Lewis Gunners

[John]

I'm awaiting some bits and pieces to finish my 51st HD Sergeant and in the meantime I've started another small WW1-themed diorama.

 

About a month ago I was at a talk about my home town during WW1. The speaker was an old friend, who I've known for over 30 years. During the talk he mentioned that he had a great-Uncle who had been a Lewis Gunner for most of the War. He survive and lived the rest of his life in, I believe, the Highlands of Scotland. I hadn't heard my friend mention his uncle before but it set me thinking.

 

I remembered that the Master Box British Infantry Somme Battle Period was essentially a Lewis Gun section:

 

http://www.mbltd.info/35146.htm

 

I ordered a set from the Big H and started to think about basing them. I have a small number of 10cmx21cm MDF bases so I decided to use one of these. I then headed to Hobbycraft and picked up the Tamiya Brick Wall set. The idea was to recreate a damaged agricultural or industrial building that the soldiers were using for shelter. I also have a box of wooden coffee stirrers that are good for structural woodwork and floors:

 

35199125_205357173612265_6739784623594668032_o by John Walker, on Flickr

 

I used the brick wall panels where I could but I also razor-sawed out individual bricks or sets of 2 or 3 as needed to create some interesting shapes. Sawing out the bricks kept the size and shape consistent:

 

35076764_205358583612124_5484046708637696000_o by John Walker, on Flickr

 

IMG_20180613_144356 by John Walker, on Flickr

 

John

 

[clive_t]

Looking forward to seeing this develop

[Ozzy]

Nice start John,

[SA80A2AR]

hope this turnes out to be amazing (it will)