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...
This is one of Barrys fantastic french infantry. due to a bad cold today i was off work so went out and bought some acrylic tamiya paint and thought i would give it a go. i have not painted a figue before and would be glad of the feed back painted as a zouave 1915-1916 ish -- Edited by revans on Thursday 26th of...
In the book "Talbot House" (Poperinge-Belgium) is written that Tubby (the leading priest of the Talbot house) made several "trips" visiting the front troops. He uses different ways to get from Poperinge to the front line: walking, cars, carts. One of the vehicles he used was...
I am starting to collect photographs etc for sets of German figures for release in early 2012,which I can pass on to the sculptor. The sets will follow the usual W^D styles. I would like to include a "sapper" set but am not too happy with the pic's I have so far,have any of you any suitable pic's...
Hello again,
Here's a REVISED attempt at a list of all of the related "Rolls Royce" Armoured Car Patterns along with their official designations, makers, distinguishing features, and etc.
I do not claim to be an authority on this. I just want to get the ball rolling towards clearing...
I live near NARA and periodically scan WWI and WWII documents and photo collections in the archive.? I then offer CD and DVDs with these images for sale.? Three of my products may be of interest to other members of this forum: WWI German Military Activities Photo Collection DVD with 477 jpeg images fro...
I'm working on a decal sheet for Medium and Heavy tanks from 1918 upto 1935 and am in need of some additional info; does anyone have some clear pictures of the Mark VIII International in British service? There's one picture of a tank called "Mild Steel" but that doesn't show the serial numbe...
I never ask easy questions, are the peep holes/pistol ports on the first RR AC's round or oval? ? I'm about ready to install them on my project. ? Thanks ? Jim
1916 Thornycroft J type 3 ton lorry in Milestones Museum, Basingstoke, Hampshire. I think this may be the only 'proper' WW1 lorry in a UK museum, and certainly the first i've seen - the other softskins are the FWD Model B at IWM Duxford which is more of an artillery tractor, and the Thornycroft J type at D...
