In the Works
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
60cm gauge and northern France
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We have just visited the Baie de Somme. As everyone knows, the estuary of the Somme is on the coast of north-west France. It has been celeb...
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Franco Prussina and Great War
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Pechot and Kitchener Prosper Péchot (1849 to 1928) was very different to Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850 to 1916). For a start, one was Fren...
Friday, 14 June 2024
Colonel Pechot and the Billy Goats Gruff
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Firstly, an apology; in my previous blog, I referred to Hunger: How Food Shaped The Course Of The First World War. It is by Rick Blom and I ...
Thursday, 4 April 2024
60 centimetres and the battle of the stomachs
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We are sorry that we won't be able to attend the 16mm Modellers' AGM at Stoneleigh on April 27th. We wish all our friends a good day...
Friday, 1 March 2024
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Von Tirpitz Coastal Battery Of German Artillery Though the German army never had a system of fortifications equivalent to the vast places fo...
Friday, 2 February 2024
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The illustration below shows a British gun mounted on a Péchot wagon - the 16mm model gun was made by Mr Milner, the wagon is Wrightscale an...
Thursday, 11 January 2024
Trench Life before 60cm railways
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Trench Life and matters of some delicacy Georges Michel, French volunteer and artist, had first hand experience of life at the Front in the...
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