Anyone out there built their Fourgon Mle 1887 Hippomobile ? ? If so, can you advise the exact dimensions( hieght ) ?of the rear wheel ? ? I'm trying to convert a drawing to 1/32 scale and need a constant to work with. My assumption is the rear wheel diameter is 58 inches. -- Edited by 28juni14 on Tuesday 19t...
There's well-known photograph of Hyacinth, showing her stuck in a trench during the Battle of Cambrai in 1917; I attach a detail from this. ?Can anyone tell me what the Zs on the sponson signify and also what colour?they?were? Actually, there are two very similar photos, the second apparently taken...
Anyone come across accounts of French aircraft attacking A7V's at V-B or anwhere else for that matter? Does anyone know if French air units were over V-B during the A7V assault on the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment? Particularly I am interested in any aircraft that may have been in the area that carried t...
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Browsing through a russian book I have, I found a couple interesting projects (late 19th century)
first picture on the left is a Turkish steam tracktor
second down on the left is a British steam armored car
last one on the left is a french catepillar armored train, designed to ave...
I enclose the 2nd part of my description of WW1 anti tank measures - this deals with the (rather bitty) Allied approach. There are many holes and I hope some of you may have further info (such as were any of those AT rifle grenades ever used?)
I've put picture references in the text and e...
Paul B posted this in another thread below: "Did you know that SHQ now have the Fine Scale Factory range of WW1 artillery available?" I certainly didn't, and thought this merited a dedicated thread since the SHQ homepage didn't show any news for ages to me. Thanks to Paul's hint I found this...
Hi could anyone tell me what type of 15pdr is referred to here: "Then he opened fire on Bruka with his own two fifteen-pounders." "Rasim, a Syrian officer, formerly a battery commander in the Turkish Army, was fighting these two guns; and he made a great demonstration with them. They...
Strelets need congratulating on the 4 heavy WW1 Allied artillery pieces. Enclosed my example of A001 -the 6" artillery piece. The latter picture contains a few hybids! Its a pity the leading compaies do not spring suprises like this range. Lets hope the future French tanks are reasonable as th...
Hi, friends!?I'm making a models of the tanks WWI Mark V in 1/35 (Interus) and Mark IV 1/35 (Emhar)But I ran into a problem - all the trucks sets for these tanks 1/35 are very inaccurate. Trucks only slightly similar to the ones that I see on the pictures of real Mark.If you have tracks photos - send them to...
? The attached images might be of interest - the 1919 Christie 155mm GPF SPG. Like many Christie designs it was designed to run on wheels or tracks. Official trials recommended it should be produced for troop trials but the forces of conservatism in the US Army killed all SPG development off in 1922/23...
I believe there were 2(?) versions of this as a QF piece. The first of 1903 or 1904 the second of 1909. The later one is adopted & manufactured under licence by the Russians as a 122mm. The earlier was used by the Turks both in the Balkan Wars & WWI. Thanks to CharlieC am aware that the Turks manufac...
EWM is releasing a limited edition set of the German - Double Kleif M1917 flame thower? with painted flame model operated by WW1 German Storm troopers in 20mm scale. The Double Kleif M1917 flame thrower weapon is operated by 2 men with Tanks into a single Lance via 2 hoses connected by a "Y" c...
I was sent this pre production sample of a British Male tank from Second city Games (http://www.secondcitygames.co.uk/) which for those who have not heard of them do an attractive range of vehicles in 20mm for wargamers covering World War One, it is comparable in size to an airfix Male, Emhar, or Fro...
I am building Hats 76mm M1902 Putilov gun and a crew but I am not sure what color to paint the gun crew uniforms. Where I live I have access to Tamiya, Model Master ,Vallejo and Citidal paints. Thanks for your help.
Hello I've been asked to repaint an A7V model. Unfortunately, while I am fascinated by the aircraft of WWI, I know little about the armour, particularly the A7V which I've always thought looked like a shipping container on tracks. Anyway, I noticed when googling for references, most roads lead to th...
Hi All, The 3D Cad model of the the tailwheel mechanism is coming along and I'm happy I can work most of it's construction out. I am though having problems. Other than the lack of measurements... well other than the basics... I really am struggling to work out how the area the Jack and Springs attach. It i...
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After seeing footage of the De Bange 120mm firing I somehow fell in love with this gun and decided to build the FSF kit. Apart from France what countries used it? So far I know of Romania and Finnland although I haven't been able to find any pictures of Finnish ones so far. I'd really appreciate any inform...
Hello, here I am again with another odd question. (Oh no!) It's about the viewing slits in the Mark IV's. I came to notice this while looking at the various pictures of the rear "door"above the petrol tank. The APG tank, Grit and Lodestar have a thick steel plate with small drilled holes to lo...
Hi All, Sorry about no updates to my MK1 plans, hopefully now that my enthusiasm is returning, progress will happen at last. Anyhow.... Lady luck has seen fit for me to get my hands on a Makerbot 3D printer. ?Actually it belongs to my brother Rae, but as I'm more computer clued up than him, I get to play wit...
