Simple and Small

[BigGreg]

Excellent...it really looks super and the details of the equipment qre stunning

[rtfoe]

Is this art? It will definitely be an incredibly cool vignette!

Thank you Andreas. I'd like to think so and a big ette as well.

Even my wife thought this looked amazing and she has very little interest in models. :thumb2:

It's nice to have an outside comment and thank your good wife for me.

Excellent...it really looks super and the details of the equipment qre stunning

Thanks Greg, the pigeons are giving me a headache because they will cover most of the stuff I've painted.

Anyway, here are some angles of my build minus birds... the GI is now firmly glued to the bench.

Just five more pigeons to paint...


Cheers,
Wabble

[A_J_Rimmer]

Really looking forward to seeing it with the Pigeons - it all looks excellent.

[vizenz]

Thanks Greg, the pigeons are giving me a headache because they will cover most of the stuff I've painted.

Then don't use all of them. Just as many as look good.
The angle of the first photo is disturbing. Your GI looks like he was murdered. :tears-of-joy:
I'm excited to see what it looks like when the first (wonderfully painted!) pigeons populate the scene.

I think this is currently one of my favorite projects here in the forum. You really manage to put together a lot of good components to create a very good overall picture.
You need a special feeling and an eye for it - and to be honest, I don't have the creativity for it myself. That's why I always admire things like this in other model makers.

[Jim R]

A very unusual dio/vignette beautifully put together and painted. When the pigeons are in place a real stunner.

[papa 695]

That looks amazing already Richard, even without the pigeons. Looking forward to more updates.

[rtfoe]

Really looking forward to seeing it with the Pigeons - it all looks excellent.

Thanks Arnold...me too.

Then don't use all of them. Just as many as look good.
The angle of the first photo is disturbing. Your GI looks like he was murdered. :tears-of-joy:
I'm excited to see what it looks like when the first (wonderfully painted!) pigeons populate the scene.

I think this is currently one of my favorite projects here in the forum. You really manage to put together a lot of good components to create a very good overall picture.
You need a special feeling and an eye for it - and to be honest, I don't have the creativity for it myself. That's why I always admire things like this in other model makers.

Yes and I will have to pick and choose the best ones Andreas. You're right, he looks murdered with position of the bayonet in the angle. Thank you for the lovely comments.

A very unusual dio/vignette beautifully put together and painted. When the pigeons are in place a real stunner.

You don't know how anxious I am for the pigeons to be placed, Jim.

That looks amazing already Richard, even without the pigeons. Looking forward to more updates.

Will do Ian as all the pigeons painting is complete. They plus the Garand were sprayed with Matt varnish. The jigsaw puzzle is finally coming together. Am adding dried leaves...they have to be the same as the ones behind the fence so I'll need to pluck from the remnants that I have in the packet.

Cheers,
Wabble

[rtfoe]

By the way do the US fit both sides of their shoulders with unit shoulder patches?

Cheers,
Wabble

[BigGreg]

By the way do the US fit both sides of their shoulders with unit shoulder patches?

Cheers,
Wabble

Left arm with unit pacth (in this case tank destroyer unit) and ranks ( here technical sgt aka platoon sgt) on both sleeves

[rtfoe]

Left arm with unit pacth (in this case tank destroyer unit) and ranks ( here technical sgt aka platoon sgt) on both sleeves [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1225918[/ATTACH]

This is great, thanks Greg.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Lee Drennen]

A lot of uk houses, streets, and things like railway stations (especially in more rural areas) were still gas or oil lit until the fifties Richard. Don’t know about the continent, but can’t see why it would be different. Apparently there are still about 1500 used in London…….all royal parks, buck house, and large areas of Westminster have them.
They looked like this…..
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This is from Sweden in 1953, but I would think they are all pretty similar.

There was a song about the old Street lamp lighter. Thanks for sharing that pic.

[Lee Drennen]

The angle of the first photo is disturbing. Your GI looks like he was murdered.

Yes it does never notice till you mentioned it. Optical illusion got him on that pic for sure.

Wabble it all looks outstanding as your work always does. Keep the updates coming.

[PaulinKendal]

I'm guessing pigeon placement is going to be critical. I'd've thought they'd all be scrambling to get at the bread, almost on top of each other, some just fractionally airborne - a solid mass of feathers and crumbs.

Good luck!

[JR]

Wabble definitely going to get the award, everything looking good, full of detail.

[rtfoe]

Yes it does never notice till you mentioned it. Optical illusion got him on that pic for sure.

Wabble it all looks outstanding as your work always does. Keep the updates coming.

Thanks Lee, will do.

I'm guessing pigeon placement is going to be critical. I'd've thought they'd all be scrambling to get at the bread, almost on top of each other, some just fractionally airborne - a solid mass of feathers and crumbs.

Good luck!

Paul, the GI shared a portion of his bread thinking he wouldn't be bothered but these French pigeons are civilised so they were quite orderly.

Today was spent composing the flock...

The pigeons haven't eaten their laxatives yet but are already like women at a sale. Still needs one round of Matt varnish to hide any traces of glue. Just one more pigeon to place.

Thanks to Greg I have added the armoured brigade patch and a corporals chevron. He's probably from 3rd armour exhausted from spearheading the corp. Will be working through the night.

Cheers,
Wabble