With the next update are a number of models that have been completed which should mark the end of the modelling process. This should cover the more important models as smaller details such as binoculars, matches and cigarettes are to be created at a later date. The first of which is the British service rifle at the time the 'SMLE (Short magazine Lee Enfield) no.1 mk.3'. It is without doubt that there are people who have a basis towards these series of rifles, referring to them as the ‘best rifle’ of WW1 and possibly WW2. I cannot say that I am not without basis. Sometimes called the ‘Smelly’ the rifle is steeped with history and has been used by most if not all British common wealth factions of the two World Wars. In terms of modelling it was kept relatively simple with the most distinct feature being the flat front of the gun.
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| SMLE model |
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| Side view |
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| Handle for the action on the right side |
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| Right side view |
With
the 13 pounder comes the need to supply ammunition. The ammunition was carried
with a limber that had various versions carrying various numbers of shells and
equipment required for the gun itself. In essence the model is a box on wheels
with circular slots for the shells. The shells themselves were also modelled
alongside the spent casing that will play an important part in the animation.
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| Ammunition limber model with shells |
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| Underside |
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| Back (or front?) of limber with a pole to be attachted to the carriage |
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| Open limber revealing shells |
The
final model is the counterpart to the British gun being the German 7.7cm field
gun. When compared to its model counterpart it appears far simpler with a lot less
details.
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| 7.7cm FK (N.A) German gun |
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| View from behind |
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| Side view |
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| Notice the enlarged cannon |
While these models appear finish there is some way as changes are still to be made.
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