This might be the?answer to where the Western Front met the Swiss border. The village of Pfetterhouse was the nearest settlement - population in 1914 1,400 - but the road linking it to Switzerland, with the home-made barricade was actually behind French lines. I shall now explain where I reckon the a...
Just a couple of in-progress shots of my latest project (well, of one project) It's the Commanders Series kit, I'm building it as a late version with the relocated fuel cell's mounted externally at the rear. The kit is reasonably accurate against various plans I have, however it's a little rough in so...
Apparently there is a new WW1?movie coming on Christmas called?I believe War Horse. The preview shows a British Tank couldn't tell if it was Mk I or Mk IV. In the clip?the horse leaps it. Hope they make it authentic.
As reported earlier, I was somewhat taken aback to learn that Joseph Hawker "is generally considered to be the father of the tank." This information features on Wikipedia, of course, and the "citation" is no less than The Chard and Ilminster News.I expect to receive a copy of t...
Hi Guys, New member here. I loved building WW1 tanks and planes as a kid.?I just can't find the time to?build them now. So I seem to just collect them with the hope to build them someday. Anyway I was watching the TV and noticed a?film of German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen is Nr 506 'Mephisto'. Notice the Lion in...
I noticed in pictures of Berlin in December 1918, at the beginning of the civil wars in Germany, there is no snow on the ground and the people seem lightly dressed in trenchcoats and hats, without gloves or scarves.? Was winter so mild then?
I`m trying to build the model of Mark IV"male"tank ,but I need some detailed and accurate drawings (four view).If anybody can help, please make a copy and send it to me? Thanks a lot!e-mail:420932920@qq.com
An extremely kind silent film enthusiast has given me what looks like a very promising lead on the unidentified film here. He suggests it might be from Carry on Sergeant, not the British one but a 1928 Canadian film which was produced by no less than Bruce Bairnsfather. The generously-proportioned s...
Hello all..
I am a newcomer to the forum from Istanbul.
I am searching for pictures of armoured cars in Ottoman. I knew there were four Hotchkiss cars ordered from France for Sultan in 1909. I have just read (in Turkish forum) that there were some Rolls Royce order from England at the end of the 1800s...
Perhaps someone here can shed some light on this issue... Recently I had the opportunity to stay on a farm on the old Passchendale battlefield (just south of Pollekapelle). While I was there the farmer gave me a Britsh MkII HE?fuse as a souvenir. It was not long out of the ground and was still caked in mud...
Check this trailer out - http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1117058 - to see a very quick shot of a Big Bertha firing in a direct-fire role!? The scene is time tag 1:34.? Riduculous, but I like it anyway. ? Regards, Marc?
A curious reference from Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt's autobiog: ". . . (H.M.S.) Erebus was attacked by a new German invention of that time (1914), an electrically-controlled crewless or surface torpedo carrier, driven by engines and carrying a tremendously heavy charge. It was proba...
Hi All, In 2014 is starting the rememberance of beginning WW1 (We all knew already). Of course there will be a a lot of Military Parades and other activities in different regions. Would it be a ?good idea?to make on this site a list (somewhere)?of the different activities planned in the different regi...
Welcome to the?New Year?This is?a link to?the Virtual?Museum of?Armoured Weapons?- total?novelty?- I invite you?to visit...?You can?enter the?StuG?IV?....Greetings to all?- Andy ? http://www.wirtualne.muzeumbronipancernej.pl/ -- Edited by bigtank on Friday 6th of January 2012 11...
another forum had a pic of a tank in New Barracks, Limerick with the number 10082. I think this is a Mk V* and would like to see if this is correct and if there is any more information available about this tank. Found another picture of the tank with a bit more to see http://mdonovan.free.fr/rwf/pages/2_...
Brand new here. I never knew there was a forum for WWI tanks. This site looks great! I'm really into WWI and model kits, mostly tanks and planes. Look forward to discussions!
This site contains some v. useful reference books on various Great War topics. Available in English and German. A bit of clicking around reveals some splendid stuff. http://www.militaria.at/Default.aspx This in particular is a cracking uniform guide: http://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?b...
as some of you know, I am always interested in strange weapons, even when they came to nothing. And here is a tantalizing reference : From? Paul d'Ivoi 1907 novel "Miss Mousqueterr" it could be seen as pure SF but there is a note which suggests inspiration came from a real event . At the beginn...
A quick question, if anyone can spare a minute. On hard ground, roughly how much of the track length of the Mk I to V, the Whippet, and the Gun Carrier, was in contact? Thanking you in advance.
There was a lot of water on the western front, but static as it was not much bridge building, pontoons etc., apart from the early stages I guess. From the Italian/Austrian theatre there are a few more pictures and I think from the eastern front too. To start with the neutrals...a picture of a Dutch ponto...
This is the Hat model I built straight out of the box except for drilling out the gun barrel and adding the extra armor from strip styrene and hinges from .015 rod. The model is painted a Red Drab using Model Master paints in a mix of 2 parts Leather and 1 part Sand. A wash of Van Dyke Brown was used to bring out...
