Hi, I'm new here.? I'm thinking of doing a few WWI models in the next few years, as a sort of commemoration of the centenary of the Great War, and I'm thinking about the first rhomboid tank; Mother.? I understand that the Airfix 1/76th scale tank can be converted to a real Mark I, but it's going a bit furthe...
RetrokiT! have released another variant of the Saint Chamond, and some of their range will disappear, possibly forever, after April 2014. They state: "Just out are the latest variant of the Saint-Chamond tank..." "My co-operation with Wespe Models of Romania will continue unti...
PDA threw down a challenge on the Armourfast site by modelling a series of mark IVs. (The last time I looked on the said site it was?only German? WW2 figures!)??Having picked up a Matador tadpole set for a couple of quid i thought I would also have a go! Yes you can see the join - the rivits are a different si...
Plastic Soldier Review have reviewed Strelets' 1/72 8in Mark VII Howitzer and 6in Mark XIX Gun. They don't like them! For the 8in Mk VII, PSR says, "Those with a good eye will have noticed that there is no picture of the gun on this page. This is because in our view the model is so bad it is very nearly i...
This is Kerr Stuart 'Wren' Class locomotive 3114, built in 1918 for the Ministry of Munitions and worked at an arms dump in Driffield during the war. It has been restored by the Phyllis Rampton Trust and is seen here at Devil's Bridge Station on the Vale of Rheidol railway, offering driver experience f...
Hi everyone! ? This summer I found this beauty during my trip in Eastern Finland: 155 mm St. Chamond Mle 1915. It is situated in Juva, in the middle of village on the front yard of the church. Finland bought 24 pieces during the Winter War and these served well during the Continuation War. ? This one, seri...
All,I am looking for ammunition production numbers for the various nationalities during the War.Initial need is for German data, as outlined below.I have data on British shell production (thanks to the awesome work done by the Ministry of Munitions in its various volumes!). ? The data I need inclu...
In the fascinating National Slate Museum near Llanberis, north Wales, is this 1917 built battery electric locomotive built by Brush of Loughborough. This, and others of the same type (two are still in use on the Hythe Ferry Pier train!) were built for use in munitions factories during the war - this o...
Hello, I am working on the Sparta 1/35th WWI Lancia Ansaldo IZ Armored Car kit.? I am ready to paint the interior.? Does anyone know if the interior color should be white/off white or did they leave them bare steel?? I appreciate any information or?guidance?you can provide. Thank you, Rob from the USA...
I haven't been able to find too much info so far. What does this have to do with WW1?? Well, I imagine many got destroyed in the war; in fact WW1 was, politically and socially speaking, the end of the old period of royalty and social rank in Europe.? Said manor house would be a symbol of it. I was thinking not...
Barbed wire in The War; would it have been galvanized? I think not - why would anybody waste zinc like that? If it wasn't galvanized, it would have rusted quickly, wouldn't it? So, on a diorama, any barbed wire should be rust coloured, shouldn't it? (I'm making a dio) TIA
I am currently looking into Great War tanks in Leicester (England) in order to give advice to several local organizations towards?their planning of?1914-19 commemorations/events/activities, and would be glad to know if anyone can please help with some loose ends. ? The Friends of the Lincoln Ta...
Hi, new to this forum.. I am trying to find if there is any german tank action, where a german Tank "fought" though a 'Village'.. the reason, my Maternal Grand-father had an interesting encounter with one... he with the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was driving an ambulance back to the rear...
Have been sweating on all the wires, but I've finally finished my Mk I wireless (Matador conversion on the good 'ole Airfix kit), which is proudly posing on a trench part of Early War Miniatures. cheers, Michel.
Just finished today is my 1/72 Whippet Mk A tank, A347 Firefly, of B Company,? 6th Battalion Tank Corps in France early 1918.?? The kit decals were used from the EMHAR kit which depicts Firefly with a minor few inaccuracies.???? I built the speedy (8mph) tank out of the box, with the addition of the comm...
I currently have manuals in .pdf file format for the following WW1 British artillery pieces - some I can e-mail, others will require putting on a CD and posting out. Please let me know if any of them are of interest. 10 pounder mountain gun 3.7 inch mountain gun 2.95 inch mountain gun 13 pounder field gun...
Tonight's mystery item / KS98 bayonet by [ur...