Hello everyone. I have to give a hearty thank you to this forum as a couple of weeks ago I found it & finally decided it was time to add something new to my list of things to do. I've begun to build a 1/2 scale German A7V. Wait... HALF SCALE A7V ?... Yes, I'm crazy. I'm working on the drive system & trac...
hi , there seems to be an urban myth that more tank crews died from carbon monoxide poisioning + becoming overcome by exhust fumes then died of wounds from enemy action - is there any truth to this ? are there any reports of actual crew deaths caused bu monoxide poisonong etc?
Hi Can anyone help me identify this piece? All i know about it is that it was discovered in Nepal and subsequently restored. I am told that it is pre WW1 German Manufacture. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ? Andy
I'm at present reading Jon Morse's rather odd memoir entitled 'In the Russian Ranks: A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland'. ? In this, Morse, describing the winter of 1914-15, mentions "the Bactrian camels which are used in their thousands for Russian transport". ?These, he st...
Hi All Thought you all might be interested in something I've been working on. ?I have decided to convert a Airfix Female tank into the MK I Female, "HMLS Kia Ora". Although I have limited photographic resources to guide me, I think I have enough to make a reasonable representation of this la...
Hi, I've just been on the Daily Mail's website and they have an article about a German shelter that has been found and excavated in France - with the remains of 21 lost soldiers inside, buried by an explosion just days before the Spring Offensive began in 1918. I don't know if this is real news or not, as it...
Hi all, I am planning my next big dio board, and for the subject matter, I have chosen a German Feste, of the border fort variety, I am seeking DETAILED information on the insides, armarment, and any diagrams of outer works are useful too. also, I am interested in gaining info on what sort of prepartions...
Italians have found a lot of ammunition which was revealed under glacier in Trentino. Calibers 85-100 mm from mountain guns.? ? Altitude, 3200 meters, sounds rather high for using heavy weaponry. Anyone know more about this thing? 100 mm is rather usual caliber, but 85 mm? ? http://www.dailymail....
Not much to get excited about this quarter. There's a section in the catalogue entitled Tanks and Tank Warfare, but the only WWI entry is a copy of The Boilerplate War, for ?15. Other than that,?Britain's Railways in World War I by J.A.B. Hamilton - might have something about tank transport. That's al...
Probably old hands may have seen this diorama before (it's from year 2000), but I discovered it recently. The modeller's name is Masahiro Doi, from Japan.
Hello everybody. ? I am brand new here, I have sometimes seen these sites, while I was surfing tne internet. I am very surprised to see here so many informations and advices so I recognized to register here. So some infos about me. My name is Ivo and I am from Czech republic. I am interested in WWI tank tech...
Hello again... my next project will be Retrokits "Canon de 155 long de Bange MLE. 1877"... In Verdun I got the info, that this gun were used in Verdun. So I need pics showing this canon in a fixed fireposition in Verdun... Who can help? On "WWW..." I can`t find something about it.....
Now that I have sorted out the American Army and heavy French and British tanks, I would like to learn about the light tanks.As I understand it, the British did not provide any light British tanks to American forces, so Americans never operated Whippet tanks, is that correct?The French, however, did...
Hello again... now I?m creating Retrotracks "Canon de 155 long de Bange Mle. 1877". It is a fantastic kit, but now I have problems. The pic are taken from "Les canons de la victoire 1914-1918" (A brilliant book which includes fantastic pics but the wrong language).... I have pr...
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This is the current list of Talks, Wooden Tanks!! Lorries of the Great War, Tanks by Rail. plus more!! ? ?Alan Wakefield is an archivist for the Imperial War Museum. As yet I don't know what the title refers to. ?Link to the Metheringham Visitor Centrehttp://www.metheringhamairfield.org/Content...
An email friend in the UK has just asked if I can identify the registration scheme shown in the attached image. I can't so I am asking if any member can? The information supplied - the motorcycle is a Royal Enfield supplied to the Russians either during or just after WW1.? Regards ... Rod
I bought this print some time ago but know nothing of the artist other than supposed to have been German, perhaps drawn in 1920's?Anyone have any ideas?Could anyone give me any info the tank illustrated? ? -- Edited by kevH on Friday 13th of July 2012 08:44:12 AM
This is probably the most original surviving British WW1 lorry. It was given to the museum in approx 1960. ? All the museum did was slap some red paint on it. However, they missed a few bits. The...
Hello.My name is Mike "Bunkermeister" Creek.? I write a blog about miniature wargaming, http://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/My interest in WWI begins with the American involvement and my model collection is 1/72nd scale Americans and Allied armies that supported the Americans, a...
I ggot a binder containig 24 B&w and color drawings. Limited edition. Here are some of them. French, British, German soldiers and officers, infantry or airmen.
Didn't know that the army used this things in the war. Two photo's of Royal Engineers using the thing. Was it part of the army (engineers) or did they "loaned" it in civilian? DJ ?
Now that you have helped me sort out the heavy tanks used by American troops in WWI, I have a question about French tanks.Americans were supported by French troops operating heavy French tanks, the?Schneider tank and the Saint-Chamond tanks.What battles saw French heavy tanks and American troops...
Is there any kit of a 1/72 bicycle? I know that Preiser and Airfix (in one of their figure sets) have 00 scale bikes, but I wonder if there is any on true 1/72 scale. If not, is there any drawings for period bicycles that are pertinent to any warring country? Perhaps all bicycles were more or less the same? W...
