A little bit of progress.

With the PE added. The tank is ready for paint. I'm still going to brush paint it.


Now to start with accessories. The kit provides a chain...sort of. It's composed of 24 styrene links that have to be assembled. It's tedious and each link has to be held closed until the cement sets. It actually looks pretty good when done.


And a quick look at the figures. They are actually pretty nice. I would have preferred French or even Doughboys and had them moving across no man's land with the tank.


I'm getting together items for the scene. I've got a wagon wheel I plan on breaking up and placing as wreckage. Maybe a discarded French helmet. Stuff like that. I'm currently making the barbed wire. I tried to take some pictures of that but the wire really doesn't show up well.

Thanks Keith,

BTW your tree look terrific.

Al

Thanks Alan the tree is a dried out lupin root and i will be adding some of the Treemendous products to it to give it a bit more life

Cheers Keith

Hi guys .. Just signed up .. I'll be doing a blog and review of the St Chamond by Takom .. So it makes sense to join up .. I'll post the beginning shot as soon as Photobucket decides to let me post pictures .
Lots of great work going on here ..

Rick

Hi Rick, welcome along.

Progress on the Somme Part 2 and the various builds.









Cheers

Al

Alan,

Are you going to put a casualty clearing station near that pile of helmets?

Paul

Hi Paul,

That's the plan.

Cheers

Al

Not sure if I remember how to use the gallery .. Hope this works..



Rick
hmmm,... maybe this..

WOW Alan you do not do things by half measure that is going to look like one fantastic diorama are the sandbags piled into a corner shape from Scotia models i think they look like some i have in the stash.
Rick that looks like one mean beast the tank looks cool aswell
Cheers Keith

Hi Keith,

Thanks, yes the SB Scotia ones. The replacement part arrived for the 6 in howitzer so that brings the build of this one to an end. It will reappear in my Somme dio in a dirtier guise.

Cheers

Al

Very nice Al..

Alan,
I'm really enjoying watching your builds.

Thanks Rick and Alex,

I added a tractor number to the Crewe Tractor.

AL

Tractor & Gun both look the part, real little works of art.

Si

Dick: I'm looking forward to your next update

Johan: Very nice little vignette!

Si: You're putting a lot of great work in on your build as always, I'm hoping one day I'll be able to scratchbuild that kind of detail. What's next on your list?

Keith: Great choice on the color scheme! Your vignette is looking good, how difficult was it to create the tree?

Alex: Those figures look like a nice little project in their own right. How is the hull of the FT-17 holding together?

Rick: First photo is technically a thumbnail. Outstanding choice by the way, and I have to say that I'm jealous yours came in already

Al: Wow... just wow... I don't think that I fully realized the scale of your project, but seeing it laid out like that gives us a real appreciation of what you're working on. I especially like the little touch of the helmets by the side of the tracks, they lend a somber feel appropriate for the subject.

Hi Jeremy,

Next on the list is making all the splinter padding for the bridge, whilst doing that, getting the searchlight platform between the first & second funnels done, so I can get the funnels and their stays in place.

Si.

Hi Simon great work as usual
Jeremy the tree is just a old Lupin plant root so did not make it but will be adding some foliage to it to give a bit more life. More work done buy way of getting the mud started looking for the wet look on the tracks.

Quick update. I managed to get some paint on the FT-17 last night. The instructions paint guides were ho-hum; they only showed one side. I referred heavily to an old issue of Scale Modeler for the paint scheme. The "sand" portions are too dark and probably will be redone. To be honest, they dried a lot darker than I had expected. Then I'll add the black edges.



And here's a shot of the barbwire strands I made. I thought I had posted them in the last update but apparently didn't.

Wow, some great stuff here since i last checked in! good job everyone. Special wow to you Alan, i was impressed by Somme 1 and this new one seem to be right on the money aswell!

I actually went ahead and finished my little vignette
Airfix mark 1 Female tank 1/76
Airfix 1/76 British infantry (Horrible...)
Painted with acrylics and some oil paints for weathering






All in all I'm happy with it but to be honest the biggest success here was to simply finish something! So many lessons learned for the future! (Did i mention i have ordered the Meng Renault FT-17? )

Hi Simon, Jeremy, Alex and Johan,

Thanks, glad you enjoying the build so far.

Johan,

Congrats on a finished project, the Tank and display are looking great. Nice work.

Keith,

Great wok also. You might consider a little touch up around the edges of the base. I like the work you've done here.

Hi Alex,

Coming along, the wire looks good too, not too thick but with nice detail. Are you going to vary the mud colour some dry some wet? Look forward to further developments.

Simon,

Good progress on the ship.

Excellent work going on folks.

My Ford T Ambulance arrived last week



More work

Cheers

Al

Hi fellow modelers! Fine work, one and all.

I'm also going to build Takom's Saint-Chamond for this campaign.

I was having a hard time deciding what to build. I even went so far as to get Commander's Schneider 75mm Mle 1897 over the summer. And at one point I thought it was going to be Meng's FT-17. But once I saw this kit announced, I was psyched! The decision was suddenly easy. I ordered it from Lucky Model, and it arrived right after Christmas. Since I'll be traveling for work over the next couple of months, it came on the road with me. I'll paint it when I get home.

Here's the start picture from Jan 19th...


...and here's my progress so far.






I've finished the upper hull, all the armament, and the road wheels. The towers on the top of the hull needed a little filler. The seam on the tower halves run through a bunch of detail, so I found it easier to replace some rivets instead of trying to fill and sand around them. Other than that, assembly has been pretty good. I'm looking forward to building the suspension; from the instructions it seems like it's going to look pretty cool.


Chris

Hi Chris the Chamond is looking really cool might just find one at the next show I attend.
Alan thanks for the tips with the base this is what I,am now calling finished hope you like.



Took these with just still some day light

Great build Keith, really looks the part, very atmospheric.

Another interesting looking vehicle Al,

Great small scale work Johan, didn't realise it was 1/76th till I looked closely.

Interesting beast Chris.

Si

Hi Keith,

Really nice work, looks the part. The natural light makes all the difference.

Excellent display.

Cheers

Al

Great work everyone ... some awesome stuff here..