What was the equipment of the Belgian artillery at the outbreak of the war in July/Aug 1914? I can find just the Krupp 75 mm as modern quickfiring guns, but was there anything else? And how much of the Krupps did they have? Kind regards,
Behind the Station in Ypres, there is a bunker and i think for light fieldguns. I need of course prove. So i ask if any guy have here pictures from the Ypres Station wich you can see an bunker? I think the bunker is built in 1918 because the Germans have push the British back to Ypres after the Spring Offensi...
Hello ? There are quite some photos of the Fiat 2000 around. This one I have never seen before. New to me is the elaborate three (four?)-tone camo. Location: Rome 1919 ? All the best, Peter
I'm using MK1 Nut's drawings for my project, thanks again. The rivet count and locations are clear as are the location of the hatch and louvers. It is not clear if the louvers go up and out or down and out, does the hatch fit flush with the bulkhead or sit outside of the bulkhead. I've spent some time this mo...
This is?the 4.5-inch howitzer that goes with the?Crompton's Emplacement Destroyer 3 (ED3).? Scale is 1:72.? It still in the early stages, despite my having started it several years ago.? I made only one wheel for this build.? I tried to make the box trail open, but the card is way to delicate for that;...
Hello again, it has been a while since my last odd questions. Work on the model is advancing slowly but surely and now I am on the headlight brackets, fixed on the inside sides of the horns, behind the track adjusters, above the glacis plate. Now here's the question - were headlights fitted by default an...
Hi all I was wondering if there is going to be another model show over in Europe, or is there possibly one in the US anytime soon? ? The reason I ask is because I have put up a bounty on two LK-II kits from the elusive Cromwell models. I tried contacting them directly, no reply. (as is the case for hundreds of o...
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Hello, I ran across this the other day, and I am very interested in knowing if anyone has any further information and especially any other photo's.
The Queen of the west was an improvised armoured car, built by the irregular IRA on the chassis of a Crossley tender. She is probably the mos...
Hello All! Now I've the two questions about German & Austro-Hungarian 28 cm heavy mortars (howitzers)! The 1st one is about the Austro-Hungarian 28 cm siege howitzer from that webpage: http://www.moesslang.net/kanone280mm.htm So, I need some more data about this gun, as IMHO w...
Hello all,? Been busy with a Gotha G.III lately so haven't been too active here as much as on the great war in the air forum. Here is my latest dio, one of the early local panzer attacks by Baden I. The troops are spare Revells that only took me two days to paint. the entire diorama took 2-3 days and is actuall...
This photo is from this large book by Chris Chant and Richard Jones. The book contains illustrations of our friend the multicoloured Mk V, which puts one on one's guard. The photo caption says this is "a Vichy tank captured in Syria in June 1941." Two things arise: a) what's going on with the...
So, I'm doing Matador Models 1/76 scale?Holt 75 for "The Other Guys" group build. I intend to make it a British army vehicle, pulling a 8" howitzer. But as I've taken up studying full time again, there is little time over for the Holt. Luckily, I've got a whole year to finish it. [img]ht...
Haven't seen the film in full, but no two sources seem to give the same date for the battle scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeJkpsOqQgc Acc to the caption it's October 1916, but after 15" an FT can clearly be seen. The French soldiers who are punished for self-inflicted wounds are cast...
Extract from Churchill: A Life by Martin Gilbert, whose First World War is magnificent. Unfortunately, he's got hold of the wrong end of the stick on this one. You will not be surprised to hear that this is reproduced on Wikipedia . . . ?
Still haven't been able to sort this out. Had a good look inside the Mk IV for interior lighting, but couldn't see any (except the modern lights rigged up by the museum). Must admit I didn't know exactly what I was looking for. But a German report of the interrogation of a captured crewman says that the ma...
I found this recently but have never seen it listed anywhere, the mortar is rather small and looks smaller than a Van Duren. ? -- Edited by Dresden on Thursday 7th of February 2013 09:55:21 PM
I've been wondering about these three wooden spoked wheel aspects: What is the determinating factor for the size of artillery (cannon, limber, ammo wagon) wheels? There seems to be a very common diameter for field guns which is 1300 mm. Some guns have 14 spoked wheels, some (Japanese) even more, whi...
?More new additions to the Kaisers Storm troopers. MG08 on stand with 4 crew operating the weapon. Kit comes with additional ammo boxs, tool and some separate rifles. MG08 is a single casting on a base. ?[img]http://earlywarminiatures.com/bmz_cache/f/fec6b723639d7f5ada2567469404dd58.im...
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