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  • Peter Gillson
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    • Apr 2018
    • 2594

    #1

    My WW1 all encompassing dio

    i'm just gathering stuff for the project after my WAAF bust; a return to WW1.

    what do you think of when thinking of WW1? I think of:
    • death and waste
    • trenches
    • sandbags
    • mud
    • Britian
    • Germany
    • France
    • gas
    • poppies
    • machine guns


    the chellenge I set myself it how to get all of these into one small dio.

    the plan is based on this photo:

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    All of the above list will be included:
    • trenches = the main part of the base
    • sandbags =. added to the top of the trench
    • mud = everywhere!
    • Britian = change the tank for a british tank
    • Germany. = paint the tank as being captured and in German service
    • France. = the set of ICM french figures
    • gas = the set has the French figures wearing gas masks
    • poppies = one or two discretely growing as part of the ground work
    • machine guns = one soemwhere in the abandoned trench.
    • death and waste = I don't like including dead figures so the wrecked tank (sort of) represents these.


    not sure how I will chop up the tank, but since i only have half a set of Tacom tracks left I have to lose half of it!


    Peter

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  • Jason Crausby
    • Apr 2018
    • 658

    #2
    Iโ€™m in!

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    • monica
      • Oct 2013
      • 15169

      #3
      I will pull up a chair as well,

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      • JR
        • May 2015
        • 18273

        #4
        Me too.

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        • Guest

          #5
          A great idea Peter.

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          • boatman
            SMF Supporters
            • Nov 2018
            • 14478
            • christopher
            • NORFOLK UK

            #6
            AN IM IN TOOO Peter
            chris

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            • Richard48
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              • Apr 2018
              • 1896
              • Richard
              • Clacton on Sea

              #7
              Count me in at the back.
              Rich.

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              • Guest

                #8
                Originally posted by Peter Gillson
                not sure how I will chop up the tank, but since i only have half a set of Tacom tracks left I have to lose half of it!
                Sink it into the ground like the A7V in your photo, and you donโ€™t need any at the bottom. Then show the tank as having broken tracks and curve them like you see in photos of the era, which hides the fact that the tracks are much shorter than they need to be. Alternatively/in addition, have one or both of the broken tracks run off the edge of the base, cutting them to fit so it looks like they go on beyond it.

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                • stillp
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                  • Nov 2016
                  • 8093
                  • Pete
                  • Rugby

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Peter Gillson


                  what do you think of when thinking of WW1?

                  I'm a bit different - my paternal grandfather was badly wounded at Gallipoli, just after his 17th birthday, so I think of heat, thirst, flies...
                  Watching this with interest though.
                  Pete

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                  • grumpa
                    • Jan 2015
                    • 6142

                    #10
                    I like WW1 !!

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                    Jim
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                    • Steve Jones
                      • Apr 2018
                      • 6615

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Peter Gillson
                      what do you think of when thinking of WW1?
                      Andy Belsey :smiling2: :thumb2:

                      This is an epic idea Peter. Really looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I wish you all the best

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                      • JayCee
                        SMF Supporters
                        • Aug 2019
                        • 1132

                        #12
                        This is going to be Epic. Looking forward to it.
                        John.

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                        • Neil Merryweather
                          SMF Supporters
                          • Dec 2018
                          • 5189
                          • London

                          #13
                          I am IN

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                          • rtfoe
                            SMF Supporters
                            • Apr 2018
                            • 9086

                            #14
                            I'm in too.

                            Cheers,
                            Richard

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                            • Jim R
                              SMF Supporters
                              • Apr 2018
                              • 15702
                              • Jim
                              • Shropshire

                              #15
                              Hi Peter
                              Looking forward to this great idea coming to fruition. The only thing I'd add to your list is barbed wire.
                              Jim

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