Trench Sections in Progress.

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Love the spades you certainly are a man of skills and patience.

[Peter Gillson]

Loverly workmanship

[Steve Jones]

Top work Andy. Thanks for sharing

[Guest]

Lovely to see.

[Mickc1440]

Just had a great catch up with the ups and downs Andy. Really good to see you back here with your little works of art. I originally thought they were superb but the addition of lighting takes these to a whole new level.

[Andy Belsey]

Thanks guys.
I've not been able to work today as I have a bug which has kept me close to the loo! I've been able to work on my book this afternoon. I now find that I have too many words!!! I'm trying to work out what to omit and whether to save something for a second book, if I'd want to do that??
Andy

[Andy Belsey]

My recent activity has been for Mike Butler in New Zealand and I have made a few things for him. I made him some Lewis gun ammo boxes last year (one open) and now have made some of the pouches that fit inside. (These are my boxes as I usually make some for him and some for me.) I've made 3 pouches for him and 3 for me. I'm working on a converted Lewis gunner also. When I have his arms together I'll post a photo.
Andy

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Lovely work and good to see you back at the bench.

[minitnkr]

Nice to see you productive again. A human editor can be a great help to trim words for a follow-on. Top stuff as always. PaulE

[Steve Brodie]

Really amazing builds

[Andy Belsey]

He needs a bit of refining, but here is my Lewis gunner. He's the Tommy's war guy with a new Hornet head and Historex hands. I've exchanged his Lewis for one made by Kellerkind. (It does have a bipod and sight to add.)
Mike has pointed out that his right shoulder is a bit low. I'll work on him more tomorrow.





Mike Butler pointed me to this Osprey image and suggested I could convert the Tommy's War figure. It was a bit harder than I thought as I had to carve out his belly to get the gun to sit right.


This figure will sit in my reversed trench.
Andy

[scottie3158]

That's a great figure Andy.

[Andy Belsey]

I did a little work on my figures for my reversed trench. I gave the Lewis gunner a trigger finger and put the bipod a sight on the gun. I made chin straps for them both (worn behind their heads). I still need to make the cords that go round their bodies to hold their respirators in place, but they are nearly ready. I have made a respirator bag for the officer and have both reversed with the flaps open, revealing the lead of the respirator. I made these from a guitar string.
Andy

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Stunning work as always.

[Steve Jones]

Very nice indeed Andy. Nice to see your work again