Return to a stalled build - WW1 trench attack

[scottie3158]

Peter,
Great SBS will have to try it out.

[SimonT]

Peter - I have the Stan Catchpole book right here - learned lots from that way back when including the barbed wire :thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

Nice SBS on the barbed wire. Only just come across Mr Catchpole and he is a very interesting read.Thanks for sharing

[Peter Gillson]

John, Paul, Steve (sounds like a mid-sixties folk group) - Glad to post the SBS,

Steven - I'll let you know how the .2mm wire works.

Simon and Steve - I've been a fan of Stan Catchpole ever since his stuff appeared on MilMid. I got the book as soon as it was published and still have it - a bit dog-eared. I still refer to it, shows what we can do with a bit of ingenuity. This little contraption was from his boo, I dread to think how many years ago and still in daily use;



Peter

[Peter Gillson]

That SBS on the wire alone is impressive, great finish to those sharp pointed sections.
Agree with Steve about the shape of the base, certainly something I would like to try, it's just having the nerve to make that cut into the tank !

John - be brave, with a cheap kit.

here is a pdf of an article I wrote for MM in 2001 (was it really that long ago?) which show how I chopped up a Panther to make 4 bases.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Wire looks great. I'm sure the 0.2 wire will be spot on. I'm probably missing the obvious but what does the "little contraption" do?
Jim

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Peter
Wire looks great. I'm sure the 0.2 wire will be spot on. I'm probably missing the obvious but what does the "little contraption" do?
Jim

if I can make it without breaking the wire, the wire may just be a bit thin - time will tell. in the meantime I'm keeping the .3m wire.

The contraption is a cheap home-made clamp, the 3 pegs holding stuff in different directions while the hole in the middle is for holding small bits on the ends of cocktail stick and the like. Simple but it works.

Peter

[Jim R]

Thanks Peter :thumb2:

[SimonT]

Re the barbed wire - I have tried it with 0.1mm copper wire. I found it almost impossible to get the barb loops close enough together for something approaching scale representation

[Peter Gillson]

0.1mm - you are a brave man Simon - did you have any problems with it snapping?

peter

[SimonT]

Evening Peter - managed to twist some longish lengths before it snapped but the main problem was with trying to wind the barb loops as they need to be spaced between 2 and 3mm for 1/35. I just can’t get consistent spacing - still trying to devise some clever solution but so far all attempts have failed miserably

[JR]

Thanks for the pdf Peter, I've down loaded it, then can refresh if I get that brave!

[Steven000]

...the main problem was with trying to wind the barb loops as they need to be spaced between 2 and 3mm for 1/35. I just can’t get consistent spacing - still trying to devise some clever solution but so far all attempts have failed miserably

Would it work if you put something like a thoothpick against the main-wire, and then 'loop' around the toothpick, then remove thoothpick and repeat for next loop?
...If that makes any sens...

[Peter Gillson]

Would it work if you put something like a thoothpick against the main-wire, and then 'loop' around the toothpick, then remove thoothpick and repeat for next loop?
...If that makes any sens...

i thinnk it might work, the only problem you would need three hands. But perhaps a piece of plastic card with a slot cut in it which would grip the wire? I may give this a try when the wire arrives.

peter

[Guest]

Peter, how about some narrow reverse tweezers? They would grip the wire and act as a consistent spacer. Just a thought.