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Hi. This is part of my 1.285 trench model. It's taken several years to build and I keep adding to it. Andy



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This is the extent of the model with an acrylic labelled lid which explains what is going on underneath. I'm a professional architectural modelmaker but have made this because I'm interested in the Great War.



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Your second post answers my question - whether it's based on a genuine section of trenches. The modelling looks great, especially given it's so small!

Would you post more pics, please?

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Hi APB that looks excellent very well donewink

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Great work! Excellent!

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Amazing.



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That is amazing APB. Do you use 1/285 GHQ figures or 1/300 scale figures from another source?

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Very well done mate!!!!!
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You're mad! Well done, it's excellent.

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Wonderful!

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Can I borrow your eyes ? How on earth do you manage at that scale Brilliant stuff
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I just can not get my head around this, How in the hell do you do it ???????????



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That is truely amazing, the level of detail for such a tiny scale is breathtaking.

 



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I'm making some artillery pieces which will be on seperate bases to the front line model. I got some brass etches done (perks of being a professional modelmaker) but the rest are tiny bits of styrene. The 9in howitzer has about 80 pieces altogether. I've spotted a few wonky bits under magnification. I'm short sighted and don't work with magnification, just 2 pairs of treezers because my hands are too big! I know I'm a nutter, I just love the challenge!ashamed



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Absolutely mind blowing. Stunning. Thank you so much for sharing

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Fantastic, well done.

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How many figures are in your diorama and have you any close-up photo's
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O M G !

Fascinating!

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Thanks for your kind words guys. Answering the questions - I have about 100 figures on the model and yes they are GHQ British artillery figures (which don't have the WW2 webbing pouches to cut off.) I got my own etches for the guns and spades etc. The rest was scratchbuilt. If you're interested in how I constructed it, I'll put a link to an album on photobucket below

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Here are some close ups - firstly one of the dugouts.



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Support Line. Latrine. Work party repairing damage(I know it would be done at night.)



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Lewis gun team. Vickers gun emplacement. Regimental Aid Post.



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Brilliant. Better than brilliant but words really can't describe this. Can't fault the accuracy at all, even the bright chalk of the Somme!

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Wonderful modellling!

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The more I see of this the more I want to see... those tiny artillery pieces are outstanding. You are of course completely bonkers!


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I hope that you can see from my new avatar that I am perfectly sane and I hope you realise how long it took me to sculpt that giant finger?

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My ghast is flabbered and my mind is boggling away quite merrilee. I think this is absolutely marvellous Thanks for sharing this with us



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APB wrote:

I hope that you can see from my new avatar that I am perfectly sane and I hope you realise how long it took me to sculpt that giant finger?

 I think you'll fit in quite nicely here then!



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Stunning, simply awesome.

 



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Are there any tanks available in this scale ?
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Tanks would be tiny at this scale - 28.25mm for a rhomboid, just 17.37mm for an FT (including tail skid). It would be interesting to know if any are available. I think there may be some at 1/144, but would need to check. Obviously that's twice the scale of APB's excellent diorama, but it's interesting to know of smaller scales than usual.

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I would love to try a diorama with more than one or two tanks in it, so these small ( tiny ) scale tanks would be ideal. I did have a website bookmarked that sold them but its no longer a live site
Paul

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What can one say fantastic, smile



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Herois & Ros do 1/300 scale tanks if they're not too small

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1/300 would do fine: scale length is 26.83mm, which is equivalent to 25 ft instead of 26' 5". I doubt anyone would notice the difference. Are they easy to find?

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Here's a link to their online catalogue :-

http://www.heroicsandros.co.uk/heroics/pdf/webcat.pdf



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Thanks, I hadn't heard of them, so I'd have been searching for "herois and ros" instead of heroics with a "c"!



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If anyone is interested in 1/144, Panzer Depot seem to do a Mk I, an A7V and an FCM 2C. Ready painted, by the look of them.

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Irregular miniatures also do 6mm 1/300 WW1 http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/6mmindex.htm 

GHQ have 1/285 french Renault FTs plus infantry intended for WW2, never bettered its a shame they dont more...

http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/fr15.html

http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/fr10.html

 

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Adorable ^^ .

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