I recently acquired the attach Tank Corps photo of a couple of FT17s in a workshop. The Tank in the foreground is marked on the rear, "A-34" over "U.S." In his book, Organizations and Markings of United States Armor Units, Charles Lemons states on page 13, "...in prepar...
As I have discussed previously, I am building a model of the MkIV male tank "Eclipse II" in which my great-uncle was killed. The basic information came from that great book on Cambrai "Following the tanks", but it seemed from the photo of the derelict tank in the book that the tan...
According to Masterbox website the new WW1 figures based on Battle of the Somme are out. Can't find anyone with stock , yet http://www.mbltd.info/35158.htm
Hello, in this way I like to introduce myself. I am 52 years old, and like to restart building rc-tanks. A couple of years ago I started a Mark IV Projekt in scale 1/10. At that time I had the chance to work on laser cutting machines...but that is over since 5 years. In future I will do this metalwork on a cnc m...
I am looking for information on the use of the Hughes Telegragh in the WW I period I understand it was widely used by the Austro-Hungarian and Russian armies during this period. Does anyone have any other information on its use? I am also looking for information on talking to someone by telephone long d...
Testing the accepted wisdom again: It's often stated that the Americans took back to the USA about 200 FTs - some give the exact figure of 209. Why would they do that? The M1917 was just entering mass production at the end of 1918. They had ordered 1,200, and, apparently, increased the order to 4,400, al...
They keep coming; isn't it great~! The sculptor must know something about horse-back riding. This is the only piece I've ever seen that correctly captures a mounted rider at a gallop; the trooper is posting~! Most realistic.....
"Part of the park was originally in the parish of Walsoken. This was known as Marsh Fields and owned by the Church Commissioners. It was rented out as market garden land and grazing". 1919 "Came the tank, another feature in the park and given to the town in recognition of its war sav...
Hot on the heels of the news about Tamiya's new motorized offering comes this nice tidbit from Takom. Looks like they're including just about anything we might wish for, except maybe a bigger decal sheet.
My son, who lives in Riga, sent these photos that he took at Cinevilla, a backlot in Tukums, Latvia. It was created for the outdoor shootings of the feature film Defenders of Riga.
The primary journal of French artillery Revue d'Artillerie ceased publication during WW1. I've always wondered if there were other artillery publications which were published during WW1. There were - and one of them is on the Gallica archive - it's the "Bulletin de Renseignements de l'Art...
While doing a search for publications dealing with WW1 vehicles, I came across the following gem: Author : Wolfgang Fleischer Title : Militarfahrzeuge des deutshen Heeres 1905 - 1918 Publisher : Typenkompass / MotorbuchVerlag ISBN : 978-3-613-03358-0 Pages : 127 I think I got it through Amazon or...
Hi Everyone, Let me preface this by saying that I know nothing of the following vehicle, rather, I hoped that it might be of some interest to any Landships members in the UK and France when it arrives for a tour later this month (May 2014). This is a clipping from my local rag (in Worcester, MA, USA) w...
There is a photo of Gretchen allegedly in a place called Sainte Cecile. The location turns out to be in southern Belgium, not very near anywhere, and well behind the Armistice line. Now there's a claim that she was "lost" there. I can't see that she was lost in action there - it's nearly in Lux...
Currently on their site there is a discussion about the artillery pieces. A couple of pieces of information have been given out by the company. The 9.2" and the German howitzer that have previously been flagged up are pencilled in for the summer. Certainly the figures for these two sets look...
OH BOY!? I'm there!? Metal replacement tracks from Friulmodel? are always a pleasure to work with.? For those of you who haven't seen or handled anything from them yet, you're missing out. The tracks for the Mk.IV and Whippet come with idlers and drive sprockets like most of their offerings.? I hope t...
I have a couple of resin model figures I want to remove the paint from, having already been overbrushed a couple of times I do not want to obscure the details, any ideas how to remove the paint, I have seen Dettol suggested on Youtube, but that is for plastics Any ideas please
Hallo everybody. My name is Luca Cingolani, I am a new member from Italy (proud Roman )and my English is really poor.. I am a modellist ( modeller? ) and interested in history. I hope to become an active member of this forum, building many WWI tank models.. Buon modellismo a tutti!
The drivers canopy on my emhar mk v hermaphrodite doesn't fit properly. It has a false front across the top and doesn't seem to go back far enough in the hull to meet the rivet strap. I don't know if this has been previously addressed. I can come up with my own solution if necessary. I'm building a second he...
I have just started working on 3 emhar kits that I originally purchased for converting in to tanks for a sci-fi game. I have always had a thing for the rhomboid tank and with the centenary of the great war I thought I would finish them as intended. This site has been a blessing to that end.
I notice the last cardmodel A/C didn't elicit any comments - so here's another one... The model was designed by Andriy Romanchuk - downloaded from Landships II. I used the white model supplied by Andriy's model and rescaled it from 1/43 to 1/50. The model is intended to represent an Austin-Putilov...
http://www.exchange3d.com/3D-Model-of-Flying-Pig-mortar/prod_35164.htmlWhatis the model- Mk I (1.30-m barell lenght) or 1.73-m barell Mk II-Mk-IV? Best regards!...
After reading several accounts of 301st Heavy Tank Bn officers "laying the tape" markings up to the starting line on September 29, 1918, I began to wonder just what this involved. Was it some sort of cloth tape line laid on the ground or was it on wire posts? How exactly did one "lay the...
)and my English is really poor.. I am a modellist ( modeller? ) and interested in history. I hope to become an active member of this forum, building many WWI tank models.. Buon modellismo a tutti! 