stevej60 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Hi folk's,WWI is a subject I've been fascinated with for year's,recent delving into my families history has revealed how many member's served throughout it's five year's my Grandfather was an artilleryman,Great Grandfather served in the Canadian army as a tunneller then engineer and Great Uncle died in the mud of Passchendaele in November 1917 add in brother's we are into double figure;s as a family.I tried to be a bit different when it came to choose a subject aircraft would be the preffered object but decided on confronting my weakest modelling skill figure's. I then decided on a theme of Mons where the British army fired the first shot's of the great war in 1914 with a simple vignette using ICM's infantry and Masterbox's farm cart on a simple base and some scenic's. That's the plan I still need to order/buy the kit's but doubt I'll start till after the holidays in a few week's,now I then decided to bookend this build with another vignette Mons 1918,probably with ICM's later equipped British infantry on a matching sized base this time with some kind of building or structure to represent the last shot's of the great war which although many year;s apart happened in tha same area.As soon as I plan the kit's I'll update the thread. Edited July 13, 2018 by stevej60 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Great idea for a project Steve. Really looking forward to seeing this in progress. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 51 minutes ago, PlaStix said: Great idea for a project Steve. Really looking forward to seeing this in progress. Kind regards, Stix Thank's Stix,first job will be to decide the size of the bases probably around 6" x 8",my LMS has a huge choice of scenic's,grasses trees etc. looking forward to building the bases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Nice plan Steve, looking forward to see this one come together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Ozzy said: Nice plan Steve, looking forward to see this one come together. Thank's Ozzy as I said be a few week's till after the hol's and a couple of other GB build's to finish before I start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 If anything illustrates the sheer futility of this war it is that St. Symphorien cemetery where the first and last British soldiers killed in WWI are buried 15 feet from each other. Just what was achieved by all that? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Here are some statistics that bring a bit of focus to the losses of The Great War. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Sobering figure's indeed,and when all said and done nothing achieved by either side just the seed's of a larger conflict to come sewn,and the dividing up of the Turkish and Austro-Hungarian empire's which still has repercusion's today.I had the pleasure of visiting some of the Great War sites back in 2001,Vimy,Arras,Somme,Menin Gate,Tyne cot,Cambrai etc,a real honour to walk in their footstep's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 I've looked at a few Idea's for the 1918 part ofthe duo and Tamiya's WW1 infantry seem to be the best set for poses etc,and looking at the various item's needed for the diorama side Mini Art have a few choices that would suit both project's so no building base's etc I'll probably order at least the kit's for the 1914 part this week although as I said it will be mid August for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Morning folk's,over the last week I popped into the LMS and looked at scenic's to get a feel for what was out there and what the outlay would be which brought about a slight change of plan,for now I'm sticking with a scene from the first day's of the war with the British infantry but I'm going for one of Miniart's ready made base diorama's which with the four figure's will I think make a simple but effective scene with careful painting and some grasses.They do an awful lot of different building's and street scenes so possibly I'll go the same route if I progress to the second build. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Mini Art do have some nice building and street scenes on offer Steve, some of them definitely suit any era. Good luck with picking your next kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 On 24/07/2018 at 10:02, stevej60 said: Morning folk's,over the last week I popped into the LMS and looked at scenic's to get a feel for what was out there and what the outlay would be which brought about a slight change of plan,for now I'm sticking with a scene from the first day's of the war with the British infantry but I'm going for one of Miniart's ready made base diorama's which with the four figure's will I think make a simple but effective scene with careful painting and some grasses.They do an awful lot of different building's and street scenes so possibly I'll go the same route if I progress to the second build. Always worth checking Creative Models weekly specials, they change on Thursday, This one might be of use? http://www.creativemodels.co.uk/miniart_135_french_street_diorama-p-10967.html Cheers T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 51 minutes ago, Ozzy said: Mini Art do have some nice building and street scenes on offer Steve, some of them definitely suit any era. Good luck with picking your next kit. They certainly do Ozzy! 36 minutes ago, Troy Smith said: Always worth checking Creative Models weekly specials, they change on Thursday, This one might be of use? http://www.creativemodels.co.uk/miniart_135_french_street_diorama-p-10967.html Cheers T Thank's Troy I'll check their site out I've only "perused" King kit so far that's a new one I've not seen before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 12 hours ago, stevej60 said: They certainly do Ozzy! Thank's Troy I'll check their site out I've only "perused" King kit so far that's a new one I've not seen before. Hi Steve Kingkit are expensive, but they know their business. Creative are the importer /wholesaler, "free post" over £30 order, the above would be as priced. They moved premises recently, before they had more offers, not listed in the weekly specials and did have a damaged box section, which has not been updated in a while. Time to see if the Weekly update is up..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Troy Smith said: Hi Steve Kingkit are expensive, but they know their business. Creative are the importer /wholesaler, "free post" over £30 order, the above would be as priced. They moved premises recently, before they had more offers, not listed in the weekly specials and did have a damaged box section, which has not been updated in a while. Time to see if the Weekly update is up..... After your post I popped into my LMS as they carry a small mini art collection they don't hold stock of the dio and building stuff but as they have in the past are happy to order from Creative who are a major supplier to them so I'll compare prices as my LMS tend todo10% off RRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, stevej60 said: After your post I popped into my LMS as they carry a small mini art collection they don't hold stock of the dio and building stuff but as they have in the past are happy to order from Creative who are a major supplier to them so I'll compare prices as my LMS tend todo10% off RRP. Good plan Steve Just the street above is £32 as opposed to £47 is all, which is why I posted it, there were a couple of others as well, just the list updates at midday, so if you wanted them.... Alternately, if you like supporting your local shop (I don't have one) I think they can get the weekly specials too, MJW models often has them... Says he who has got kit buying to a fine art.... And just needs to build some.. Still, they don't go off... The oldest unbuilt kit I know a date for is an Airfix Helldiver I bought in woolies in sept 77.... Unbuilt as I'd that summer got the 48th bug... I digress Cheers T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Looks like a great idea, Steve!! Looking forward to it coming together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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