Came across this today in a well-known bookshop: "The First World War in 100 Objects; the Story of the Great War Told Through the Objects that Shaped It." Author: Professor Gary Sheffield. Quite by chance, I heard on the radio earlier that today is "Super Thursday" - the day whe...
Thought I'd start the Saumur news with probably the biggest item of interest. If you, like me, thought that L'Aube de la Gloire by Alain Gougad was out of print and unobtainable, think again. It's not on Amazon, Price Minister, or anywhere else as far as I can see, except on a rare books site for 150 euros...
I came across this rc model of a MKV Tank today, looks really good. He used a combination of MDF, Plastic and parts he printed on a MakerBot 3D printer. Be nice if he could copy his article over to this site, always inspirational to see how others work. Helen x ?? http://www.instructables.com/id/RC-re...
Hope this hasn't been posted before but I thought I'd alert you all to the fact that Gallica has started putting online the French army's Revue d'infanterie. As the tanks were subsumed into the infantry arm post-war there are a lot of articles about the French tanks in the war. Of course, it is all in Fre...
Hi All This is my first post on this forum.? I have written?articles?on Air/Tank co-operation in WW1, but I am still seeking further information.? During July 1918, 8 Sqn.? RAF was undertaking a series of trials with the Tank Corps, trying out various means of communications.? 'C' Flt. of the squadr...
Not much to go by since the carriage is hidden.? But I believe this to be a 10cm Kanone 1899.? The postcard was sent from Juterbog in Oct 1916.? Any assistance appreciated to confirm or deny my identification... ? ?
I bought a couple of items on ebay a few months ago, but since my scanner is not working, only just got a friend to scan them for me. The first is a modern negative, appears to be an internegative (ie a negative made from a negative) showing a destroyed tank. ?The second is a glass positive. The auction call...
I just saw on the Braille Scale forum of Missing Lynx that Master Box is going to release a 1?72 Mk. I Male and Female tank form the Somme, 1916. If this happens this will make the Airfix kit obsolete. I differently will buy two!
I've been wondering if the book by David Fletcher "Landships: British Tanks in the First World War" from 1984 is worth getting. Perhaps the more specialized books like the one by the same author of the Mk.I and the Mk.IV are better investments? Do any of those titles bring good scale drawin...
WIP - Gallipoli, British Army mountain gun and Renault FT radio Tank WW1-WW2Although we have put a lot of focus into getting all the new 20mmZone models into production, we still have some EWM projects making progress. Here are some of them. A small selection of WIP projects from EWM and 20mmZone.?Th...
New WW1 1917 to 1918 Tommies by EWM , part of our Over The Top WW1 ranges.??Just a small part of our growing WW1 Over the Top ranges. Tommies for 1917 or very late 1916) to 1918, th...
I know this has come up before, but I don't think there was a consensus! The model guns in the pics below are from Strelets Russo-Turkish War range. I am wondering if they could be useful for WW1. Could this Russian Mountain Gun be a French Schneider Mountain Gun (I think Schneider sold a lot of guns to Rus...
In that same bookshop, hardback and paperback copies of The Wipers Times. Apart from the well-known spoof tribute to the tanks by "Teech Bomas" in the December, 1916 issue, there's also a short paragraph that reads: "We notice much discussion going on in our English contemporarie...
Attached are photos of a MK V that was used for a landmine demonstration in 1926.? The press caption on the back reads, "Shells and mines in test tear tanks to fragments at Camp Meade Maryland. That mines and artillery can stop the dreaded tank of world war times was demonstrated by unique test con...
I was into modelling when I was a kid/teen, but it always somehow ended up wrong with glue stains on model, badly fit stuff, etc. Has anyone here made a progression from a very bad modeller to a very good modeller?
Hi everyone, ? After a bit of a break from modelling I'm making a start on the Strelets 6" Mk VII. This is my second attempt at this kit and this time I'm going to make the wheels a little wider and change the carriage type to a version where the gun sits a bit higher (I think this is the version shown on th...
Hello,?My name is Anton and I am from Moscow, Russia.I am thinking on building the Emhar 1/72 MK IV with open roof in order to show interior and with already build Salvage tank to simulate engine replacement. My question is the following what metal sheet should be removed on the MK IV to replace the engi...
I'm considering modeling this (Emhar 1:35 with AA tracks) and have some questions, if anyone has answers to any of them.? Some of the questions may be silly due to my newness to all this; many are also implied, vs. being asked outright.?I have a copy of Chris Ellis' late 60's Military Modeling column in...
Hello everyone! ? It's been absolutely fantastic to stumble upon this page!? For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by the Great War.?? Being a modern day Armoured soldier, naturally I am fascinated by the historical roots of the tank.? Lately I've been reading a lot into the tank v tank at...
Hi all, I need some informed opinions in relation to this vehicle. ?I am attempting to build a model using the Roden RRAC as a base with some scratchbuilding of the upper structures. I am after your thoughts on where the top exhaust pipe would go. It appears to join as one pipe and then into the rear of the c...
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I attach a photo of a Mk V* which seems to show a door level with the front turret. I cannot find a front side door on all the photos I have or on the plans I got from Bovington. Can anyone shed any light on this? ? Tony
I am very interested in the history of dogs that pulled in the war. We have a very large Newfoundland that pulls a variety of vintage carts at steam fairs etc and have put together a small collection of pictures of dogs pulling a variety of carts. The most interested picture I have is of a battalion of sold...
