Trench Sections in 1:32 scale

[Andy Belsey]

Sorry Moderators I've realised that this shouldn't be in the Completed Dioramas section! It's obviously not finished yet!!

[Peter Gillson]

Andy it's nice to see you back at the bench. The figure looks just right for the pose you are aimong for.

[monica]

real nice work,Andy,loving the detail,and good work on the figure

[Guest]

The magic continues....

[Jim R]

Hi Andy
What can I say. Stunning modelling, superb research and a history lesson as well. Hope all is settling down a bit.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Wonderful work as always Andy. Great to see you posting again

[colin m]

Brilliant work, and I've learnt a thing or to as well.

[Andy Belsey]

Thank you guys. I'll try to post a bit more tomorrow.
Should I carry on posting here, even though its in the wrong section? It should be in the Dioramas Under Construction Section.
Andy

[Andy Belsey]

Here's how far I've got with the explosive side of my mining sections. The ammonal was stored in Flimsies (former Petrol cans). I've made them before so worked out ways to make a lot of them. Rather than making individual ones I made a lot in rows and just stuck the aluminium foil over them, burnishing it around the foam blocks.
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I've left the backs uncovered as no one will ever see it.
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I wanted to find a way to create lots of handles easily so made a jig from bits of styrene strip. Press the two halves together with a strip of pie foil in the middle and they just need cutting to length.
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The spouts are just short lengths of styrene rod. I have quite a few to create and looking at photos of the real thing they didn't stack very well as the handles and spouts made them unstable. I'll try to recreate this on the upper levels. I'm only going to create a skirt of flimsies with a block in the middle.
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The pile of flimsies will sit here with sandbags being piled up at the end of the tunnel to force the explosion up rather than back down the tunnel. I'll have lots of wires coming from the cans towards the detonators too.
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Andy

[JR]

Andy.
Very neat idea, read a nice comment on You Tube earlier mentioning you work.
John.

[Andy Belsey]

The only other work I've done in recent months is to make some ammo boxes for my MG Pillbox. I photographed one of the real things in Belgium last year and am recreating it in balsa. I'll make the catches and handles in styrene and wire sometime.
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Cutting the reccess on the lid which accomodates the handle.
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These bits locate the lid into the box and keep the magazine drums from rattling about.
Andy

[Andy Belsey]

Here's some of my reference photos.
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[Tim Marlow]

Hi Andy
Just had a quick catch up with this build. Real quality work as always, and fascinating information as well. Great to see you back building as well.
Cheers
Tim

[Andy Belsey]

Thanks Tim

[minitnkr]

Awesome flimsies. Great work as always. PaulE