ITLSU 1917 Project

[paulr]

Brigade HQ 1 and Spotter 1




Brigade HQ 2 and Spotter 2




Signallers



Yes those are heliographs  there is also one on the Brigade HQ 1 base 

11^th Light Armoured Motor Battery
Armoured cars to every one but the Machine Gun Corps

[Techno]

Yet more cracking work, Paul.
Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

And to end this marathon...

Batch 3

Ottoman MG Battalion




Ottoman Cavalry Regiment




Additional Ottoman Cavalry Sqadron




1^st Artillery Battery




2^nd Artillery Battery

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Like the expended shell cases.

IanS

[Leman]

Fantastic. I love those armoured cars. Plenty of inspiration for when I get stuck into my Turks and Brits. Thanks for sharing.

[WeeWars]

Very, very nice!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Yes, the flock works.
A nice tribute to those units there. Good work fella!

[fred.]

They've all come out very nicely.

How did you do the shell cases, they look very good.

[paulr]

Thanks all for the comments 

The shell cases are roughly suitable diameter plastic rod cut to 3mm lengths and painted brass. I basically roll them round in brass paint twice and then finish them off by painting a black dot on one end.

I did a batch of 80 which should be enough for all the artillery for this project 

[paulr]

I have painted the flashes for two of the three battalions I have of 158th Brigade
- 1/5th RWF Black / White horizontal rectangle, horizontally bisected puggaree flash; Black / White horizontal rectangle, vertically bisected shoulder flash
- 1/6th RWF Black / Red  horizontal rectangle, vertically bisected shoulder flash (did puggaree flashes as well)
- 1/7th RWF (will use dismounted cavalry as stand in)
- 1/1st Herefordshire  still would like to find their flashes

Making good progress on the counters 

[fred.]

The shell cases are roughly suitable diameter plastic rod cut to 3mm lengths and painted brass. I basically roll them round in brass paint twice and then finish them off by painting a black dot on one end.

I did a batch of 80 which should be enough for all the artillery for this project 

They have worked really well - I tried cutting up some brass rod, and it sort of worked, but did still have the crimped end look from being cut. I think it is the effort to paint in the black ends that makes yours look like shell cases.

[Techno]

If you want to get rid of the 'crimped ends' on 'snipped' brass rod......You can grind them flat with a small carborundum (is that how you spell that ?) disc, using something like a Dremel.
Fiddly....But it doesn't take much practice to get the hang of that.
(You'll almost certainly need some pretty fine needle nosed pliers to hold the brass while you do this, as the 'bits' are going to be rather titchy.
Hope that's of some use.
Cheers - Phil

[fred.]

I thnk painting plastic rod would be easier than trying to dremel small bits of brass rod!

[Techno]

Sorry, Fred.

I was, as usual, thinking about things having to survive pressing !
Yours is a much more practical solution for basing and painting.
Cheers - Phil (Mr Brain hadn't started working properly when I posted that !!....Not sure if he's woken up, even now !  )

[Hertsblue]

I thnk painting plastic rod would be easier than trying to dremel small bits of brass rod!

Or wooden dowel for the larger calibres.