It has recently been put to me that the idea that the FT idlers were made of wood is preposterous. Thinking about it, I realise it probably is. They wouldn't have lasted five minutes. The alternative suggestion is that the wheel was steel, with six spokes, and that plywood discs were bolted on to keep th...
Unlike the majority of the leading manufactures Strelet realised thgat there was a WW1 before WW2. They are building up a nice range of heavy artillery pieces which soon will include their first German heavy. Enclosed is my version of the the late 8" British howitzer
Sorry about raising the topic of the Russian Madsen again, but it strikes me that despite Russia being the only major power to use this weapon in numbers before and in WW1, images are thin on the ground. This page has dozends of high-quality photos of Tsarist troops during the war against Japan, includ...
Can anyone direct me to a source that states in black and white?that the idlers on the Renault-built FTs were wooden? Of course it's obvious to anyone with any sense, but I have to have a quotable source inorder to silence a crackpot. Any book will do, just as long as it's got a title and the pages are numbe...
Need some decent 1/76 (or 1/72) Lewis's for my Mk II Female, can anyone reccomend any? Received the Matador Models tank mg's today, the Lewis's were awful and the Hotchkiss little better than what comes in Emhar kits
Colleagues, I really need your help!Tell me - on tanks Mark IV and Mark V were the same guns? Hotchkiss 57 mm, which had a barrel length L23? Photo from my application is valid for tanks Mark IV and Mark V?Sometimes it seems that the gun barrel on the Mark IV is longer than the later tanks.?[url=http://po...
Hi! Exhausted with compressor problems in painting my R&R, I turn to this resin kit from Blitz models. Blitz produces different versions of this mythical howitzer but the WW1 is my favourite. AND the camo should be hand painted! The kit itself is very nice and needs minimal detailling work mostl...
Hi, I am hoping someone will help identify a large shell case that I recently came across. I am on the Isle of Wight and wondered whether it may be from a ship as lots of Maritime items turn up here - Can anyone please help? I would especially like to know what type of gun it was used in if anyone knows. The Base...
Hi All I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a question about track widths. After seeing what it was going to cost me to import some Matador Models tracks for my MK I and MK II builds, I have decided to scratch build a section or two of track and then use the Oyumaru and Green Stuff casting method to...
Am I wrong or is this not a MKV? The book seems to just say a World War One Tank, but Bovi's site calls it a MKIV... only just noticed it on Armorteks FaceBook page, so sorry if it's old news. Helen x
Scratch built from styrene. Design based on CT Ertz paper model available on LandshipsII. Next step - lots of rivets will b e added then painting. [IMG]https://i822.photobucket.com...
Hello, While I am getting up the courage to put mud on my 1/35 scale 21cm Morser; I thought I would show you what I am currently working on... This is the 1/72 scale 6" howitzer by Bull Models.? I purchased this kit after reading the excellent review on Landships.? When I received the kit I felt it lac...
Hey All Not to start a debate on paint shades, but I was wondering if I could get some idea on what MK II tanks were painted in? I am at the stage when I am about to start painting my MK II Male, and am wanting to know more about the painting methodology of the time. Were they released in a single shade colour, an...
As you probarbly know The Miris Steel Company Limited produced Brodie helmets and is said to have produced Armour for the Renault FT, is there infact any truth in the latter and can anyone tell me what their trademark stamp was on rolled armour plate? Whitakers red book for 1914 doesnt seem to have them...
Hi to start this off heres?four contemporary online Books on steel making and related practices intended for the practical craftsman, I will follow this up with a number of patents detailing the development of Steel armour over a period of some 50 years..... The manufacture of steel (1853) Steel, a...
