I have a high resolution photo of the Britannia in Chicago. It is of a group of men on it who worked on it for some reason while in Chicago, at Marine Iron Works. My dad is sitting over the front side turret. My dad had a round iron hitch receiver that had broken of the Britannia... He used it as a paperweight f...
Apologies for starting another thread, but I think this deserves it. A very kind gentleman called Oleg helped me to overcome my Paypal problem by letting me download it for free. It's a belter. Amongst its delights: Illustrations and descriptions of Tank-carrying wagons and Rectanks; the Ramp Wag...
Recently, questions were asked about a steam ploughing engine pictured towing a beute tank. The possibility of building a model to make a diorama was floated. I found a small drawing by John Haining of a Fowler ploughing engine, similar to the one in the photo.
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A Bunch of Holt Patents for Tracks and Tracklayers nothing later then 1918 or so.. Turnbull is included as he appears to be working for Holt..... two more .... single track and a Half track lombard style Cheers -- Edited by Ironsides on Friday 13th of November 2009 01:08:39 AM-- Edited by Ironsides on F...
This project started on a site called the "LEM" or "Leage of Extraordinary Modelers".? The extraordinary thing is that all modelers of all ability levels are welcome.? So, this was a group build entitled 100% Scratch Built. I decided on a MkI Male from around the time of the Bat...
? It's rare for Australia since I think it's the only survivor. It's a 15cm sFH M93 - captured on the Western Front in 1918 - no information about when or where though. The gun is in a small town - Nyah on the Murray River in Victoria. it's in fairly good condition exept for the lack of wheels. Regards, Charl...
Hello, ? anyone noticed the new releases of Tankograd ? It'about the beute tanks. There are 2 volumes,together 192 pages ! The quality is like always superb . Here are a few pics. ? Max
Hello Everyone, Does anyone have a decent photo of an A7V Daimler engine.? Im in the process of doing a scratch built 1/16 scale A7V.? Ive only been able to find partial photos. Respectfully, Gary
Something a little different from the most isolated capital city on the planet (and Dar es Salaam is a little too close for some) ... sorry, "insider" joke but Sydney is about as far from Perth as London is from Moscow and Auckland about as far as London to New York.We know him best as t...
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of World War I By Jonathan North and Jeremy Black. Pub: Lorenz Books. ISBN: 9780754823407 Supposedly released October 2010. RRP: ?19.99. Tesco are doing it for ?12.99. Haven't seen a copy yet.
Recently I read a Chinese magazine called 'Weapon'. It says that China had total 36 ft-17s, all of them were used by Zhang Zuolin's 'Feng Army' in northeast China. The first 12 ft-17s were given to Feng army by Whit Russians(Interesting, I've never heard about that before.).
Through these 12 ft-17s...
Provided the whether is not too cold, would it be common to see men of the same unit with their coats on and others with them on their packs? I am working on a 1/72 Russian unit and am unsure whether I can mix soldiers in winter gear (i. e. with coat on) with others in gear for moderate temperatures (i. e. with...
With the new U.S. Field Artillery Museum at Fort Sill, OK there has been a lot of changes with the old Fort Sill artillery collection.? The artillery has largely gone to the Field Artillery Museum leaving most of the Native American and post specific collections to the Fort Sill Museum that has been ar...
Lots of interesting WW1 figures, made by MasterClub,?here: http://www.tank-figures.com/masterclub/figures.htm Sadly, no British, but plenty of others, including Austro-Hungarian. A couple of Russian?figures?by Ant Miniatures, here: http://tank-figures.com/ant-miniatures/ Some...
Hi folks, last but not least I want present my third Dio of the Great War.Figures are taken from manufactores as usual.They all are reworked very much with Magic Sculp.The crashed plane is from Roden,the "Heeresfeldwagen" is from ALBY with horses from Revell changed into dead ones.Ok - l...
This is?going to be a step-by-step post on converting Emhar's A7V to A7V 501?in her pre-Gretchen markings. After reading the article on Landships, I realised that it needed a little updating and a few photos showing the steps would also help. To make A7V 501, you will need 2 copies of the Emhar kit. The...
I was watching House Hunters and it was taking place in Jackson, Mississippi (it's the capital city of that American state, apparently, and, also apparently, Mississippi is not just a river). In the opening sequence they showed what looked like a WW1 gun. Well, a deft bit of googling revealed these:...
Hello Folks - Just found your Forum! I've studied, collected Great War era items and materials for many years. Had a Great Uncle in the Tank Corps, the 301st if I recall correctly, so I upped my membership Here is my first question... Would anyone happen to have any information (possibly including pho...
Hello everyone,? so far my intrepid and innovative corps project is off to a good start. although I have to roughly double the number of artillery and infantry.. an cavalry to fill out my divisions on paper, I have decided I want to try to do this: The A7V schutzengrabenbagger-A7V trench digger. I'm in...
A curious passage in the new Estienne book, to the effect that: Because the Schneider turned out to be heavier and have a less powerful engine than Estienne intended, it was decided that two things would have to be sacrificed. One was the idea of towing an armoured, troop-carrying trailer. The other w...
Does anyone know if there is an equivalent to Humbrol's discontinued?matt enamel?Brown Bess?? Its no was - as far as I can discern - 170.? The chocolate brown (98) is close-ish, but has a dodgy finish. Cheers.
Evening, I know some kits includes some German soldiers wearing gasmasks but is there anyone who knows of the existance of British or American?model figures?(scale 1/72 or 1/76)?wearing gasmasks, same question for animals, same scale (dogs, horses, donkeys, ...). If not, anyone an idea how to sc...
????? Hello I am new to this forum. I got inspired to find out more about World War One tanks from the game Rise of Flight (it has tanks as ground vehicles).?I have been having fun doing research on these early tanks. I am currently reading Tanks and Trenches?edited by David Fletcher. ???? Anyway in seve...
