http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bpkjn Series dealing with logistics of warfare. First episode. The Great War features a lot, obviously, because of tinned food, mass production, medical advances, etc. Can be seen on BBC iPlayer where available. Couple of shots of Tanks en...
? 15cm Krupp schwere Positionhaubitze Model 1905. Not a gun used in great numbers but there is a survivor in Australia. There aren't any articles on Krupp 15cm howitzer exports on Landships. I'll do the 15cm sFH 93 next - found an AWM image of captured sFH 93s. Regards, Charlie -- Edited by CharlieC on T...
Watching the videos on Landships of FTs in action, plus radio controlled 1/35 ones on YouTube, my interest in FTs has been somewhat boosted; as such I was looking on Wikipedia's entry last night and it says there that the cast turret with the shallower front was used on early models, before the omnibus...
Hello all, A burning curiosity of mine outside the realm of combat oriented figures, A crown piece to my 1/72nd scale corps project, does anyone know anywhere that would sell or be able to produce a 1/72nd scale Imperial German Army Marching Band. Either as mounted cavalry (with kettle drums) or as a r...
This is a picture from Military Modeling Vol. 10 No. 6 June 1980. The article it is from is titled "Armoured Engagements - Tanks At Gaza 1917" by Bryan Perrett. The article describes the use of tanks at Gaza but what is really interesting is this photo of what I believe is Ole-Luk-Oye and it ap...
Spencer Tucker, to be exact. He is the author of Tanks: An Illustrated History of Their Impact It states, amongst other things, that the A7V made its debut in March, 1917 (which is probably a typo) and that some saw ser...
A friend has a garden railway, so I'm building a Simplex to run on it. It's a little heavily built as I'm using whatever I have in the shed.? The shafts will run in bearings. This it to keep me busy until I can get down to Bovington to confirm some Little Willie details! The tipper wagon is a freelance design...
? May as well start with some controversy - the 15cm howitzer that no one seems to be able to identify. For those who don't want to dig through the menus - Turkish 15cm Regards, Charlie Edited the link - PDA -- Edited by CharlieC on Thursday 2nd of February 2012 02:42:09 PM-- Edited by CharlieC on Thursday...
Oh Happy Day! Paul Thompson at Early War Minatures - mainly a WW2 manufacturer - has just released a 20mm scale St Chamond, with a MkV* on the way later this month.?Both look really good. They are made and priced for wargamers, the St Chamond is ?13, which means I can afford enough of them to put more than o...
Anyone seen this on youtube, unfortualtly there is no sound but i only think its music. Shame it was not a running comentry on how the RC bit was done, just as good as my?MK IV which i am meaning to put on the forum which is all done now. This guy also does other tanks. Anyone know him. ?http://www.youtube.c...
The attached image is for discussion purposes only and was sent to me recently by a mate (Thanks Shane) he found the image whilst doing a google search for images of Char D1 -(and yes, there is one in the image) It's not the clearest of images, but it certainly rates as one of the more intriguing I've seen l...
After some detective work at the US Archives, I found a US Army produced copy of the German report on the tank action at Viller-Bretonneux.? I scanned it up and now offer it for sale on CD.? Here is the product description:Study of German Tank Action at Villers-Bretonneux, April 25 1918CD containing j...
I found this image interesting because on the top left of the front plate you can still see the previous name "Bulle" through the paint. Notice the name "Adalbert" is written on both sides of the tank, either side of the cross. The second photo, taken at the same time shows 543 sec...
Dear all, ? I just owned an AC driver collection. This was one of the pictures and I am not sure about what kind of AC this is. Can anyone help? First I thought probably of a DZVR, but the turret ... it is?a square. ? Regards Chris
i came across these on a french site and not seen them on here before? what do you think? and what the hell is that in the centre of the group an ugly child or a dwarf??
Hi Guys I thought you would like to see the two latest releases from my range Tommy's War. Cast in highly detailed resin, the figures are sculpted by Nino Pizzichemi and the box art is the work of G?nther Sternberg, and as always a big thanks to both for their outstanding work. The releases are:TW54007 -...
Hello, Maj D Fernetti posted some Pic's (Armoured cars & other AFV - Renault AC 4wheels behind). Two of them shows a "Gaserzeuger, system Schuckert (see photo's). Is this something used in WW1 and am I right that it was used to fill the "Drachen" balloons? Maj Fernetti, what is th...
? The attached turned up on an ANZAC war trophies forum (http://anzacwartrophies.freehostingcloud.com) - the entry in the Qld war memorials database says it is a German mortar. Any ideas on its identity? Regards, Charlie
I don't know if many of you guys know about archive.org, an incredible resource packed with public domain films that have been digitised. They are freely available and can be downloaded in a variety of formats. There's a lot of government material - mainly American - and newsreels. One that you might...
