WW1 Bomber, 9th Scots , 51st Highland Division, 1917, Grenadier Miniatures New Release

[Kisifer]

Superb piece overall. Well done guys.

Xenofon

 

[carl reid]

Thanks Guys! Glad you like him!

Carl

 

[Ventress]

Nice one, Carl. The missus is going to fall out with you soon!

 

[Jimbo]

Great piece of sculpting Carl, I like the version with the bonnet, just a small point though, I think this type of grenade was only used in the early part of WW1 a while before the British steel helmet was introduced in 1916 and by then the well known Mills Bomb had been in service since 1915, so maybe the steel helmet version is under question with the early grenade, like I say just a small point, I may be wrong I suppose they could have used the early type of grenade later on in the war along with the Mills,who knows? anyway it's a superb sculpt and he looks just as good with the tin hat too.
Cheers
Jim

 

[Figurenfreund66]

A Carl Reid Bust - no comment needed !

Hendryk

 

[carl reid]

Great piece of sculpting Carl, I like the version with the bonnet, just a small point though, I think this type of grenade was only used in the early part of WW1 a while before the British steel helmet was introduced in 1916 and by then the well known Mills Bomb had been in service since 1915, so maybe the steel helmet version is under question with the early grenade, like I say just a small point, I may be wrong I suppose they could have used the early type of grenade later on in the war along with the Mills,who knows? anyway it's a superb sculpt and he looks just as good with the tin hat too.
Cheers
Jim

Cheers Jim glad you like him!

With regards to the helmet. Technically are right if you go by dates alone.
But there was an overlap of equipment! For example the Brodie helmet was pattented in 1915 but was wasn't seen at the front until April 1916, and although they stopped producing the Number 1 Mark1 stick grenade in 1915, there would have been a residual stock. In fact the greatest grenade battle took place on the Pozieres Heights on the night of 26-27 July 1916, where every type of grenade were used including the stick type.

I have attached the image that the piece was taken from. The illistration and text is by Mike Chappell, one of the countries leading authorities in WW1 history, and he states in the text that the number was still being used in 1917.



I hope this clirifies it a little Jim.

Carl

 

[Jimbo]

Yes Carl, I thought that would be the case, I suppose they must have used loads of obselete kit well into the last days of the war, thinking about it they would never have just got rid of spare stick grenades just because the new mills bomb had come in, all the stockpile of the stick type would have been used up bombing enemy trenches, so like you said an overlap of kit, thanks for the info.
Cheers
Jim

 

[carl reid]

If you think about the how influential those 4 years was Jim,
Not just in military terms but political and social terms also! It brought about suffrage, the rebuilding of communities etc. The introduction of airial warfare, Chemical and bolistic weapons!
The advances in military technogolgy was unprecedented.
Before then war was sort of an ordered affair, then came The Great War and it changed the landscape for ever in every way, Including geographically!
I don't believe we will ever see a more inflential period again, unless of course some despot launches a nuclear missile!
But we have some much to thank, and so much to dispair at when we look back at that time!
The sacrifices was huge!


Carl

 

[stu]

Many thanks for all the great comments,,,carl its a beauty !!!

Very difficult to get pics of these in action but all the literature concerning this piece stated 1917.

Many thanks

Stuart