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...
I don't remember anyone on this forum noticing that http://maxdecals.com/max7220.html?includes 1/35 transfers for some Irish Army vehicles, including RR A/Cs - especially, and very usefully,?the elaborate FF (Fianna Fail?) markings as well as the numbers and vehicle names. The cars covered...
http://www.icm.com.ua/news/?has info on forthcoming Russian WW1 Maxim and infantry weapon sets from ICM. ? And Miniart have Maxims coming in an admittedly WW2 set. http://miniart-models.com/index.htm?/35133.htm Wonder if/when we will see anything bigger from these makers? ? ? ?
I've been contracted by Osprey Publishing (London) to produce a book on the German A7V and British Mark IV (male and female)- focusing on Villers-Bretonneux (1918). Ive accumulated rights to use several recent museum photos of each vehicle, as well as several scans from archives such as the NARA. I...
. . . according to Wikipedia, that is. ? "The Steam Wheel Tank was designed on the basis of the early "Big Wheel" Landship concepts put forward by Sir William John Kelly from Great Britain in 1915 . . "No references attached to the article except links to Landships 1 and MailerFSU...
I think I'm right in saying that the accepted wisdom is that the A7V got its name from Allgemeine Kriegsdepartment Abteilung 7 - Verkehrswesen. Now I have come across the suggestion that the origin is Allgemeine Kriegsdepartment 7 Abteilung? - Verkehrswesen.I've also seen the 7 written with a full...
The photo is from a photo album with the following description: Tank of Chang Tsung Chang's -2-7 armies Zhang Zongchang (also Chang Tsung-ch'ang or here Chang Tsung Chang) (13.02.1881-03.09.1932) Was a Chinese warlord in Shandong in the early 20th century. Zhang Zongchang proved to be one of the m...
Does Landships II have any copyright on the content from Landships, its just that Patriot Files is still displaying whole pages with no credits etc. Just thought I would let people know
Not a military vehicle at all, but thought some might enjoy it: "Inadvertently, some of you have helped me with a quest that I have been on for some ten years now, to find more information about a 'crawler-crusher' that was designed and built for clearing on the now-defunct Cross-Florida Barge c...
About a week ago I ran across some info on this tank somewhere on the Landships?forum, and I recall there was another term used, but can't recall what it was.? I'm considering building a "what-if" recovery Whippet and am trying to locate a suitable winch.? I'll attach the photo I found here...
I have managed to get hold of a second hand kit of the above.Unfortunatley the instructions are missing. Have any Forum members got the instructions or could tell me where I could get hold of a set. It seems a bit of a cheek to ask Scale link themselves. Thanks
Hi It's been a few years between post but I am in the process of building a large scale model of an 18 pounder and need information on the correct shade of green used . Regards Terry
Off to north Wales in a weeks time, near Caernarfon, and was wondering if anything WW1 related to see in the area? I know some of the narrow gauge railways have WW1 stock but not sure if it's possible to access the sheds where they will most likely be held. Any artillery pieces in local museums etc?
I am starting to get images for the next lot of figures.One set I would like to do is the above.How many were in the team??? Has anyone got any good images of a Lewis gun team in the usual W^D relaxed pose style. Many thanks
