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...
Coming out next in the WDLR range the H Class wagon. Pic's enclosed. I am running out of wagons to do next.If any one has any info on the other classes a U Class would be ideal.
As any fule kno, and as any website and almost any book will confirm, "The first French engagement of the Renault FT occurred on 31 May 1918 at Ploisy-Chazelle, between Soissons and Villers-Cotterets."Unfortunately, studies of current maps of France seem to indicate that there is not,...
A selection. I think PDA was enquiring about some details of the stern. Point of interest: the method of steering using the secondary gears was explained, but I still can't say I understand it. To my surprise, I learnt that the process involved, in addition to everything else, a lever on the roof that w...
Now i've got the scanner working, here's my collection of original WW1 Tank related postcards. If anyone would like larger copies, let me know and i'll e-mail them over ? ? This postcard card, still...
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