Build a Photo 3

[Johnnych01]

Yeah I think it was easier doing it that way

[Wig41]

And I thought doing ALL the decals on an F-4 Phantom was bad !!

[Johnnych01]

Drivers hatch area and forward upper glacis assembly is done …..

No real issues with it, and I found out where some of the other PE bits went.

And fitted to the hull …. Clamps are due to there being a very slight kink in the top plate, but it fits fine now ….

Engine decks next

[Johnnych01]

Engine decks done and a few more bits of PE added.

And fitted to the hull. Nice and straightforward and fits great .

[Youngun]

The Ram portion of my entry is completed.

[G-man69]

Some great ideas and builds going on here, congratulations to everyone, I especially Alex’s RAM, very nice paint job,.

John, is it still okay to join in, and do figures qualify as a kit build?

G,

[bwilt]

I’ve started this kit for the Convoy campaign:

Convoy! pt3

Have only just started this kit: [20260411_180927] Might as well enter it into this campaign and as I won’t finish it in 2 months carry it on into the next verson What I’ve done sofar, added detail to the cabin’s interior and primed it: [20260420_175043] [20260421_164839] [20260420_185032] [20260420_184900]

My intention is to use it for the Build a Photo campaign to create this:

Or one of these….

[Johnnych01]

Yeap, absolutely fine G. … What’s the figure ?

And welcome Bert @bwilt … any of those ideas will be great to see brought to life… look forward to seeing what you decide on

[G-man69]

Thanks John, it’s the following image that I found when looking for ideas for my WW1 British trench dio’.

It’s apparently a well known image of British Soldiers occupying a German trench in July of 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.

It’s interesting as it’s part of a process known as “Reversing a trench” i.e. immediately transforming a captured enemy frontline (which faced the wrong way) into a defensive position against the original owners. This involved intense manual labour, often under fire, and was necessary to prevent a successful counterattack.

B&W image…

Colourized image…

There are at least four sleeping figures, plus the one on overwatch duty.

The difficulty is going to be scaling it up from a two-dimensional image, especially the front-to-back depth of the trench. I’m thinking as far as the cluttered trench floor just beyond the ‘bridge/shelter’.

G,

[Johnnych01]

Sounds like plan mate, and some nice colour with the grass etc

[bwilt]

Step 10 of the truck is done…

[V1kt0R]

How about this photo? It features the exact vehicle and trailer for your kit—plus a US Army M109. You don’t see that very often.

V.Z.

[bwilt]

Another great option​

But it’s not helping me to narrow the amount of options down

[V1kt0R]

There are different vehicles and trailers in your pictures. Your kit is the SLT 56; the SLT 50-3 is not scheduled to be released until this year. The only actual combination for it is with the PzH 2000.