As part of the prepartion for OML3 I have been reading into the Battle of Shaho 1904 a particular part of the engagement was the Japanese 12th Division assault on the Yantai coal mines an attack that was to cost both sides over 5000 casualties.
By chance I spotted the following item on ebay and figured with a little work I could create my own Yantai mine.
Hand made from card a couple of spokes and kitchen string it appears to be originally for HO scale it just needed cleaning up a little and the flock and scatter up grading.
I may well add some coal scatter at a later date.
I added a Chinese coolie to give a sense of scale, whilst the doors are a little off it is certainly large enough for gaming purposes and I can see it being used in a variety of periods and scenario's from the RJW to AVBCW. - A real bargin at £10.00
A Photo of coal works circa 1900.... Actual photo's of the Yantai mine have proven impossible to find but this looks pretty good to me for a table top representation.
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