Hello, Does anyone have any experience of the scale link barbed wire in 1/76? Also, does anyone know of any convincing barbed wire techniques or products available? thanks, Sam
This is the first photo I've seen of the Wolseley armoured car: Does anybody have any better pictures? -- Edited by PDA on Thursday 4th of August 2011 11:48:07 PM
I have suspended one project but am going on with my other, namely a male Mark IV tank on the battlefield.? Pretty straightforward, as you might imagine, but I have a few questions: 1) The tank is not tied to any specific battle or region, but I wanted to make it a relatively early scene as far as the Mark IV...
According to this thread on the Strelets forum, Strelets are planning on making a Medium B, a St Chamond, and a Schneider CA. These will be in their Strelets Arms range, which at the moment is showing only the 6in guns and 8in howitzers they plan on releasing this Autumn.
I know the smaller caliber of shells had coloured bands painted on them but for 1:76/1:72 what would you recomend for an overall colour? The temptation would obviosly be some sort of metallic grey combined with brass but I have seen some dio's were shells have been painted a very dark green. Any ideas ?...
Does anyone know of any sets of 1/72 WW1 motorcyclists? All sides are welcome and so are all periods of the war(early and late). It would be nice to have some for signallers/RE's. I doubt there are but any replies would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I have this picture of a Vickers 75mm. Aside from a notion that it is pre-WW1, I don't know anything about it. Can anybody fill in the blanks, please? It looks very close to the 18pdr, but slightly different. -- Edit...
Hello, Found this picture, explanation says it is a "Lance fus?e" (Rocket launcher), I suppose used by Chinese or Japanese Army and I don't know if it is pre-or post WW1. Anybody has more information? Did they used "fus?es" in trenches or elsewhere during WW1, I don't mean the (...
Dear all, ? I just added this to my collection. Can anyone identify it? It remembers me on a kind of caterpillar, but what are the flexible tubes for??Definetly the crew is not German. ? Thanks in advance! Regards Chris -- Edited by elbavaro on Wednesday 27th of July 2011 11:49:09 AM
I finally finished assembling the tracks and adding the rivets using the Archer Details. I also added some detail inside the sponson tails according to Helen's plans. I finally added the hatch so now it is up to detailing everything now. Work , reviews and life in general have stopped me from working o...
Does anyone have photographs or drawings of the French version of the 155mm C mle 1917 Howitzer Limber???Are there examples in collections or museums in Europe of this limber?This is a limber that fits under the towing eye of the howitzer and does not contain munitions.? It appears to me that the Fren...
I just finished read Band of Brigiands by Christy Campbell ISBN 97800072214600 and I must say it is a very comprehensive book on the developement and deployment of the Mk I-V*. The covers a great deal on the men who develpoed the first tanks and all the controversy that surrounded them. I highly reccom...
Hello everybody! Could somebody please help me with the following information? Sometime I found photos of the AC "Jeffery Armored Car No.1" and made a model of it. But now I got stuck with the next question: There are photos of two versions of "Jeffery AC No.1". They represent v...
This range of buildings is expanding and I have bought 3. What is confusing me is which buildings are best suitable for a dio set in France/Belgium. Eurpean architecture is definitley not my strong point. Could any of our Continental friends point me in the right direction ? Many thanks
Hello all, I was wondering if this might be true or not. In the Osprey German Stormtroop book by Ian Duray, there is a picture of three rifles. The 1st is a Gew 98, the 2nd is a Kar 98a (Issued to cavalry etc.) and the 3rd is what claims to be a Gew 98 cut down to a carbine sized storm rifle that mysteriously? loo...
Hello, Link below shows a film (6'31") about a French motorized?Kite unit during WW1 (arriving, assembling kite, get it into air, fixing the camera and looking at the photo's taken): ?http://www.lausitz-bild.de/sonderthemen/kap.html? Here a short history about the use of kites by the Ge...
The Berlin University has jobs to offer in its "1914-1918 Online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War" project, which aims at compiling the first international encyclopedia on the topic. Formal qualification, excellent English and German are required. http://www.f...
Evening, Can anyone tell what happened to the "Landships ii" site (NOT THE FORUM), since this morning 25 Jul 11 I can't open it anymore. Provider says that webpage can't be shown. Do others have the same problem or is it just a "Belgian" Problem Tks, DJ
