Wow, looks like a horn from a naval vessel. 
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This arrived today, some how a few tanks have found their way in amongst the air defences and trucks. If only someone did the Thornycroft Antar and Scammel Commander in injection plastic in 1/72.
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Some 3D parts from my favorite dealer @Petition2God 
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I had this one arrive today from Osprey Publishing for me to read and review for them.
The War Underground 1914-18, Tactics and Equipment
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Very interested in seeing the review for this.
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Have been to Vimy Ridge in 2022. Beside the memorial there are still some tunnels around but none accessible to the public, afaik. Landscape is still full of scars from 110 years ago …
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An oldie but goodie, passed The North East Model Centre on the way back from a work engagement and they had this for £11.99, took it to the counter and there was 20% off all Tamiya kits. Got for the princely sum of £9.59!
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Hope to get to it before too long. I have three titles ahead of it. I have thumbed through it and it looks really interesting. The tunneling during WWI has been a subject I have been interested in for many years. I have this title in my personal library and read it back in the early 90s. Very interesting subject.
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For me the history of WW1 meanwhile is far more interesting than of WW2. The war with 10 million dead alas is mostly forgotten here in Germany. Many places of the Western Front are not very far away from my home, so I have already visited some of them, Verdun about 300 km, Somme Region about 600 km, Belgian Flanders about 700 km.
In 2022 I made a small report about some memorials, museums and cemeteries in the Somme Region here on Kitmaker. Have a look if you like and have missed it back then …
Memorials, Museums and Cemeteries in the Somme Region - General Discussions / Museums, etc. - KitMaker Network
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I’ve been to Vimy and the others a few times. I thought they opened up some parts of the tunnels to visitors, or maybe it’s the trenches (it’s been 14 years since last visit)?
Personally I think it should be every Canadians duty to visit Vimy, Juno, and Dachau.
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There are indeed some restored trenches open for a guided tour at Vimy but no tunnels, afaik. I didn’t had the time to join one because I spent too much time at the museum there and wanted also to visit the german cemetery at Neuville St. Vaast nearby the same day. But it sure wasn’t my last trip to Vimy.
Personally I had planned to make a guided trip to Wolgograd (former Stalingrad) one day when I’m retired in a few years. But the political situation between our 2 countries is not the best to say it friendly and I don’t see a change to the better soon … 
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Maybe Volgograd becomes a Ukrainian city one of these days …
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I went to Vimy as part of a university trip to Arras last year and there is a small section of tunnel open there, not much you just go in one opening and out of another about a hundred yards away. There’s more there, you can see a long fenced off passageway heading deeper underground.
The tunnels under Arras are open to the public and I’d highly recommend them
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I ordered the German ones from ebay a few days ago.
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Ordered those 2 books on french WW2 tanks, taking a break after those 2:
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Well postie brought me these which arrived today while I was out, yes a Sunday!
Where was I? Well at a local model show held at the de Havilland aircraft Museum which is not far from me. Of course you can’t go to a show and not come back with something.
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I threw mine in the dishwasher for an experiment and it came out spotless.
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That’s a cool idea!
As an experiment, might be interesting to see what dishwashing liquid, hot water and my Ultra Sonic cleaner can do with that old circle template and years of enamel paints.
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