Malayan Emergency 1/35 scale.

[David Lovell]

Top notch stuff Richard always enjoy the unusual ,looking forward to your next move. Dave

[RonGlass]

Sorry I'm a bit late Richard but have just caught up, eager to follow this !

[rtfoe]

Enjoying this with each update Richard. Love the start of the base. :nerd::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

Will enjoy the sealing up process .

Thanks John, how's the humidity level? Got you coconut? The start is always crucial but as usual might go sideways. :smiling2:

Top notch stuff Richard always enjoy the unusual ,looking forward to your next move. Dave

Thanks David, welcome aboard. Unusual for me too...haven't done a waterfall before.

Sorry I'm a bit late Richard but have just caught up, eager to follow this !

No worries there Ron...ask the guys, I take ages to finish a Dio so you're just at the beginning.

Today was house cleaning so am bushed...nada bench time. Tomorrow maybe.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, I've found some bench time today and played with rocks...

Before I started I took my lighter blowtorch and melted and texturised the polystyrene. Then I took out the packet of Das which I've had since 2015 and wasn't sure if it was still moist...lucky it was.



So while the plaster was still moist I pushed in the pebbles. Some needed to be secured with the poly glue.



I didn't do much underneath the bridge except to add one or two pebbles to break up the emptiness if one wants to look underneath.



Pouring the resin will be a challenge without the bridge on as I will need to cover the holes to prevent the resin seeping in. The glossy look is the layer of white glue I just painted to seal in the Das.



Doesn't look too bad with the bridge on.




One trivia I just read is the reformation of the SAS during the Malayan Emergency. They had been disbanded after WW2. To fight the CT's, a new way of jungle warfare with insertion and longer patrols in small groups had to be formed.The reformed detachment were called the Malayan Scouts at first until becoming the SAS again. Their old wild ways and dressing were changed for more serious training in jungle warfare and disciplined battledress and equipment. They would go in, study, recon, gather information, layout ambushes and were successful. They worked closely with the police force and special branch. Soon other Commonwealth troops joined and became their own special forces today.

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

Now this sealing up is getting interesting as resin as you know can find the smallest gap , neat idea of the imprints in the clay.

Richard I had a friend who I served with in the army who had been there in the SAS, went in as a medic . When every there was a major parade he was placed at the start of the line. this way the inspecting officers would see his black background to his wings and of course stop and talk to him. This was a ploy by the artillery to whom he had transferred to use time up. Worked every time.

[rtfoe]

Now this sealing up is getting interesting as resin as you know can find the smallest gap , neat idea of the imprints in the clay.

Richard I had a friend who I served with in the army who had been there in the SAS, went in as a medic . When every there was a major parade he was placed at the start of the line. this way the inspecting officers would see his black background to his wings and of course stop and talk to him. This was a ploy by the artillery to whom he had transferred to use time up. Worked every time.

If it was a Gurkha regiment the inspecting officer would spend a long time on the parade with the amount of metal on their chests.:tears-of-joy:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

John, just to show the reservoirs where the resin can seep into... the back portion.



I'll be covering this up with box board on the two sides and left higher to cover the tall foliage that I will be adding.

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

Richard, thank you for that, will be watching the pour with excitement. I've never used resin, but fancy a go. The only thing that gives concern apart from sealing up is the method of removing an air bubbles, though In my case you would think I'd be looking fwd to it !

[Guest]

(Incidentally, the real-life Enfield conversion was a real 'Buggers Muddle' - excessive recoil and muzzle climb, and the muzzle flash was something to behold!) Very unpopular with the Toms!

I just discovered something I didn’t know: the first actual use of these “jungle carbines” was in the deep tropical forests of … Norway

Shooting comparison with a No. 4 from about 14:30 minutes. He seems to claim the recoil was nowhere near as bad as it’s usually made out to be.

[Guest]

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They're all with the early Mk4 Stens and not the Sterling.

Only the man on the right, jumping from the vehicle, has a Sten Mk. V, the early version like you say, without the forward vertical grip. The man behind the driver holds a Mk. II pointing up into the air.

I wonder when they were first issued in Malaya?

Apparently, a batch of 75 trials guns with shotgun-style sights arrived in 1953. The gun was adopted for British Army service the following year, though with normal sights, but I couldn’t find when it was on general issue in Malaya.

[rtfoe]

Jakko, he did mention a slight increase of recoil. Also there was a need for the extra cushioning at the butt. Seeing the video it does show a slightly heavy recoil especially the last with the lesser built boy which was the common soldiers physic in the tropics obviously worn down by the humidity. Even my Dad and uncles have mentioned the kick but I think it was more because it was expected to have less of a recoil then the number 4. Perhaps the difference is that some of the number 4's were rifled to take .22 amunition which was much lighter.

Cheers,
Richard

[Airborne01]

I just discovered something I didn’t know: the first actual use of these “jungle carbines” was in the deep tropical forests of … Norway

Shooting comparison with a No. 4 from about 14:30 minutes. He seems to claim the recoil was nowhere near as bad as it’s usually made out to be.

I have fired these; the recoil is much harsher than, say the standard SMLE or SLR, especially if the grip isn't firm enough! However that's equally true of any weapon firing a full-power cartridge in what is effectively a carbine! Never knew about the trials in Norway though - makes sense as one of the places we trialled the SA80 (Pah!) was in Norway.

[rtfoe]

Richard, thank you for that, will be watching the pour with excitement. I've never used resin, but fancy a go. The only thing that gives concern apart from sealing up is the method of removing an air bubbles, though In my case you would think I'd be looking fwd to it !

John, you might need to be a little patient as I would need to do the groundwork and that takes time. In the mean time you'd like the flame throwers I'll be using for the bubbles...



Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Only the man on the right, jumping from the vehicle, has a Sten Mk. V, the early version like you say, without the forward vertical grip. The man behind the driver holds a Mk. II pointing up into the air.


Apparently, a batch of 75 trials guns with shotgun-style sights arrived in 1953. The gun was adopted for British Army service the following year, though with normal sights, but I couldn’t find when it was on general issue in Malaya.

Thanks for that Jakko, which means I can use the Sterling as it was still within the first Emergency period.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi,
I prepared some plugs using the same balsa and cellophane tape for the bridge legs. This is to stop the resin filling up the holes as I still intend to work on the bridge separately before installing it onto the dio. Besides I need to work the resin under the bridge as well...



And for you John, I have stuck the boxboard to the back and sealed areas where the resin will be poured with ply glue and later PVA but as luck would have it I have run out of that and have to wait for the EMCO to lift before I can get some from the local stationery shop. I added a compressed foam board to stiffen the backing where the jungle canopy foliage will be attached. This thought is knew and had to be planned ahead. I may have tree trunks and branches protruding from it.



I'll let this set until I get the PVA to continue.

Cheers,
Richard