Photos from a Great War Society event last year working with original War Department Light Railway equipment - the UK adopted light railways for moving supplies, troops and even artillery pieces after seeing how successful the French Decauville systems were. The setting of the event was the Battl...
Hello, my first posting here. Does anyone know of any decent drawings or plans of the German 42cm Dicke Bertha that could be used to build a 1/16 model? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you, Tony
Attached is a photo (with a two details) of a destroyed Peugot armored car. Photographer's inscription at base of photo is written in German and simply identifies it as a 'destroyed French armored car'.? John
Found this photograph online on the Mary Evans storehouse website, showing a Rolls Royce armoured car at Arras. It's interesting in that not only does it show the towed 3 pounder, which i've never seen on a photograph outside of the UK, but also it shows an RR at Arras, in the dazzle paint like the other,...
Amongst the wealth of stuff on Criticalpast is this film of Schneiders and French infantry putting on a display for the benefit of a large assembly of U.S. troops. After 1'30" there is a splendid sequence showing very clearly the signal panel on the roof of the Schneider that Michel recently bro...
Why were some British vehicles marked with OHMS as opposed WD. I have seen it on Autocars, Seabrooks and Foster Daimlers. The only thing I can think of is that they were owned by a different government Department than the War Department. Any thoughts anybody please? Tim
Hello all! I have been looking through this forum with a lot of interest, it's a wealth of information! I am trying to enhance my Mark IV tank model and I am counting rivets, so to speak... One part of the tank is a mystery to me, that being the narrow strips left and right between the tracks and the drivers c...
Hi all. I painted the tracks with Tamiya Gun metal. I also applied another coat of Tamiya Brown and I finished it by lining the colors with a Sharpie Fine Point permanent marker to represent the black demarcation lines of the real tank. I need to paint the markings on and weather the whole model so I still...
I'm having a go at correcting and/or fleshing out some of the captions and descriptions on Criticalpast.com. This is clearly a feature film, but it doesn't immediately spring to mind. The tanks aren't FTs but M1917s, so I expect it's an American production. Sorry if it's an old favourite, but I can't...
Looking for this flak canon on a ehrhardt or daimler truck. Is it Daimler of Ehrhardt? How many were produced and from when? 1914 seems a bit early for flak canons. Is it true that they were heavily used to counter Entente tank attacks? Photos are always nice.ThanksCJ
Hello, I'd like to buy some pre-painted models of WW1 tanks, armoured cars and armoured trains (if there are any). I'm interested in?every scale. Please let me know which companies make such models. I know of The Old Northwest Trading Co. www.oldnwtc.com?They make pre-painted models in 1/32 scale...
Hello again! This one's for the experts... I find the lever for the visor hatch mechanism intriguing. On the interior pics of the MK IV, the handles are (or seem)? right-angled and protude towards the crew. (see upper two pics in the attached image) But I have only this one source of imterior pictures s...
has anyone out there built the reviresco white metal kit of the st chamond,I was thinking about getting one and just wanted to know how much work is involved,thanks
Hello there, found a wonderful Russian modelling site with lots of WW1 tanks armour figures planes....... At the home page there 's also a link to a great war competition. Please check out all these wonderful tanks. Also a beutepanzer with the correct guns ,finally ! It's the project by Igori Mingazo...
Well this is the base coat for my Hat Renault FT. Do not adjust the settings on your monitor it really is that gaudy! However all is not lost as I have quite a few more steps to go before it is done. I still have the tracks to paint and there is still a bit of touch up left to do. The colors are brush painted using T...
Not really a tank subject but certainly an era one. I am in the process of attempting to reproduce a Vickers MkI MG 1916/1918 era?on a MK IV Tripod. It will be approximately 9 1/2 inches long from muzzle to handgrips. No moving parts, just a desktop model cast in pewter. My dilemma is I cannot find out what...
I'm tidying up one or two of the descriptions on Critical Past. I could do with some help on this one. IMO this is definitely not genuine footage but an extract from a feature film. The Tank seems to be MkV Supply with dummy guns fitted, and the troops have British 1908 webbing. The Germans are using a Vick...
Hello:)Recently I tried a different way to make the rust on the exhaust silencer:) .. I know that this is not the time - this is part of the Jagdpanzer IV model in 1:15 scale. Soon the blog will show step by step how to do it, I think it's a good way to make the effect of the rust not only on the exhaust p...
