I came across this on Pinterest this morning, I am very interested in the construction of the early tanks and this shows a lot of information, but the resolution is very poor. The site linked to the image is a domain hosting service, no images there - does anyone have a higher resolution copy of the image...
Can anyone provide me with the format used by the British for identifying the area in which a vehicle is assigned? For example, LC stood for Egypt or the Middle East, so a Model-T Ford might have the number LC^1234 where the "^" designates the government broad arrow. Am also looking for a source for 1:...
Hello. I have a fancy to write a series of short articles on who could have invented the tank, so far I have done Leonardo da Vinci and H G Wells. I know of the Mendeleev tank, Vezdekhod (vezdepod whatever !!!), Tsar tank, Rybinsk 20 ton tank etc, but I know that Blinov came up with a tracked tractor in the la...
I converted the 1920 model from Roden into a 1914 car. New wheels and front fenders. Lowered turret among other things. More about it and the other two cars here: Rolls Royce-- Edited by Orso on Sunday 3rd of January 2021 03:05:44 AM-- Edited by Orso on Sunday 3rd of January 2021 03:11:45 AM
I've been looking at some of the old guns that France used in the early part of WW1 mostly out of desperation. About 1916 there seems to have been an assessment of the old guns and at least a couple had upgrades so they remained at least somewhat useful. Anyone know if this was a deliberate policy by the Fr...
Most of these, if not all, are in the wrong scale, i.e. they are not 1/72/6, but they are free. If you don't have a 3D printer, there are quite a few people who will print them for you. I would use a resin printer for these rather than a FDM type so that you don't get a bunch of annoying lines. Large collection o...
Does anybody here still make models? I do, but I work at a glacial pace. I just treated myself to this; it should be here in about two months! I had to buy it for myself because there's just no way anybody in my small family would know where to get this. What did Santa bring you?
Hello, I just noticed that the Digital State Library of Upper Austria has Ernst Volkheim's full book Deutsche Kampfwagen greifen an! Erlebnisse eines Kampfwagenführers an der Westfront 1918 available to read online (assuming you read German). According to Wikipedia, this is the re-titled 193...
This is a still from a film about Berlin in 1945. Similar to Jacques de Prévaux's airship flight along the Western Front in 1919, someone flew over Berlin to show the damage sustained by the city. Just as the aircraft flies over the burnt-out cathedral you can see down into the Lustgarten. I think the ob...
From: I’d bought the Haynes Great War Workshop manual on the Mark IV tank a while back and saw that they also have a title Great War Workshop manual ‘all types 1915-1945’. Not sure why the second title goes beyond 1918. I’d order the ‘all types’ book and today I received the Mark IV book. I checked the I...
I have purchased the MiniArt B-Type Lorry and the Resicast QF 3 Pdr gun and I am trying to figure out the vehicle colour of this singular RNAS armed lorry. Would I be wrong in assuming it was a dark RN grey? The 3 Pdr gun appears to be a light grey. This observation is based on the contrast between the RN uni...
Hi A new member here.I´m researching the history of a Finnish volunteer serving in Russian army during WW1.The only info about him is a photo of him wearing a russian uniform with armored car unit shoulder badges (winged wheels with mg symbol on top).The photo has been taken in the town of Stryi in mod...
Now that MiniArt has given us a Series 3 and the 1918 Pattern, both with full interior, I have a few questions. Can anyone help by telling me what colour the interior of the car was. The instructions say to use moss green - maybe, but as a former tank and armoured car crew member I find it a bit difficult to...
Joyeux Noël! Fröhliche Weihnachten! And so on. Best wishes to Landship friends all around the world. Let us hope for a return to something more like normal in the New Year.Here's a money-saving tip. The packaging that came with our new toaster can be used as an exciting and economical World War I Trenc...
Attached is the casting mark on an leichte Minenwerfer from 1916. This lMW has a Rheinmetall stamp on the base of the barrel this mark is about halfway up the barrel on the upper surface. So, which company cast the barrel? Regards, Charlie
I have just discovered that Shellhole Scenics make a 'Simplex 20 'Engine''. It is in their railway section but there is no picture. Has anyone seen it? Does anyone have it? Can anyone make an informed comment on the quality and accuracy of it? Photo attached is merely to grab your attention.
Came across this. Is it any use to anyone? Oops.Sorry. This turns out to be old news. I meant well. -- Edited by James H on Sunday 29th of November 2020 06:55:30 PM
Hello everyone here at the forum. I beg your opinion - answer. In the kit of the company UMT - CANON Putilov 76,2 mm 1/35, there are decals for instalation on the canon shields. Does this marking have a real base - are there photographs with a description on the cannon? Or is it just a kit maker´s fantasy?...
Bonsoir, Since 1917, in which British attic did you hide these french plans ? Bonne recherche - Michel -- Edited by Tanker on Thursday 26th of November 2020 05:56:06 PM
"Les Canons de la Victoire" teaches me older material was painted in olive green. Would anybody know how common it was to repaint the Canon de 155 L Modèle 1877 in gris artillerie, as seen on the Fleury gun? I am interested in guns used by the French in WW1 and WW2, Imperial Russia, and Republican Spain in...
I have been re-reading our correspondence about attempts to buy the above book from the Musée des Blindés. I can't believe it's seven years ago. Anyway, you might remember that the results were mixed, to say the least. However, the museum is now offering the book for sale on its website. https://www....
I present my review of The Tank: Weapon of the 20th Century (2018) Part 1 of a 2-parter. By Spiegel TV for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), a German public service TV channel. Some big name curators in this 50 minute doco: David Willey (Bovington), Pierre Garnier de Labareyre (at Saumur until June 2...
I am trying to identify which French heavy guns used the "Gros Caliber" sight/sightmount. I have an example of it and it is listed in at least one French Artillery manual I have but they do not specify which guns it served. By the way the collimating top is missing. It is not correct for any 75mm, 105mm,...
Hello folks, My name is Henrik Laurell and i live in Gothenburg Sweden. I am initially a train modeler but started making guns and wagons last summer 2019. I am so far still in the 1700 - 1800 period so I guess I should post in the other section? Or is the main artillery section flexible to go also a bit b...
"The Tank: Weapon of the 20th Century." Showing on PBS in the UK Thursday November 12, 2020 at 8.15pm. Don't know anything about it, but trailer here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkDUUv3TIvo David Willey is also in this one. He must be making a fortune.
