Clogged Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) From the excellent Tommy's Models Company. Depicts a skirmish fought on 1 September 1914. Part of the retreat from Mons during the early stages of the 1st WW. A single gun of L Battery RHA successfully kept up a steady fire for two and a half hours against a full battery of German artillery. British reinforcements arrived at around 8 am, counter-attacking the German forces and forcing them to retreat; the German division was routed and did not return to combat for several days. Three men of L Battery were awarded the Victoria Crossfor their part in the battle, and the battery itself was later awarded the honour title of "Néry", the only British Army unit to have this as a battle honour. Edited January 11, 2017 by Clogged Wanted to improve intorduction 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I like that a lot mate, there's a lot of nice little details in that diorama that are not immediately apparent - the pictures came out well too Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Like that one. Where did the figures/guns come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Excellent diorama! Great work on the figures and the gun, very impressed. Darby, I believe they are "Tommy's War" https://tommyswar.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbrownra Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Well done - as a former member of L (Néry) Bty can I say that your diorama looks marvellous and a fitting tribute to the courage of Captain Bradbury, BSM Dorrell and Sgt Nelson. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the affair at Néry there is a good description at: http://www.lneryoca.org.uk/page_322793.html This includes a photo of the whole battery taken prior to their departure for France in August 1914. I have always found this moving - just over two weeks later many of those pictured would be dead or wounded. L Bty was decimated at Néry, withdrawn to England and reconstituted in time to join the Gallipoli expedition. But that is another story.... Sorry for thread drift - an excellent diorama, thanks for sharing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogged Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks for the comments. Hopefully my wife and I we'll be able to visit Nery some time in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiesolo Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Superb! Lovely dio, well executed and positioned. Love the quality of the work and the painting, weathering is subtle and enhances it. I couldn't resist so did a couple of B&W too, hope you don't mind? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) Superb and effective dio, and I'm sure that Stix's work on the photos will be appreciated. Damn good stuff! Now, I wouldn't mind some of my dio photos modified, enlarged and printed up for framing! Rearguards, Badder. EDIT.... I meant Eddie's photos. Edited November 3, 2016 by Badder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogged Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Love the effect you achieved eddiesolo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Clogged, you've really made an excellent job of this, the figures and the field gun are exquisite ! ! Every bit of it goes together to make a brilliant dio and Tommy's War have produced a real gem here. BillyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Superbly animated dio,beautifully painted love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I agree with all above - a very finely composed and finished scene of this classic WWI artillery piece and crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I model aircraft but it's work like this that I think I admire most sometimes. Not just so much modelling but also arguably an art form Lovely Great story too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogged Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Thanks for the comments. There are a few things I would improve on. The Tommy Models kit is made of resin which was something fairly new to me. I prefer plastic as the resin parts require more effort to separate and trim cleanly. I managed to lose one of the gunners right arms! therefore I used a replacement arm from another kit but I still left the arm looking a little out of scale. See if you can spot it in the photo. Plus the figures still look too glossy and require more of a matt finish. Finally the tufts of grass could look a little more natural. Tommy's models are fanatstic in detail and sculpture, however the insrtuctions for assembling the gun was challenging to say the least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Superb. Just superb work. And your varied photographic approaches to it are as well. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 That is very impressive. I really like the way you have captured the scene. Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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