer in 1/35 and it is coming along well. I cannot find any appropriate gun crew in 1/35 and came across this STRELETS-R kit of one in 1/72 scale together with crew, great I thought.
Those of you who were at the meeting last night will now realise how disappointed I was. The moulding was poor, the instruction vague and the polythene figures just about ok.
Well here it is. The plastic seemed almost impervious to my chosen solvent(Slater's MEK), so other avenues were explored - Tamiya thin and EMA plastic weld worked best.  I suppose I could just have reached for the superglue. I rebuilt the wheels for raising and traversing the gun as you will see.

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[zak]

Here is the 1/35 scratch built version that needs details added.

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[zak]

More Strelets 1/72 scale.
It does look a bit busy, but I guess it would be.

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[Kiteman]

It all looks good to me, and yes it would have been very busy during a siege!

[zak]

Back to 1/35 and my scratch built 9.2 in howitzer.
Bought some figures from Masterbox and hope they will fit nicely around my howitzer with a little converting.
The gun needs some painting and weathering.

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[Bigkev]

Another masterpiece nearly finished.
After seeing you with that WWI information at Darlington, I know there's plenty more goodies still to come!
Bigkev

[zak]

I was thinking of forming my own battalion and going off to war, need a steam roller to flatten the road and a few more bits and pieces.

[Kiteman]

...could that be the next project?

[zak]

I have just ordered a kit and am waiting for it to arrive, it is not a steam roller though - maybe later.
Why, oh why, is the post so slow?

[Kiteman]

It´s not that the post is slow...it`s the waiting that is long