Last year I bought (second-hand) a copy of "British and American Tanks of World War II" by Chamberlain & Ellis, Arms & Armour Press, which has some technical data for the vehicles covered and lots of photos of unusual variants. On the back of the dust jacket, this book advertised a...
As the centenary approaches, British Pathe have kindly brought all their Great War clips under one roof and listed them by category. Index is here. Tanks section (not especially revealing, but worth a look) is here. A bit of a find is this clip showing, amongst other things, Belgians in late 1914/ear...
A fellow forum member asked me for pictures of this Russian gun used on an anti-aircraft mount by the German Army. I have some pictures from Bucharest and Sofia, here you can see the gun in Bucharest: I zipped all my pictures into one single file, available from download here: http://www.massimocorn...
Hello, I am planning to scratch build an Rolls Royce Armoured Car 1914 or 1920 pattern As base I will be using the 1/16 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Ballooncar I Like to know if there are any detailed scale drawings for the 1914 and /or 1920 pattern car available which I can use. I've seen some posts which men...
I learnt recently that a De Dion-Bouton Auto-Caisson[url]http://www.lunion.presse.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/112141/Record_de_frequentation_battu__pour_le_salon_du_vehicule...
This last week I was able to return to the restoration of my second 7,7cm lFK 1896 n/A.? The main problem with this gun has been that the trail was cut off and disposed of by the former owner.? I have reproduced a new rear trail, spade, and pointing lever mount for the gun.? The elevation gear has been rebui...
Hello everybody ! ? Like many modellers who are interested in WWI, I already know quite well Landships. I visited it many times and I do appreciate it ! Thank you all ! I came back to modelling only 2/3 years ago, and still didn't?build any WWI stuff, but I'm now working on some 1/72 diorama projects (now o...
Hello,There are six German artillery pieces - two 15cm field howitzers, two 17cm trench mortars, and two 25cm trench mortars - on display at the Maryland Memorial Building.? All are war trophies presented to the City of Baltimore by the War Department at the time the building was dedicated in 1925.?...
This appeared in the London Gazette. So by the time Stern et al came to decide on the armament for the Tanks, one assumes the Rexer was no longer available. Am still looking into the exact relationship between Madsen and Rexer. Haven't yet found anything to establish that it was a licensed copy or a rip-...
Hello!? I'm a new member to this forum, although I have perused the Landships site on and?off for some years.? What a great site for the Great War!? I retired from my career?three-months ago and am returning to the hobby - finally with a bit?more free time than before. All?the Best, Don Gerber??
The Schneider CA1 didn't use the classical Holt suspension as the St-Chamond (and A7V) did. The suspension was somewhat similar to that on the later FT. Attached are a couple of images of the Schneider at Saumur showing the springs and what looks like a fairly substantial framework supporting the ca...
Hello, everbody! My name is Luger (as I'm owner of such a perfectly balanced gun) and I'm living in western Germany 50 miles as the crow flies east of the dutch border. My learned profession is gunmaker and my hobby is artillery and WW I-Tanks. Besides, I'm a lot out hunting and motorcycling. It is a pity...
From the Illustrated War News, Wednesday 19 July 1916: Propaganda? For use by impatient muleteers?? From what I can make out, the German field punishments were similar to the British, or milder perhaps.? For instance the equivalent of the notorious Field Punishment No. 1, being shackled or bound t...
I'm currently working on scale drawings for an artillery piece and have come across data for it in German. Many of the terms I can figure out using Babelfish and the context they appear in, but this one needs clarification please: Feuerh?he The direct English translation is 'fire height'. An online d...
Hi all, As it's my first post I'd like to say hello and thanks to all for a great forum to read through. I've been reading this forum for a while and now things are starting to edge towards build commencement I thought I'd register and see if anyone can help out with a few details. Im drawing up my own plans an...
Not the life-size one (which now seems to have been taken indoors) but the model shewn below. Does anyone know its provenance? Was it built by Burstyn at the time of his attempts to get the vehicle accepted, or is it a later addition? ?
Hello!I'm tryingto build a3Dmodel of the tankMk.IX.But facedwith the fact thatthe networkis availableinvery fewpictures fromsomeangles.Can notanyone helpwith the imagesback, topandinside the tank?While it turns outis such amodel.Colored lines- a reconstructionof objectsin various w...
Just got these from Robert Mathews, the MasterBox female with W^D figures and duckboards. I think he has done a brilliant job. I will be putting some more pic's on the W^D gallery.
Hi I don't suppose anybody has a sheet of the Decalcomaniacs rhomboid decals spare which they'd be interested in selling do they? I've looked on their ebay shop and they don't list them any more - I'm actually only interested in the ones for 'Perfect Lady'. andy
While perusing the work of the excellent Belgian illustrator James Thiriar I came across this sketch of troops making their way forward through characteristic Flanders weather. The object on the left looks familiar. If it is indeed the Field Kitchen donated by the citizens of Manchester, it will h...
Both military and civilian. It seems that German army and navy uniform hats were of the same basic design, of course with insignia and coloring different. ?Am I right? Also, did pretty much every European wear the same types of hats (fedoras, top hats, skimmers, "Andy Capp" hats), etc.?
