I’m afraid I’ve been away from the bench for a while due to work, but I have some more baby steps to report.
I’ve added a rifle sling from toothpaste tube with PE buckles – it doesn’t look like much but it took me several attempts and several sacrifices to the carpet monster…..
In my internet searches it seems that these days the well-dressed Rifles re-enactor cannot be without his D-shaped mess tin in oilcloth cover , which
Airfix does not provide.
I was expecting to have to scratch this from Milliput or something, and then I remembered that I had something similar in the
Revell WWI Tommies set.
In fact , something perfect
These remained unchanged for at least a hundred years!
I used tissue paper for the oilcloth cover, stuck with double sided tape, which is much less messy than glue
I carved into the rolled greatcoat a bit to define the edges and I filed a depression for the new strap
Then I strapped the mess tin to the rolled greatcoat with more toothpaste tube and made the retaining straps from tissue paper (I couldn’t believe how small these pieces were when I was doing this- I hope Steve the Rivet is impressed!)
I sealed the tissue with thin CA.
Well that’s all for now but I think the end of the making is in sight, and after that just the painting will be left, which I am not looking forward to.
Thanks for looking
Neil