? Hi to all,? This is my first attempt at building a tank (Always done boats houses and wood turning before)?My son and I have a great interest in military vehicles of any sort , but as I am an ex Tanky they to me are by far much more interesting. ? I have build this Mark 1 out of ply and timber using the plans dra...
Hi all - only just fond the forum and really enjoying reading the posts. ?I just wondered if you could help me with a rather odd query about the detail of a 1:35 trench diorama I'm making. Basically I've made it so that the duckboards can be lifted to reveal the A frame holding them and wanted to show what mi...
As information,? Scale link is adding 3 new kits to their WW1 artillery line: 4.5 in. Howitzer 13 Pdr w/Limber 18 Pdr w/Limber 7Xem 1XO crew The howitzer is releasing late next week, and the remaining 2?kits in?October & November.? The new gun crew will be out in August.?? I've attached a pic of the...
Evening, From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre Site tells about a car used by "Colorado National Guard" to brake a mine striking in Colorado (1914), see picture of the vehicle below. What type of car could this have been? (Cadillac, White maybe?) Was it used later by US...
Thought I'd start a new section for this. Here's D. Fletcher's description, condensed: Four Mk Ds were ordered from Fowler's in August 1918, and six in September from Vickers, apparently through their Wolseley subsidiary. Tank Corps officers were shown a wooden mock-up at Woolwich. The tank was l...
Hi;? I'm wondering if anyone?could give me some history/information and photos if possible,?on these two shell casings and the guns that they were made for??? Dick
Hello from Sheffield, England! I am an 18 year old who's Grandfather served in WW1, I have several medals, newspaper articles from 1918 as as some other miscellaneous items. I made a video with the items in the hopes that someone could shed some light on them, I will also get around to scanning the paper...
Kameraden! I?need help! 1) Unknown travtor-truck in Russia, anno 1914/15 2) Unknown trucks in RIA, anno 1915. ? There muts american to be. -- Edited by Ivan on Tuesday 5th of July 2011 04:59:18 PM-- Edited by Ivan on Tuesday 5th of July 2011 05:00:32 PM
We've all seen photos of Clyno motorcycles with a sidecar bearing a machinegun, but I was wondering if they ever had unarmed sidecars, say for officers or other personnel? ? Bosun Al
I am looking for infrormation on the service use of the Russo-balt armored car in WW I. All i know is the 8 that were made were in the 1st Automobile Machine gun Company and this unit was attached to the Russian 2nd Army in October 1914. Can anyone help me?
This is what I have on the Izorski Fiat armored car one of the more widely used armored cars in Russia during the WW I/RCW period: The book "Young Stalin" has what I think is one in Petrograd during 1917. Germans 3 POW Pzkwzug 8 Finns 1? "P.A.1" Lithuians "Zabias" ex-Ge...
Just been hunting on the British pathe website and found a couple of nice films. One is of a presentation tank being moved into place in Yorkshire - a MkIII female, interestingly; the other is a combo of tanks - mainly US MkVIIIs and M1917s - and blimps. ? MkIII ? Tanks/Blimps -- Edited by TinCanTadpole o...
This topic might seem odd, but it does tie in with the monument tank project I described-after all the ceremony would require an audience.? What about suits, hats, womens' clothing etc.?
I am looking for more information on the Armstrong-Withworth Fiat armored cars use in WW I and the RCW. Here is what i have: RKKA: 9th Armored Car Detachment 11th Armored car detachment 24th Armored cat detachment used 2 "Chort" and "Revolutionary Hurricane" on the Southern f...
Can anyone identify the crewman seen in this photo, and hazard a guess at the identity of his unseen partner inside the vehicle? Just as a clue: I should have posted this yesterday.
The following piece of text about the St Chamond can be found on a number of web pages:
There are unsubstantiated stories about Poland using the tank against the Red Army in 1920. If true these specimens were in all probability not captured from the Soviet Army - the latter never having had any opport...
OK So my plans for the MK1 Male Tank are on the site... so who's going to be the first to correct the Airfix model? or something bigger!?! :) Sorry about the lack of plans for the Tail wheel and the Female Sponsons... may need someone to get the measurement of the sponsons for me at some point. MK1 Tank Plans...
Hi all, I'm looking for any books on Artillery. I want a book similar to the Blandford Press or I-Spy books, ideally. Something with a big, colour?picture on every page and covering every gun and howitzer, from every nation, up to 1925. Does such a book exist? TIA
Been having a look at photos of the dummy run. David Fletcher says the Tank tracks were fitted with "special claws" or "sharp metal teeth" which "dug into the fabric of the (sea) wall". I have to say that I can't see any such claws or teeth in the photos of the rehearsals...
I am building a mark 1 male tank. The tail wheels fitted to these but later removed as they did not help with the steertage. Can anybody help with info or drawings of said wheels and structure that they hung from ?
In the Book Battle of the baltic Islands" There are a couple of references of german troops encountering Russian armored cars. Does anyone know what type of armored cars they were? The book does mention one being destroyed but no references to one being captured. Thanks in advance.
