In this category because the Airfix Germans got me thinking. Several of the poses (lying firing, kneeling firing, swinging rifle, clubbing with rifle butt, Bangalore Torpedo) have Y-shaped webbing. The standing firing bloke has a cross-over arrangement at the rear. The trouble is that although...
My Male tank project has another element in it-the Custom Dioramics CD 4060 Male Equestrian statue, which should be easier than the tank.? Yes, the tank will be going through any town, village or park that would have such a statue. (This is it BTW: http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/disp...
No provenance for thos photo, but this Tank doesn't seem to have the same profile as the production Whippet. Sorry about the quality - this is the best I can get it. Could be a trick of the light, but the rear loohs as if it's rounded, and there doesn't seem to be as much of the left hand side of the superstruc...
Are the original details of this MkIV known to any of you guys? There appears to be the faint trace of a number in front of the sponson.? As usual, the original 3272 x 2076 sized image is available by following the links under the preview photo. I am in the throes of translating the reverse [u...
immediately after the Great War - I'm looking for details with the aim of a couple of 1/72 resin models. Can anyone please point me to references/photos/drawings?
Hi all I just wanted to say how disappointed I am with the Pegasus WW1 French. The poses looked great, and the set looked so promising. But having now got hold of a few boxes (as a wargamer I always buy in bulk!) I started to put my first infantry company (14 figures) together last night. The first thing I no...
I've been looking at 28mm figs lately, mostly becase of the variety. Here is a British trench raider from Great War Miniatures (picture posted on the excellent, frothersunite site): Question is: how authentic is the ch...
Hello,I would like to model the howitzer with limber and horses. At the moment I have the Hat-howitzer,Airfix-limber and Revell-horses(napoleontic) Would this be a good mix? greetings,Hans.
Hello all, This is my first posting on here. I'm a WWI modeler based on the Isle of Wight here in the UK. My main interest is in the history and modeling of the first tanks. I have recently discovered that Lt H.W. Hitchcock, Commander of Mk 1 Female 'H.M.L.S. We're all in it' seems to have come from the small...
Mk1 Female Tank? His Majesty's landship "we're all in it". of A Coy, Heavy section, Machine Gun Corps, 1915-17.? Hi does anyone have info history on this tank please. My Grandfather was a gunner in it in WW1, it's number was 13A. I'm after the tank's personnal history, operational service...
i.e. the ones pulled behind Tanks to gather up wire. I'm told that they rotated so as to twist the wire into a sort of cable. Is that correct? If so, were they powered somehow or was it just a natural result of the phsics involved? Any idea of the dimensions? Anyone got a photo?
A?10cm 04/14 Kanone Cartridge Casing. Click HERE for full details and photographs. Thank you Brett (drakegoodman) for use of your photo. ? -- Edited by Tony without Kaiser on S...
A recent addition to my collection and thanks to Tony at Kaiser's Bunker, I can provide some background as to who he was and what he did. Kanonier Benedikt Jost from Bavarian Artillerie messtrupp 28, December 1915, Fussartillerie-Batterie Nr. 123, 123. Infanterie-Division. Tony provided me with...
We've sort of discussed this matter before, but not, I think, this particular aspect. Apologies if so. David Fletcher describes Mk I 742 as having an "apparently misspelt Russian inscription 'With Care to Petrograd.'" I've tried with Google translate but keep getting confusing resul...
The World's Great Tanks by Roger Ford, pub. 1999. First chapter is on 1914-18. Covers most of the salient events and includes rhomboids, Whippet, Schneider, Saint-Chamond, FT, and the A7V, of course. Historically reasonably OK, but some details shaky. Illustrations not bad, but Mr. Ford's "...
Has anyone any ideas as to what colour the interior of British A/C's were. Specifically the Lanchester but I presume it would have been the same as the Rolls. If anyone has the Roden kit is there anything in thier instructions on what colour the interior was painted.
Don't think we've had this before. Sledges were manufactured by the French and supplied to all units - Schneider, Saint-Chamond, and Renault. They carried either fuel, ammunition, or a mixed load of fuel, ammo, rations, and water, plus tools and so on for maintenance. They put a great strain on the T...
Two pics of sledges being towed, one by a standard MkIV and one by a Tadpole. The towing point appears to be at or above the level of the unditching beam. One assumes that the idea was to prevent the cables from fouling the rear horns during turns. But they seem to be attached to some sort of structure on the...
Hi, I'm trying to figure out what type of vehicle this is for a friend. Her family is of German descent and would love to know. The picture is ripped and there is no writing on it either. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
I have one side cemented and the other is loose since I need to fill a gap on the glasis plate. I added the head lights and I now need to add? lifting hooks and the tow pintles. There are some small details left to add but I am slowly but surely getting there. I will be glad when all the small details are finally...
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