Project Bunker

[dano1917]

10.5

Hi Falcon, That is a WWI German 10.5cm howitzer shell casing from Dusseldorf and dated 1915..regards...Dano

 

[Dave83]

How many square meter ???

Dear Dano

How much square meters will be the full size of your trench and your bunker ??

Nice yob you have now a pice of Europe battelfield in your house !!

go ahead

best regards David

 

[dano1917]

I'm not sure on the measurments Dave, though it is not really big. I just like the war feel I get when i'm in there. There is lots of stuff I want to do on the inside still as i've got some real fine ideas. It's just a case of running across some of the materials (mainly corrugated tin). Would eventually like the inside of the bunker to resemble an officers dug out of WWI. I have the time and patience. I could go buy the tin, but i'm cheap and used rusty stuff would be more realistic anyway. I want to put some relics to fit the period also like a pottery SRD rum jug and touches like that. I could ramble on and on but I think you get the picture. Slickrick has provided me with some pictures from European museums and I want to do it like some of them. Best my friend........Dano

 

[satan18]

With exception of some well placed corrugated tin, and better shelving priject bunker is complete. I have more than doubled my display space and when inside the feel of war just reeks about. Here are 5 shots inside of bunker/trench...Dano

Very immpresive there Dano
This is a realy good way of displaying the collection and only wish i had more space to show things properly:tinysmile_fatgrin_t

Best phil

 

[dano1917]

metamorphysis

Thanks Phil, but this is no more than a work in progress, slickrick sent me some WWI bunker pics from blighty that gave me ideas that are just 2 cool to comprehend. There will be some mind blowin' changes and may never be done. Paper mache is a schoolboy thing, but may be rekindling those memories. Thats all till I get started and I think I can do some realism beyond this...stay up with me ...Dano

 

[Falcon]

Falcon

In addition to the pictured sites, got to see the Royal Navy Sub Museum, Bovington Tank Museum, RAF Cosford, a super day riding around the countryside in a Triumph Spitfire, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, RAF Lyneham's Family Day(the Vulcan pic), Belieu(sp?) Car Museum, Stonehenge, Avebury, the oldest village in England (Biebury?), an afternoon flight around Lyneham, and a three dayer in Caen, France, hitting all the D-Day beaches and too many museums to count. Ended up with 1988 pics on the digital camera.

I'm sure I've left a couple things out. Will be posting some other pics when the editing is done.

Sounds like you had a good trip then. If I would have know earlier that you were coming I could have met up with you somewhere.