In 1916, a new and fearsome weapon was on the way to break the dreadful stalemate of the trenches of First World War. A secret Britsh War Office Order read:
“Volunteers are required for an exceedingly dangerous and hazardous duty of a secret nature. Officers who have been awarded decorations for bravery, and are experienced in the handling of men, and with an engineering background, should have their names submitted for this office.”
The dangerous duty was of course handling the brand new land ironclad, the jabberwock with eyes of flame or simply tank as it later became known to the world.
These men that answered the call are the subjects of Robert Kershaws book Tank Men from 2008.
Model kits of European buildings in O scale are unfortunately rather rare. But it seems like there is light in the horizon as more and more manufacturers begin to produce models for this scale.
The small railroad depot above is a brand new model kit from the German company Busch. I bought the kit for the halt on my Castle Diorama instead of scratchbuilding a building of some sort.
Inspiration is essential when building a model or a diorama. Inspiration can come from experiences in the real world, it can come from the internet or, as in this case, from books.
For a long time I enjoyed following Claude Joachim and his fabulous diorama builds on Armorama. While most of us build small dioramas that takes a forever to finish, Claude builds huge dioramas relatively quickly.
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