Today I started to add some cab details. I added 5 pistol port covers from .010 x.060 strip styrene. I cut a piece about .060 long for the back of the cab and .093 long for the sides and the sponsons. I made a 45 degree cut on the front and rounded the tip and the ends so it is roughly the shape of a triangle. The v...
Has anyone read Terrence Zuber's latest book about the "Schlieffen Plan," or perhaps the lack there of - "The Real German War Plan 1904-1914"?? If you have, I am interested in your opinion.?? Regards, Marc
? An 77mm FK 16 has turned up in a council yard in Casino, NSW. The gun is noted in Billett's War Trophies book as a 77mm, serial #22753 captured in Palestine by the Light Horse. The markings on the breech ring seem to show the gun wasn't built by Krupp (Interlocking rings) or Rheinmetall (Rh). The top of th...
Well I have been working on the sponson a bit and this is what I have done. I added the missing pistol port flap on the right side of the sponson and thickened the post with .010 strip. I also drilled out the vison port as well. The 4 metal strips on the top and bottom of the turret opening were made using .010x...
Hello guys, ? I'm creatinh a resin conversiont set for a British Mk I tank, based on Airfix's kit. So far, I have the top part with the widened cab and round hatch but what else should I include?
Hi all Now that I have thankfully got the hang of attaching photos, here are some more of our game at Salute last month, using our new rules. We're getting close to releasing the first volume in the Crush the Kaiser series of fast play brigade level wargames rules for the Great War - Where the Poppies Grow...
Maidstone received a Mk III female as their presentation tank and I wanted to know a little about how it was displayed. I contacted the Centre for Kentish Studies and had a reply in a very short time, especially considering it was over Easter. Unfortunately not much is known about it except that it stoo...
Have just been talking to a lady aged 97 who is still as bright as a button. Without any prompting, she suddenly announced that she remembers watching a Tank being cheered through the streets of Bridgend. She was 7 or 8 at the time, which makes it 1922 or so. Gwyn mentions a visit by to Bridgend by Egbert he...
As you might have guessed I'm talking about the wheel hubs on the aft section of Emhar's 1/35 Mark IV tank that are too far forward.? Has anyone been successfully able to resolve this problem, and if so how?? Thanks.
Hello, Anywone knews something about this vehicles: 1: Tractor with elephant feet to march over trenches 2: Plan of "de Mole" (1912) 3: Submarine on tracks DJ ? ?
I have never been a big fan of rubber band tracks so I decided to try and make some for my Gaza Mk I Male tank. I first added 2 strips of .030x.040 stripe styrene to the top of the sponson sides. This is just enough to raise the tracks off the sides. Make sure the trough is level because if it is not the tracks wil...
Thought you would be interested in the above. The pic is of the masters,off to the castors next week.They will be in resin and are for the W^D light railway wagons.
Hi everyone, just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Paul, and I live in the coastal town of Whitstable in East Kent, UK. I've been a wargamer for many years, and have always had an interest in the Great War, although it's only the last few years that enough stuff has been available to enable me to game it p...
Latest catalogue now out. Includes The Boilerplate War 1st Edition, a biography of Ludendorff (1923), a section on Russia 1880-1920, and General Staff, War Office: Tank Training Vol. 1 (1920). Plus assorted manuals, trench maps, etc. Still no website, but email is: moreton.booksellers@lineon...
Hi to Everyone, I'm building a MKI in 1/8 scale -? scratch built models, nothing new there, but what I need are pictures of the inside. i.e. engine and mounts, gearbox and of course differntial. ammunition racks, panels ect, I have lots of photos of wrecked tanks that show some of the detail and the MKIV...
Hello has anyone converted/backdated WW2 Howitzers to they're Great War counterparts? The Long Tom has always fascinated me, I knew it was from a French design originaly, I didn't know that the American M1 followed so closely the original trails and carriage. I can't find much WW1/Great War models...
Due to popular requests these are the next figure sets I will be bringing out,W^D21 to W^D26. They are at the casters now and hopefully will get done fairly soon.I am hoping to get them out in July. There will be the usual choice oh heads.
Bonsoir, Page 14 from French Tanks of Word war 1 (Osprey-New Vanguard n? 173 ), Steve Zaloga?submit a good photo from Aberdeen's Schneider (now in Saumur's museum since 1985). On rear tank,?is written : "?FXCV 217", which is, perhaps : ????????????????????????Foreign Exchange Comba...
Hi Guys (Sorry Helen, suppose You're Female), Could someone identify this Tank (Country, used from??, by who??), I know the article on this forum, Tks and nice WE, DJ
Can anyone provide me with the address of the Krupp archives or tell me where I can find a diagram of the firing mechanism of the M1909, 75mm Krupp exported to Argentina, interrupted screw type breech?? Any information would be most appreciated.
