Bit of an unusual request this - does anyone have photos of captured German guns on public display in WW1? For example, a German 10.5cm howitzer captured and put on display in the UK to raise war funds, perhaps as part of a larger exhibition? Just bought the Ace 10.5cm LeFH16 Howitzer and thought i'd giv...
Here is a question about German artillery camouflage patterns.? Attached is a photograph of the builder's model of the 42cm Big Bertha at Les Invalides, Paris.? Are the pattern and colors fantasy?? Or do they reflect a real camouflage pattern used by the foot artillery during the war? Regards, Marc...
I read a air report that several times the German airmen were able to hit the shneider tanks in the gas tanks and light the mon fire, and mnay acounts say of tanks being hit with bambs bullets, but did any heavy tanks, MkV, MKIV get nocked out by airplanes and how effective were airplanes against them,
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Hello all! I've been following you for some months and decided to join you at last. Sorry for the delay... I began modelling long ago, firstly I did plastic 1/72 Esci, Fujimi and the like, then turned to scratching my own plastic rareties (mostly Soviet and French interwars) until I had to quit modelli...
Seems to be quite a difficult one to find, but does anyone know of a figure, ideally around 1/35 but happy for any scale really, of a British WW1 soldier just standing around wearing a greatcoat, or with a kit bag, like the sort of chap you'd see waiting at a railway station to go home on leave or back to the f...
I am wondering what colors were probably used to camouflage the Lanz tractor in this photo.?? I read the webpages on German artillery camouflage here but remain confused.? Any help is appreciated! Regards, Marc
This topic comes up on and off so I risk opening a dedicated thread: How can I tell a 77mm Fk n. A. from the 75mm "export" versions like the Ottoman M03, the Italian M06 or the Belgian M05? A beginner's guide focussing on the main features (in other words, those visible on a small 1/76 scale kit)...
Hello All, I havn't been on here for a while.?But still check in often. I have just returned from a trip to Flers, where I whent on a bit of a tank hunt. We trudged across a muddy field to where we worked out that D6 was hit. And right there were 2 large pieces of metal. One looked like the rim of a tail wheel. And...
This is a question that has been posed in another forum, and I must confess that I rather wonder the same thing. On the subject of the drivers' cabs, "since each man is in an isolated box with the tracks running under his feet, I wonder how they made the mechanical linkages back to the engine work?&q...
Could anyone help me identify this piece? Apparently it is a experimental or prototype grenade launcher from ww1 made by the British for tank or armoured car use.... Any info welcome. Best regards,Allen.
Hello Gentlemen, Only four nations used tanks in WW1: British, French, Germans, and Americans and they were used only on the Western Front (the only exception being British tanks in Palestine). But soldiers of which nations had to fight against tanks? Of course Germans, British, French and?Turks...
Not WW1, but it may be of interest... ? A new manufacturer, producing Spanish Civil Wars models: http://minairons-news.blogspot.co.uk/ ? If they do well, perhaps other manufacturers may be encouraged to have a go at pre-WW2 AFVs. ?
Citizens; I am less certain nowadays of something about which I was once totally certain. I have long believed that the anchor-shaped device sometimes attached to the tracks of rhomboids from Mk II onwards was a grouser. The simpler iron-shod wooden block more often carried by Medium Mk A but occasi...
The WWI British tank insignia looked like a simplified British rhomboid. All of the WWI tank pins had likenesses of real tanks on them - except one. The WWI USA Tank Service first pattern insignia.
Off hand, I cant find a really good image of it... But I have seen excellent reproductions of the orig...
I've finally manged to get this 28mm Toffee Apple Mortar, from Great War Miniatures?finished: Hope you like it, there's more pictures on the blog? :) http://...
Just reading jager's book and other sources its clear that many heavy artillery like the 13cm, 15cm and 17cm naval guns were used by germans to compensate for long-range artillery but none of these sources [ which are all in english for me sadly] give any numbers e.g how many guns were by 1914 or end of 19...
Looking at the page on the German 21cm Morser it says one of the modifications made in 1916 was the addition of a "shield."? Was this shield placed on the top of the gun, covering the recoil tubes?? Or was it the shield to protect the gunners?? I have a photo I'm considering using for a book abou...
Hello, ? this my last attempt of model. As a base I used from the EMHAR building kit 1:35. I get the vision of marking in book from D. Fletcher ,, TANK MARK V ". I suppose that it should be the vehicle from the inventory of 10th batallion from the year 1918. I complete the model kit by track spuds. Now I?m...
In our school our Y9 students have to make a model trench diorama (or they can do a poster or essay if they wish). My son and his friend opted to make the model, even though neither of then enjoys model making); I suspect they wanted to leverage me for advice? I painted the figures, airbrushed on the snow, a...
first post on this site! I found an item near Thiepval wood earlier this year and I am not certain what it is. It is same diameter of inside of shrapnel shell so that is my guess. Any help would be appreciated. Picture attached Thank you
