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Communications during WWI was still in the dark ages and carrier pigeons were frequently used. When I found a kit of the old Airfix London bus a few years ago, I got intrigued by the image of a traveling pigeon loft.
All of the kit parts are molded in marashino cherry red so anything that isn't red is scratched from bits and pieces of styrene, wire of various sorts, PE fiddly bits, and paper. The interior of the lower deck will be an office/storage/napping space and the upper deck, of course, is where the pigeons live. The diorama will include three figures: driver, signal corpsman, and courier with a bicycle. Having lots of fun with it so far...
In November '04 I visited the Imperial War Museum in London and took heaps of photos of their preserved 'B' Type bus, especially of the underside. Other projects put the bus on hold but I returned to it in the winter of '05, adding bit'n'pieces to the underside and chassis and completely reworking the rear axle. I was able to figure out the mechanical braking system and all its rods, levers, turnbuckles, etc. were scratchbuilt along with the brake drums for the rear wheels. A bit of painting and some preliminary weathering and the underside was essentially done.