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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Bezzo on 03 August 2014, 06:08:48 PM
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With the 100th anniversary of the start of WW1 there has been a lot attention on the conflict. It was a time of great innovation; the coming of age of the aeroplane, the invention of the tank, submarines made practicable machines. But also some weird ideas. So here is a thread where members can post the more unusual ideas and off-the-wall aspects of the period which they have encountered. I start with the relatively well know Tsar tank which must have had limited application.....
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J13n42Acfek/UC3VINYE8eI/AAAAAAACDSc/WcesFI_BLfo/s640/t6.jpg)
and an Italian design to make heavy artillery a tadge more mobile
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Italian_howitzer_Obice_305_17_modello_16.jpg)
Someone must have thought this was a good idea....
(http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120719/640/really_weird_wwi_weapons_640_22.jpg)
(http://xaxor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/WWI-weird-weapons20.jpg)
and last but certainly not least....protection for the pilot's.....err....undercarriage
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/strange-weapons-wwi-500-12.jpg?w=500&h=511)
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oh, I did not know the second one. how is it called?
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impressive beast. I am surprised none of the resin bits companies has not yet made one
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@former user: Well, actually at least one does:
gbmodelli.blogspot.de/2014/02/kit-72029-obice-30517-modello-16.html (http://gbmodelli.blogspot.de/2014/02/kit-72029-obice-30517-modello-16.html)
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darn the heck! wrong scale...
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The only one I'm aware of (off hand) would be the RN attempt to find submarines by using performing (circus) sealions.
May be ueban myth, but apparently a trainer and his troop were getting on quite well somewhere at a naval base (Plymouth or Portsmouth?) until a parsimonious MoD type decided to save money by buying sub-standard fish for the seals. After that they stopped working.
Someone else suggested training seagulls to sit on periscopes.
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I heard that one before about the pigeons. Apparently they were strapped into a bomb and through training, pecked at controls that moved that bombs flaps to make the bomb 'smart'! Basically the pigeon would guide the bomb toward target ships it could see through a view slit! You really couldn't make this stuff up!!
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Difficult to tell without the colours, but is that Ayre United?
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(http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120719/640/really_weird_wwi_weapons_640_28.jpg)
(http://api.ning.com/files/sPcliImUDM0eAJp-AMzBYsUcusju1rmQe1WzuPFrxGWthdKt8-Ifvlg7vnPAQlYS7LNhn7RkUQ4MAaqa4gJ8tPcRnA4sAyKL/IMG_004.jpg)
(http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2012/07/26/friday-firepower-strangest-weapons-of-wwi-43-photos/strange-weapons-wwi-500-28/)
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looks more like a gliderborne dick
and this training device for MG shooting looks funny.
have You ever encountered the concept of fleet submarine monitors?
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(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/strange-weapons-wwi-500-35.jpg?w=500&h=669)
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/strange-weapons-wwi-500-13.jpg?w=500&h=410)
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(http://www.mindjunker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/strange_weapon_concepts_from_the_past_640_05.jpg)
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US Tank design 1917:
(http://www.twilighthistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/strange-tank-1917-american-600x350.jpg)
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French Trench Crosser
(http://www.twilighthistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/crawler-tank.jpg)
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I ran a pulp WWI game at a couple of conventions that included scratch-built versions of a couple of these tanks:
http://bogdanwaz.blogspot.com/search/label/Word%20War%20I
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I've enjoyed following this topic,its easy to see why most of these idea's died a death,the drone is nice idea for a model.I don't think it saw active service.but I'll have a crack at it all the same.As for the Italian bfg it would be fun model,I think it would be out of reach of most gamers pockets in 28mm.Even more so when you add in the tractor units to move it.
The horse shaped hide is sat on my work bench(great minds,etc) but as a sniper LUP. I'll do another couple of figures to change its use.
If you've any idea's you'ld like to see made.The offer is still on ,and isn't just for vehicles,its moving off onto some very odd project's,including now of all things battlefield sets and boats.
Mark
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US Tank design 1917:
(http://www.twilighthistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/strange-tank-1917-american-600x350.jpg)
Looks like someone had some ACW surplus monitors laying around and decided to put tracks on them lol
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It makes one wonder where the inspiration for this came from.....
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(http://www.kadrajsinema.com/wp-content/uploads/1212.jpg)
The chap with the pipe has not yet noticed the size of the razor that the Serbian barber behind him is holding.................
Obviously Movember.....
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Some excellent stuff here! Great inspiration!
Here's one that I enjoyed... easily could make this into a (terrible) resistance weapon.
(http://www.blackbirdmedia.org/images/wwi/kiddiebuggy.bmp)
Thanks
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I find this one very inspiring
(http://www.modelarstwookretowe.pl/MO/NS9/M1.jpg)
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it might be covered, but You can be sure they have all they need ;)
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I am not sure what this guy is up to.... :?
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let's hope he was kind to animals
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I don't know about other armies, but the germans used tohave a lot of sick initiation rites - they still do
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Probably owing to the dysentry leaving a nasty smell in the toilet behind him, send the kitten in first and, if it keels over, on with the gas mask....... lol
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it somehow reminds me of medieval cosplay. But I haven't figured out what the gasmask stands in for
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In the ACW they were reduced to using Parrots........
In WWI the British had to resort to using Whippets as armoured Vehicles.
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Even today, if you have loose shrapnel in your pocket, you might put it in the kitty........
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the goose doesn't look too happy
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Neither does the dog he's riding......