Hello This is my first posting, so I thought I'd start with a question. I have bought Hecker & Goros' Austrian Artillery Officer (1917) and wondered what the sidearm is that he's carrying.? It has a long holster?with what appears to be a magazine pouch attached to the rear. It doesn't affect how I p...
. . . on French Tanks. I have to say that this is, unfortunately, not a triumph. No new photos, which is fair enough, except for one very nice one of the FCM 1A that I hadn't seen before. Some of the chronology seems a bit wobbly, but I shall check that further. He describes the Schneider Crocodile and the Au...
Hello everyone, I have an interesting question to put our artillery experts today: If Big Bertha was built to give the Germans the firepower of a 30.5cm, yet have better mobility over the latter, why was it transported in 5 loads? this kind of defeats the purpose of better mobility, doesn't it? Anyway...
According to Armorama, Tankograd are bringing out not one, but two books/booklets about Germany's captured tanks. My initial reaction was to start to go back to sleep. But maybe this could be good; if, as one of the posters on Armorama says, Trumpeter or Dragon get the idea that Germany used more of th...
Companeros, Im fairly new, in terms of posts, to the board and WWI armor. A few years ago I began a project to build?a R/C 1/6 scale MARK IV. Before taking on this challenge, i decided to build?a cardboard mock-up. While not perfect, it served as a great picture?prop.?Years have passsed and im now ready...
Are they any good at all?? The tanks aren't too great and need modification, but that's all there is, and fortunately there are enough reference books and pictures to make corrections.? But what about the howitzers?
Resicast have a new release, a 4.5 inch Howitzer & limber, and they will also be releasing the 18pdr & limber. They are the WW2 versions but I asked and had confirmation that sets to backdate to WW1 versions will be released but there is no definate timescale involved (shame) Paul
Hello, my name is Alexandru Bucur, and I've recently illustrated a book on the Skoda built siege guns in the collection of the Military Museum of Bucharest. I am a long time follower (if first time poster) of this site and forum and made extensive use of the information contained within during my resea...
I have finished the painting stage and I will do the pigments next. Since this is an experiment in techniques so I did not add a complete set of markings. The Archer Surface Details worked great but I should have used the larger ones. The Sharpie marker worked very well on the heart and the demarcation li...
William Strait of Wisconsin, its a curious thing that most relativly succesfull tractor designs came from the USA and all were originally intended for Agriculture... here are a number of designs by Strait who but for an unlikely venture by some his customers into armoured vehicles would probarbly...
This site has some interesting photos' in its collection. Just click on Armaments on left hand side. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/index.asp Paul
Hi all, this grenade launcher, has any one more information about the 'weapon'? As it looks quite sophisticated, or at least made by a skilled carpenter, I assume it is not a Do It Yourself product made by inventive soldiers. regards, Kieffer
Solfig is a french great quality 1/72 resin kits manufacturer. Here is some of is production: Berliet CBA truck Dedion Bouton AA truck Renault AG2 Taxi de la Marne Brit Gun Carrier Brit 60pdr gun Autocanon Renault 37mm 1915 Automitrailleuse Peugeot 1915 Autocanon Peugeot 1915 Charron AC Rolls Royc...
Hi everyone. in this colour artwork: we can see some jerry cans in red colour. Was this right? Was the jerry cans of Tank Corps in red or it?s only a product of the artist?s imagination?
Greetings:New photo of a US MKV...I can make out "NOCK-EM" on the front but was wondering if anyone knows if that is the full name of the tank and if they can attribute a number to it. John -- Edited by jagjetta on Wednesday 9th of February 2011 05:58:23 PM
With Orion's 1/72 quadruple Maxim AA set out now, there are some conversion possibilities. The figures should be useful for WW1 too after a headswap and carving away the breast pockets. http://hobbyterra.com/product.asp?idProduct=3467 Unfortunately, the Russians didn't use the quadruple M...
Hi there as i am new to the forum i hope this posting will be added to the correct thread. I came acroos a thread of the WW1 swiss helmut, partly designed by paul Boesch. Here is a pic that i have found recently whilst searching info on the famous swiss artist. Showing a lonely soldier gaurding the Swiss mou...
I'm curious . . . is there a simple formula to compare the size of artillery rounds as far as weight (e.g., 13 pounder) to bore size (e.g., 3 inch or 75 mm)? Al
Hi, the release of Accurate Armours 1/35 Little Willie reminded me that Commanders in the USA also made a version. They hadnt made armour models for some time but I visited their site yesterday and it looks like they have started again.? No Little Willie but they have a 1/35 Mk VIII and French Schneider...
