IIRC, Charlie C observed some time ago that the recovery of Mephisto could be characterised as "instigated by Australian local command, executed by the British (1st GC Co.) with help from Australian infantry," and that such a description was unlikely to go down well in certain quarters. It seems, t...
Hello everyone here on the forum. Please, what is your expert estimate of the combination of colors on Big Bertha,s 42 cm? 1, Base dark grey + yellow and brown spots2, Base dark green + yelow and brown spots3, Base grey green + yellow and brown spots.I found a lot of variants from modellers - were there so...
Handbook for the Q.F. Hotchkiss 2.244-inch, 6-pdr., 6-cwt. Mark II gun with tank mounting -- Edited by Druid_Ian on Monday 10th of January 2022 04:20:56 PM
Spotted this in a 1919 US Army Ordnance Manual. I haven't heard of it before - certainly haven't seen any images of the vehicle. It seemed to have been based on the Mark VIII tank. Anyone have any more information on it? Regards, Charlie
Occasionally the NARA image collection throws up something quite weird. Like the attached - said to have been taken in October 1917 and is of a retreating Russian artillery piece alongside a British armoured car. The artillery piece is, I think, a 152mm Canet gun on an improvised carriage. The towi...
I guess many people are aware of NARA - the US Archives. The volume of information stored there is immense and I recently came across a section with movie clips of the US Army artillery in France. As an example - https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24911 (click on the film icon to view) has 155mm Schne...
Hello! I just received this finished Whippet. Unfortunately the pre-owner took the red IX. As far as I know, was this one worn 1919 in Northern Ireland. Do you know, if the B6 patches for Amiens 1918 are still available? Thanks a lot!
I guess most people interested in WW1 vehicles may have wondered how the multi-colour camouflage schemes were applied. These were often 3 or 4 colours often with delineating black lines. The paints of the time were slow drying and spray painting was very rare. There is an well known image of woman wo...
I'm building a Mark IV Supply Tank based on the Takom kit. I was looking for some reference phots in the Beute-Tanks British Tanks in German Service Vol. 1/2 (Tankograd). I've found a few nice pictures, but I have a question related to the escape hatch on driver's cabin. So far I thought that these were i...
I'm always looking for books describing WW1 vehicles and have been able to acquire a number in either digital or paper format. Was wondering what some of your favorites are? Though I've not modelled many yet, this is the ultimate goal. Other than the Tankograd series I'm not aware of many referenc...
I think this is the longest period of inactivity on the forum that I can remember. Have we actually discovered everything there is to know? A very happy Christmas to all Landshippers.
Hi all, it's been some time since my last post but I need some help with some markings on a Holts gun tractor which has white swastika symbols on it, would like to find which Reg. or Corp. it was used on. Many Thanks!
Hello everyone, I go by IronPeregrine in most online spaces, and have as of the last couple weeks have found this wonderful forum and am now making my first post with this one (Almost accidentally posted to the general Tanks page by mistake). I have been researching the tanks of WW1 to make a game to play...
Hi, I've been making this interior kit as a big project for myself for quite a while now, and I just want to check if it's decent enough for modelling standards. All the help would be appreciated, thanks.
Hello everyone, I go by IronPeregrine in most online spaces, and have as of the last couple weeks have found this wonderful forum and am now making my first post with this one. I have been researching the tanks of WW1 to make a game to play with my friends (an online version of a tabletop game played in an Ex...
Hello! I received this nice photo of a german 21cm mortar, M16. Is someone able to explain the shooting plate, please? It seems to have to do something with the range and the minutes of shooting, right? Thanks a lot. -- Edited by Ruhrpottpreusse on Friday 12th of November 2021 04:05:05 AM
Maybe one for Mad Zeppelin. The A7V book reprint (2020). Page 96, the last photo in the book. An A7V stuck nose-down in a ditch. It's credited to the Jochen Vollert Collection, but I can't see a caption anywhere. I've looked over and over again, and it might be staring me in the face, but I can't spot it. An...
thought I might pass this new release on to the group. This is the 1914 model, the 1916 model is also available. You will note the kit includes the limber.
A still from a very short film clip of an A7V. Only 3 or 4 seconds. British (?) soldier walks into shot, turns to camera, and grins. That's it. Might be old hat, but I don't recall it.
