? New artillery article on Landships II - a St Chamond 155mm howitzer produced in fairly small numbers but it had a long service life with the French and Rumanian Armies and after the fall of France in 1940 with the Finnish and German Armies. Regards, Charlie
Don't know if these are of interest, but took them for Barry (WD Models) so thought i'd put them up here too for reference. These are British folding wirecutters in my collection, these ones are 1917 dated and built by Chater Lea who made motor cars, motorcycles and bicycles. The earliest folding wire...
Dropped in yesterday, on the way to Stanstead. Very few people about, so easier to get the angles I needed. British 6" [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...
http://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=4cjmgs0e8qokmadnhfdksr0423&topic=1846.0-- Edited by d_fernetti on Friday 21st of December 2012 05:54:29 PM
Mk V** taking part in Bailey bridge test, circa WW2? Should be Bovington's "Ol' Faithfull", I think. Can anyone tell if the commander's cupola has been cut down or not? It was still at the normal height during bridgelaying and mine-rolling trials earlier in its career.
I've read the German artillery had their gun layers wear the cap instead of the helmet, in order to protect the prescious azimuts/sights from banging against something hard. Was this standard throughout the war (and later on)? Did other nations follow suit? Regards, Pat
Hi, I'm no train expert so I'm hoping someone here can help me out. I'm building a 1/72 scale Mogul 43XX class as a ROD train but can't work out what colour it should be, ROD 5322 preserved at Didcot is painted in a light tan-brown colour but all the wartime pictures I've seen of ROD trains are very dark almo...
Hi everyone
I am new to this forum. My name is Dale and I am from Australia. I am attempting to build and restore a 1914 ? Fiat 18BL chassis that I rescued from a local scrap yard. Basically I have just a bare chassis with back wheels and sprockets however no front axle or wheels. Most likely all the running...
Hi, Generally I am a 1/72 AFV modeller (mostly moderns subject) and a big fan of Great War History, especially the Eastern Front. However, I am planning to built also some Great War miniatures... Cheers !
Just thought I'd introduce myself. I model 54mm figures (eg, Tommy's War) and sculpt/paint scratch figures and busts. I'm not sure if yhese are of interest so some guidance on if and where to post would be appreciated. Cheers Colin Fraser Canada
Not exactly WW I but...from Polish-Soviets War 1920 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViDJ2rU5M2Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLGuBS1tXk and in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY9CGmjR1ZQ
This one really caught my attention - the page titled "Canon de 194 mle GPF" You've got to raise an eyebrow when the author doesn't realise that mle means "modele" and is always followed by a year. It's hard to list the errors in this article there are so many of them but here's a cou...
Here's my rendition of Tommy's War's 54mm Pvt of the 1st Lincolns at Mons. The groundwork and wall are scratch from sculpey. Note the spent cartridges on the ground (sliced plastic dowell). Painted in artists' oils. The wall wasn't finsihed in the photos as the mortar has not been painted light grey....
Hi guys and gals! I'm thinking it's time for a group build on this forum. Perhaps we can even have a thread where we post a picture or two of our progress every second week or so, just to inspire and motivate each other. What do you think? ? Further ideas: We can kick off the group build 1st January 2013, and i...
the MkIX was based on a set of drawings from Tankette, but using the track fame profile from the older drawing that appears in Fletcher's books.? This still a work in progress, only the 3D models for now.
Surprised to learn that some editions of E.D. Swinton's autobiog "Eyewitness" came with a dustjacket. Mine didn't. The pic below shows it, and I don't see much there that is connected with the birth of the Tank. Can anyone i.d. the stuff on it?
Quite a lot of this is at variance with my understanding of the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Wagen
Pretty confident that K-Wagen is not short for G.K.-Wagen at all. Doesn't make grammatical sense. It would Grosser Kampfwagen. Can anyone confirm that it stands for "Koloss...
Have just received my latest copy of Military Modelling mag and Pol Models is advertising the 1/35 and 1/72 tanks as back in stock. Just a heads up !? Paul
