In 1915 (or rather 1916), the Germans introduced a lighter pack consisting of the greatcoat covered by the tent section and rolled round the mess tin. This was used until well after WW1, I think at least Freikorps and Reichswehr seem to have regularly used the same arrangement. Could anyone please te...
New WW1 Ottoman Turks? from EWM, part of our expanding WW1 Over The Top Range.?These are the initial releases of the new WW1 Ottoman Turks for EWM. Designed by Tom Lobley and Pa...
Hello.? I recently visited the FT 17 "Five of Hearts" at Fort Meade and have a few questions that I hope the members of this forum can answer.? The first question is about the tank's camouflage scheme, which while stunning its appearance, seems to me to be a fantasy paint job.? Is it even clos...
Hello, I have some pics of two types os softskin vehicles. Unfortunately I dont know what types are they. I just know they are German and its the begining of the war. Maybe? someone knows they names? ( I know that those pics are in bad qulity, but who knows...) -- Edited by Kamil on Wednesday 18th of Septem...
Hi all, ? For a quick project I decided to test-paint an Emhar mark IV female based on pictures of Lodestar in Brussells as reference. Previous attempts always turned out too green or the brown too drab and uninteresting. To shake things up a bit this time I used some Games Workshop paints that I picked u...
I have read that the bow MG on some captured Mk IVs was replaced with an A/T rifle. Does anyone have a drawing or picture of this weapon? (Doing a beutepanzer). Tony
Its a while since I went to this site to look at the line drawing of artillery pieces - especially the heavy British artillery. Unfortunately the site has been closed down. Any suggest about how to look at them or is it tough luck and Kens' diagrams are lost!
latest news on British and German soldiers, Somme Battle, 1916 /35158/This kit is just in the process of the production and as we hope, it will be released in January 2014.Best Regards,Alexander Surzhenko,DirectorMaster Box Ltd. ? ?
The magazine article on this is not really worth the paper it's written on; I should have stopped when I read that the builder had never built a tank before! The Landships article on converting the Mk IV into a Mk V is excellent, but not the whole story of the conversion as there are a number of differences...
A number of patents relating to Horsby Tracks the drawings include information on previous British patents including the illusive BP16345 of 1904 in the HORNSBY_TRACTION_ENGINE_TRACK.pdf overall this patent seems to show the progression of Roberts?and James track system as it goes through va...
The Renault FT kit from Revell comes with a scenic base including 3 nice French soldier figures. They are molded in the 1940 style uniforms, and some slight modifications are needed to make them look as late WW1 French "poilus". Two of the figures are in fact the exact same molding, and if se...
Found this here good copy from the State Library Victoria an excellent resource... 13 pdr QF MKI Handbook 18pdr guns? all MKs? note: only those marked Available on line can be downloaded, I find this is best done using Google Chrome. ? Best Regards -- Edited by Ironsides on Monday 9th of September 2013...
Here are a few pics of one of my current unfinished projects. This is the new-pop Revell kit of the old Matchbox Renault FT tank. I decided to spiff it up a bit, adding an open driver's hatch, and open turret doors with the commander sitting on it. I also added some details to the track mechanisms and a few a...
Hello, does anybody know when will hat realease E23 sets? The last new sets were made few months ago (it was so long that I dont rememger when in was excatly :P ). Their site also doest change.
Does anyone have first hand knowledge of this book? I'm wondering just how much info / pictorial reference it contains for the Simplex?40hp 'protected'? I like narrow gauge putt-putts right enough, but the 40hp would be the jobby? I'd want to see quite a lot of if shelling out for a book. Thanks in adva...
Hi everybody, apparently the Belgian army had two types of dog carts, one with the Maxim on it (and a ammunition cart) and the one on the pictures, with a Hotchkiss. Until now I could only find three pictures of the latter. Can anyone help me out? It's the 'wooden' type where it's all about, more pictures...
Sorry about this, but there's something I'm trying to remember and can't. The famous picture of a Holt moving along a street in Brussels; it appeared in the Daily Mail in November 1914; someone involved in the development of the Tank showed it to someone also involved. The trouble is that I can't remem...
The Schneider-Canet 75mms were only rivalled in popularity by Krupps commercial 75mm versions. The following countries used Schneider-Canet 75mms: Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina & others all prior to WWI. There are 2 principal versions of...
I know there's disagreement about just what colors were used, somewhere between green and brown.? I don't have an airbrush, and wondered what spray cans might be reasonable.? I'm in the states, so would prefer something I'm more likely to find here - i.e. not Humbrol.? However, if one or more of their...
I'm absolutely certain I read somewhere that the driver's vision slits on the M1917 were two inches higher than on the FT, because the American troops tended to be taller than the average Frenchman. Have I dreamt this? If not, can anyone remind me where I read it? Chin chin.
