? Has anyone found the scan of - "Handbook of the Tractor Caisson, Mark VII, Model 1918"It seems that Google has scanned it but there's no indication how to get access to the scan.The background is that the US imported a French Schneider CD artillery tractor in 1918. Some of the features of t...
I am grateful to a friend for showing me this picture. Until I know what it is, I don't know what category to put it in. Doesn't ring a bell with me, but sorry if it's a well-known one. It's rather Vezdekhod-ish. -- Edited by James H on Tuesday 4th of June 2013 01:23:52 PM
What a Heath-Robinson contraption! One survived in 1939, I assume it was scrapped shortly after, unless anyone knows where it is? http://derela.republika.pl/a...
Hi all, I just received a copy of a reproduction 1918 manual titled "Tank Mechanical Maintenance, Mark IV Tank" that I ordered on-line.? It covers engine and track maintenance, including useful information such as how to change a track and what to do if your engine runs light, but misfire...
Hello, Here's a link to a online photo collection that includes this photo of a Turkish armoured car. There are several more WWI-era Turkish military-related photos as well. Enjoy! MarkV
Hello, Sorry for starting a new thread on this but it has been quite sometime since I posted the in progress photos.? After a month or so?of detailing the Bull Models 6" howitzer it is finally painted.? I hope you like it.? Not sure why the?background changed color between shots. Any comments or c...
The photo PDA posted of J12 Jericho in this current thread?made me think: why did some tanks have regular spacing of grousers and others have groups of them, interspersed with stretches of normal track. A post by Gwyn Evans in the linked thread states that the tanks of that particular battalion had gr...
Hello, I? wonder which units/soldiers would You like to buy if any manufacturer would produce it in plastic? Please write units like infantry or cavalry
Has this been mentioned before?? I can't find previous mention offhand. James' mention of acquiring a Daily Mail page of November 2nd,? 1914 reminds me - the on-line British newspaper archive is up and running, additional material is being added almost daily with an objective of archiving (digiti...
The 1/72 Canon de 155mm GPF/M1918 by RPM is now available in 3 different versions. Canon de 155mm GPF/M1918 by RPM at Tracks and Troops. Can any of the artillery experts point me in the direction of the WW1 version (or the version most like the WW1 version), please. Is it the one I have linked to?
Hello I hope you can help. ? I am looking to find an Ambulance that I believe was built by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. ? In 1917 the FANYs were gifted an Armstrong Ambulance / Armstrong Whitworth Ambulance (it depends which record you read) by Elswick and Scotswood Workers War Relie...
Can anyone tell me where the Soviet star with the hammer and sickle used on the Medium Mk B built in the Kit reviews section comes from?? I've been looking all over for it, and I can't find it.? I need help!!
V grateful for Roger Todd's help in sorting this out. The Perinelle-Dumay was designed by Louis Paul Andr? de Perrinelle-Dumay, the captain of a frigate in the Fench Navy who transferred to the tanks and commanded a Groupement of Saint-Chamonds. The design perhaps reveals his maritime background...
Hello to all, ???????? While searching the net for various photos and references on a couple of different items, I came across this forum a couple times. So I thought I register. I'm a Great War reenactor here in Southern California with the Great War Historical Society (www.greatwarhistoricalsoc...
Here are screen shots from the 3D model of my MkI male.? I based it on Helen's excellent drawings, plus the collection of walk-around photos available here and elsewhere on the web.? I will consider re-doing the tail wheel assembly when she issues her drawings of it.? I started on the female sponsons,...
Hello Everyone, My name is Tony and I am a documentary writer/producer from Brisbane Australia. For the past few years I have been working in association with Qld Museum to create a feature documentary on Mephisto, which as you all know is the last surviving A7V. So far I have interviewed the Director...
If I have done this right, of which there is no guarantee, you should be able to see the museum's collection of models, in a variety of scales, of pre-1919 vehicles?here. Some accompanying notes: Many are dotted around the museum in showcases, and they seem to be 1/72 or thereabouts. Sorry the reflect...
