I raise this matter because there are some things here I don't understand, and also because in the past it has proved worthwhile to reexamine the accepted wisdom. Please bear with me. We agreed some time ago that the Renault was called the FT, that FT17 or FT-17 was a confused interpretation, and that t...
Hi guys, I an new to this forum and first, let me congratulate you on a quite excellent forum it is. I have not spent a lot of time searching topics yet, but I was wondering if anyone can help me. I am looking for a WW1 tank model which is larger scale than 1.72. I cant find one anywhere, but I have seen one on a mo...
Hello, I am looking for info on the 4 wheel tipper wagons used by the wdlr. Were they a standard hudson type such as the parkside 009 kit or? Regards Sam
Hello, I have a couple of minor problems and perhaps you chaps can help? 1. An older Tank Mark IV model I made, years ago, has just been repatriated and I see that I got the decals/transfers wrong. I've put training numbers on, and I would like to switch them for "fighting" numbers. Question i...
The new Strelets WW1 figure are on sale on the Hannants website. They look somewhat, um, strange on the box art! http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STR11472 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STRM056 The Cavalry box art figures are all wearing Infantry 08 webbing just for starters
Sparta Modellbau have apparently released a new resin kit of the St Chamond tank: However, it is so new that it hasn't made it onto their own site yet. (image is from http://www.colleu...
Right, have made finally got underway on this scratch build. Bit of a challange for me as only ever done one quite easy conversion and never anything like this, so should be fun! It's a 1:35 MK V** bridgelayer from 1919. Have got the 4 hull sides cut out and the same profile, might not sound much but gettin...
Hi Everyone Well my plans are nearly ready, but I need some help! ? It's to do with the armour plate fitted to Mark1 tanks... I have some publications referring to just 10mm and 6mm being used, and then one source going into more detail... Sides 8mm Underside 6mm Conning Tower front 12mm, Sides 10mm and T...
Have just come across a brief mention of this in Mme Estienne Mondet's book. It's only the second time I've ever seen it mentioned in print. The other is in John Mosier's rather troublesome book The Myth of the Great War. Mosier devotes a great deal of analysis to it, describing it as the battle of which &...
http://www.archive.org/details/ifilmedwar00maliuoftBattle Of The Somme [1916] [DVD] "Keep low as you run across the road, sir. The Bosche can see right along it ; make straight for the other side....
Attached some images of my aproximation to a M1917 K FLAK? based on the kind assistance from Mr Vaclav Jileck ?Mr Ryegrass ?also Charlie C ?Profil ?Guns 14 18???28 juni14 and Lafettenheini from this forum This toghether with the previous models Daimler Flak Back truck? and the Scheinwerfer mounted...
This is my? modest aproximation to an 8 inch Howitzer, British manufacturing, early mark. Again I express my gratitude to?my dear colleagues Philty Dirty Animal, Topcat?& Gary M for their kind assistance. Aldo Mastrostefano? kindly took the pics. Best regards -- Edited by EDUARDO MAMORETTI...
Hi everbody, I'm new here and an enthusiast for pre-WW2 tanks and history. There is a very fun and also accurate online flash game named "Warfare 1917". You command either British or German troops on the Western Front and have to conquer enemy trenches. Features the A7V and Mark II tanks. C...
Hello All, In this pop video for the?B-52's Rock Lobster ? ? ? ??(copy and paste link below)(which is quite possibly the grooviest thing ever seen on landships! ) There is a brief clip of a MK V Male with E24 painted on the front track horns. Can anyone name that Tank? (of course you can!) Sidhttp://youtu...
Hi everybody, Going through some old things today I came across this fellow: He looks to be French, although the helmet's a bit strange. Does anyone know where he's from?
?? Fellows,Could anyone provide guidance as to existing documentation or a possible database that may record this weapon? It can be found in Mentor, Mn. and was apparently placed there c.1926 on the local school grounds per agreement with American Legion Post 421 [Mentor Herald (print discontinu...
The Royal Australian Mint's "Australia Remembers" commemorative coin in 2011 remembers war historians.? The 20? coin reverse side depiction is of a photographer (Staff Sergeant William Joyce) setting up over the rear deck of a Mk V which was involved in the adance through the Hindenbu...
The German 10cm. Kanone 1914 at the U.S. Artillery Museum located at Fort Sill, OK (not to be confused with the Fort Sill Museum) has been recently repainted a wartime period multi-color camouflage scheme.? It is a bit bright but this is a nice improvement on the incorrect pre-war grey/green this gun...
Yes, I saw the article on the site, though it is for the 1/72 Emhar tank model.? I want to do it in 1/35 as it seems comparatively simple.? But the question is, what else would have to be done on the bigger scale tank, which is of course a different kit?? Thanks. BTW, my intention is to depict a British town wa...
Hi Everyone,?Did anyone see the Time Team episode on the Livens Flame Thrower? ?For those not in the know, Time Team is an archeology program that runs for 18 years now. They are invited by the public to?do a 3-day archeological dig from pre-historic to WW2. The program is presented by actor Tony Robin...
Hi Guy,?I have been following an interesting thread on a French forum about the Voith Minenwerfer. ?http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Pages-d-Histoire-Artillerie/Artillerie/voith-minenwerfer-sujet_1031_1.htm?On this you have posted a drawing of this gun that was ma...
