Mildly interesting subject arose recently, concerning the origins of the terms, "Western Front" and "Central Powers." I assume that Westfront was used from an early stage in Germany so as to distinguish it from the Ostfront. It seems the first known use of the expression in B...
Hello everyone . You are about to begin construction of a new model Whippet 1 / 15 scale. Maybe throw a few pictures here of the building .. Does anyone have the materials for painting of this tank? I am interested in some interesting designs decorations , maybe someone has and to share ... What sh...
I bought some more WW1 DVDs yesterday and was quite excited to find this model of a Mk1 male, on a short sequence of old original film. It's being rotated on a platten for the camera. Thinking the model must surely have been made by Fosters at the factory. It looks like a real beauty and it seems to have a?co...
A German grenade Kugel 1915 Some cleaning Many many bulgarian bullets of Steyr Mannlicher 8mm and their clip's Steyr Mannlicher m/95 -- Edited by Gary on Wednesday 19th of January 2011 05:35:10 PM
Don't know why, but I sometimes get brochures from the above company. Well hidden in the Military section of the latest one are: German Artillery 1864-1910 Flamethrower Troops of WWI This one is agonisingly expensive, I'm afraid.
Just bought the above titled books by Richard Pullen, read The Land Ships of Lincoln and was realy impressed with the informative content and photos, things that i wasn't? even aware of. Look forward to reading the other books. Has anyone else read these and what do they think. I bought these on ebay al...
Looks like some post war profiteering here!! Reprint of original Lincolnshire Echo story ? ? ? ? -- Edited by LincolnTanker on Wednesday 9th of November 2011 06:08:17 PM-- Edited by L...
Hello everyone, I don't want to build this vehicle (I don't like the model of the vehicle) but I'm just intrested if this vehicle is really WW1 and if there exists other photo's than the one below. Explaining txt says it is a Scott 3X3 "motorcycle" build in 1915 but I find it looks quite modern...
If you have the good fortune to live in the UK, new series starts on Channel 5 tonight (Nov 7th) at 7.30pm. and runs all week at the same time No idea how good it is. Channel 5 isn't renowned for the cerebral nature of its output, but there's only one way to find out. Preview, etc here: http://www.channel5....
Would any French infantry troops wear epaulettes in combat during WW1, or were they abandoned before? So far I have only found images of cuirassiers with them. Thanks in advance, Pat
Squadron has released a new book titled "FT-17/M1917 WW I Tanks Walk Around" by David Doyle. I have just ordered it but I have not seen it as it is new on the Squadron site. I have purchased Mr. Doyles books before and if they are anything like his other works this should be a must have. I orded a c...
Hi all of you, Today i've visited the "Bayernwald" site (Kemmelberg-W Flanders-Belgium), price was 3 Euros/adult (I have paid it for four of us), at entrance you only should put in a code number to open the gate (no control), so I advise by One? ticket (with the number code) and enter with th...
Hello, for my new dio I'm planning to build a Thornycroft J Typ 3 ton lorry in scale 1/72. In the past I searched and collected plans and informations in books and in the WWW. Some drawing plans are bought. Now I have a little problem. As you can see in the picture below,I have scale drawings of the 3 ton lorr...
I'm just getting ready to finish my kit of my Female as either? C2 Cognac, C4 Chablis or C6 Cordon Rouge. Now obviously the company letter and number of the tank in that company was placed near the front track adjuster, but where was the actual vehicle name placed? It's obvious in the case of Clan Leslie a...
HiCan anybody help pleaseI am researching an Aircraft Height Finder used WW1?It was developed by Paterson-Walsh in 1916, any pictures or information would be much appreciated in particular any scale drawings that may exist.?Brian A Tomlin
Took years since all tha plans and pictures wer collected on this Landships site.Now the model is finally ready and will be in production by Jan Giesbers/Den Bels models. I hope that everybody will enjoy this model like I did creating it! Hans van Oerle
Dear all, ? the last days I received a couple of pictures showing Mark IV "Beutepanzer", including 1 showing?"Lotte" after the war. So I took a deeper look into my collection. I have some pictures of Lotte - most show Lotte?after the war. One picture shows Lotte during the war.?...
Seeing some railroad scenic models, I stumbled upon some nice vehicles in 1/87 with seemingly good spoked wheels. They are "Jordan Products Highway Miniatures" and there are several American cars and trucks and also some horse-drawn vehicles. Could these kits be a source for well cast...
I?am converting?a Emhar Mk V Female tank 1/35? scale to RC control. I have fitted all the motors and RC bits and bobs etc. Now's the hard part, the actual running gear is quite easy especially controlling the motor speed, i need to make a few rollers and new back and front sprockets, what i do need to work o...
Just added to a topic in the modeling section about rubber tracks but could not add vital pictures because i needed an url to add them, which is a bit of a pain, i normaly browse my pictures and paste in place like you do on ebay and other sites. Can anyone enlighten me about urls and what to do, i did do this ma...
I use Gimp, it is relatively easy to use and?is free! http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ I have attached screenshots to show how Curve can be used to lighten the dark areas of photos and having little or no effect on the light areas.??? Curve is found in the Colours menu. It is important to make a copy of th...
Hi All Just thought I would post Images to give you an idea of the final look of my plans. In all there will be Ten at first, this I will then add to as I finish the Female Sponsons and the Tail Wheel. The hope is for there to be Thumbnail Images which Members can click on for the larger Image. They're not perfec...
While surfing, I came upon this, http://www.ccmdchantilly.com/pdf/camoufleuses.pdf which I thought may interest some company here ? JCC ? ? -- Edited by JC Carbonel on Friday 4th of November 2011 05:14:51 PM
I understand the Fordson F tractor entered production in 1917 and was mass-produced by 1918. Wikipedia says that "By mid-1918, more than 6,000 Fordson tractors were in use in Britain, Canada, and the United States." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordson_tractor Were any of these u...
. You are about to begin construction of a new model Whippet 1 / 15 scale. Maybe throw a few pictures here of the building .. Does anyone have the materials for painting of this tank? I am interested in some interesting designs decorations 