What a great job mate!! I'm too much of a coward to try cutting a shell!
Looks great.
These things always remind me of the poors bastxxxs stuck in the trenches trying to get some sort of cover from surface detonations,only to be showered from above by large ball bearings!
And thats not including gas,trench raids,drowning from the mud,rats,snipers,and miners planting tonnes of Amanol under your trench.
And what about the horiffic hand to hand fighting with trench clubs and knives?
Hell on earth.
I believe we should remember these men on both sides,when we look at our collections, and also remember those thousands upon thousands that still lay in the fields of begium and France.
A couple of years ago on a visit to an area near Ypres,i'll never forget looking at the ground and seeing shell fragments mixed with pieces of bone,and wire.
Standing there amonst this carnage, I couldnt help but shed a tear.
And as the years go by,the amount of bone fragments dosnt decrease,but often increases as the land is worked.
Its heartbreaking to think all those mothers and Farthers,waiting for their sons to come home,and still today relatives are searching for the fallen whose remains are scattered never to be returned home.
Sorry to get all serious,but I feel it needs saying
Doug
