Friday 19 November 2021

French field telephone

Using the Tamiya 1940 French set and a delve in the spares box, I was able to bodge these chaps with a field telephone c.1916.  I think they have the right ‘look’.  




16 comments:

Brad DeSantis said...

Excellent job Tim! They really do have the right look with a big touch of drama! Where is that darn phone book?

Maudlin Jack Tar said...

Great work, very active scene. Is he explaining to his Commander how to do the Hokey-Kokey? "You put your right arm in..."

MGB said...

Some attractive work there, very nicely done!
Michael

tradgardmastare said...

Nice piece of work, hope you were listening to the Blondie song as you painted.

Brian Carrick said...

An excellent bodge, as ever!

Tim Gow said...

Brad DeSantis
A phone book! I didn’t think of that!

Tim Gow said...

Maudlin Jack Tar
More like “if I can’t get them on the phone you’ll have to take the message yourself”.

Tim Gow said...

MGB
Many thanks!

Tim Gow said...

Tradgardmastare
One can only hope that the chap at the other end isn’t called Denis…..

Tim Gow said...

Brian Carrick
Bodge? This was dangerously close to proper modelling for me!

Archduke Piccolo said...

A fine little staff/field HQ vignette, Tim. Just the sort of thing to lend 'tone' (so to speak) upon what might otherwise be a vulgar tabletop brawl...

Tim Gow said...

Archduke Piccolo
Quite so! And better comms means they can be first to complain about the dice being against them.

Peter Douglas said...

Very useful. Will the Marne Taci deliver their Uber eats before the attack?

Pete. said...

Great little vingette Tim.

You should make players in a lawn game use a tin can telephone to represent it when it gets used in whjat ever you have planned for it.

Cheers,

Pete.

Tim Gow said...

Peter Douglas
I’m sure that grade of traffic was banned from the Voie Sacree!

Tim Gow said...

Pete
Good idea - but I suspect my players would cheat and just shout!