| serge joe | 16 Apr 2015 8:33 a.m. PST |
Hi,
G ents seen apicture or painting do not know anymore of afortified cabin in spain? used by the French greetings serge joe |
 Extra Crispy  | 16 Apr 2015 12:33 p.m. PST |
The French, I'm sure, built all sorts of reinforced, fortified positions as protection fro guerillas…that said I've not seen pictures myself. |
| Brechtel198 | 16 Apr 2015 12:33 p.m. PST |
Could you mean a blockhouse inside an earthen parapet or redoubt with access through the parapet by a drawbridge? Jack Girbal has a painting of one if I recall correctly. |
| Glengarry5 | 16 Apr 2015 1:02 p.m. PST |
There's a print depicting a French blockhouse on page 44 of Osprey Elite 108, Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War 1808-14 |
| serge joe | 17 Apr 2015 6:04 a.m. PST |
Yeah, it was used to protect a few of French troops a patrol dont know have the building were build along the main roads to look it up osprey greetings serge joe |
| serge joe | 17 Apr 2015 9:36 a.m. PST |
Were they build in a line? greetings serge joe |
 Whirlwind  | 17 Apr 2015 9:56 p.m. PST |
IIRC I think that there is a good-looking model in Touching History: link if you were looking for inspiration and didn't mind spending a few pounds. |
| Brechtel198 | 18 Apr 2015 4:27 a.m. PST |
That is an excellent model, not only the blockhouse and redoubt, but the village as well. And it appears to me to be quite accurate, per the drawings and paintings I have seen of that type of fortification. Great catch-well done. |
| I see lead people | 18 Apr 2015 4:24 p.m. PST |
The Touching History stuff was excellent. Paul Darnell was by far one of the most skilled model makers to have emerged. Paul disappeared a couple of years ago to avoid people he had taken money from in exchange for models offered on his Touching History site. Interesting his books are still available even if only as a PDF, so he's still sneaking about making enough money to buy a Burger King meal deal. Unfortunately, like the song, old Paul is hiding out in a shed at Heathrow as he's just a crook & a s h i t bloke. |
| serge joe | 19 Apr 2015 6:49 a.m. PST |
But stil they were build in a line along a road? great model b.t.w. size? greetings serge joe |
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
