Revell/ICM WWI Tommies 1914

[Neil Merryweather]

Well this turned out a lot better than I was expecting. As I said before, I only bought these for painting practice, and I certainly never intended to make a diorama out of them.
But I actually enjoyed the painting process(after the first one).
Still lots of room for improvement, but I've learned a few more lessons and I'm fired up to start on the Germans!
The question is- before or after the 'Flying Scotsman' ?
Anyway, here they are







Thanks again to everyone for looking and commenting
Cheers
Neil

 

[papa 695]

Great work

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Great work

Thanks very much, Ian

 

[BigGreg]

very nice vignette Neil , every time i see a WW1 soldier charging l think of those men who charged in no-mans land towards the machine gun fire...wave after wave....what a waste....

 

[Neil Merryweather]

very nice vignette Neil , every time i see a WW1 soldier charging l think of those men who charged in no-mans land towards the machine gun fire...wave after wave....what a waste....

Oh absolutely,Greg. I mean how do you do that?

 

[BigGreg]

Oh absolutely,Greg. I mean how do you do that?

i don't know.... i cannot even imagine it... different times..different men

 

[Jim R]

Hi Neil
Well if I had the skill to produce that I'd be very happy indeed.
Jim

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Hi Neil
Well if I had the skill to produce that I'd be very happy indeed.
Jim

That's very kind,Jim, thanks

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Here is a small post-script to this piece.
My lockdown 'exercise regime' has consisted entirely of walking in the local woods, and it was this that inspired me to use the bracken as a setting for the boys. As August turned into September I noticed the bracken was getting a bit brown around the edges, and as September 1914 is the date of this model I thought I ought to do something about it, so I added some brown to the edges of the green ferns.
Also, I had always wanted to show the Grenadier Guards shoulder titles but I didn’t dare attempt to paint them.
There are some Archer decals out there but they are VERY expensive. I explored making my own decals but I couldn’t get the artwork small enough with any decent resolution.

THEN I remembered that in the Airfix Multipose British Infantry set there are decals- and I have them in with the 17 Pounder Field Gun in my stash. Result!
But no…… they are BLUE Royal Artillery and Canada titles!
I googled and found that in the Infantry set there are indeed Grenadier Guards shoulder titles, among others, so, ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ I emailed Airfix and asked if they were available to buy.
To my surprise I got a very prompt reply, and apparently from a real person, to say that things were very delayed because of Covid 19, so after a while I kind of forgot about it.
Anyway, about a month ago these arrived –

Good old Airfix! And for free- Hurrah!

On closer inspection, I found that even Airfix had trouble with the resolution


But you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth so I broke the Tommies out of their little perspex box again and slapped the decals on their shoulders.



Just the job

Thanks for looking

Neil

 

[David Lovell]

Great stuff Neil I think the bracken was that good I never even gave it a second glance untill you mentioned it ,even better now ,I think not giving it a second glance shows just how good it is I mentally perceived as bracken hope you understand what I'm trying to say once again great stuff. Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Hi Neil

Apologies. Completely missed this.

Nicely done indeed.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Deleted member 6559]

They add the finishing touch to a superb piece.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Dave-Thanks very much
Andrew-no need to apologise and thank you
Peter- Too kind, too kind

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Very nice scene and great scenery Neil .

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Very nice scene and great scenery Neil .

cheers Ralph

 

[Steve Jones]

Nice P.S Neil. Certainly puts the icing on an already very nice cake. Great to see my friend