"MG Pillbox fabrication" Topic

I am cobbling together a pillbox inside a ruined Belgian farm. Due to the intricacy of getting it set in the building safely, I feel it would benefit from being a "solid" model. I had planned for a lift off roof but feel this may compromise the aethsthetic appeal.

The question is: Do folks think such a compromise will be detrimental? It would after all hold just a Maxim gun and team.

Do folks think such a compromise will be detrimental?

No. The bases on the figures would mean that the interior of the bunker would have to be much larger than scale to fit the right number of figures inside.

No, I don't think it would be a problem, either.

Bear in mind that the interior walls of farms and other suitable buildings were used as the shuttering for the external walls of pillboxes, observation posts, and other concrete structures. This meant that the building walls merged seamlessly with the structure inside. Creating a removable roof would not be apparent in this situation, though it will be harder to lift off as it will be difficult to get your fingers around the outside edges ;-).

One of the consequences of this approach to building such structures is that when the walls of the farm building were destroyed there was an almost exact replica of the shape still standing. This gave the impression that the building was still there.

Robert

If you do an image search for the Roux Chemical Works then you should see a map of the area during the Battle of Arras. It formed the main defensive position that helped stop the extension of the British advance north of the river. The buildings were lined with concrete bunkers inside.

I can't post the link directly here, hence the need to delete the previous post. The site prevents a redirect from here but the Google search was fine.

Robert

Thank you all.