I have built the 1/72 scale Vauxhall Beside for the decals it was a very nice kit. It was more or less built out of the box. I drilled out the lights and added some detail to the roof above the driver. There are four stretchers included but the kit is made with a closed rear so they wouldn't be visible. I...
Stumbled across this: I think we're all familiar with this photo, usually accepted as Gunther Burstyn: This photo, from a very reputable Austrian archive, is also said to be him: They don't look particularly like the same chap to me. The collar patches match - a wheel and wings, badge of Railway and Te...
We've got already threads for Wien and Sofia museums, here is Lesany. Unlike Sofia, Belgrade or Bucharest, I have proper identifications for almost everything here, but I still have a question or two, plus a large amount of pictures to share. Let's start with the first mystery piece. So far I called...
I am doing a small conversion. Trying to make a Mk.III out of the Emhar Mk.IV kit. Why not use the information that I found about it on this site? The side plates of the sponson's weren't split on the Mk.III as they were on the Mk.IV so I had to fill the "panel line". Also there was a single row of rivets on the...
I'm not sure how it's spelled exactly. I known none survive, but I should think model companies would make those, since they were used by Germans all the up to the beginning of WW2.
While looking for information re wheel size and wheelbase for WW1 vehicles (hint hint; how about forwarding any info you might have for European vehicles!!) I came across a couple of series that some of you might find of interest. The first is in Automobile Engineering, Vol 8, entitled Military...
I bought two 1/72 scale A7V Tank's from Emhar. The plan was to build one Röchling and one Krupps armour tank.While waiting for the kits to arrive I looked at the references to find out what would need to be changed on them. Dangerous stuff, references. It gave me the great idea of building the only "fe...
I got drawings of the 6pr Mks I & II from Bovington long ago and they just sat in the stash. However, when building the Interus tank, the gun looked so wrong against the Emhar one that I decided that I would have to replace them. After turning one up this afternoon as per the afore-mentioned drawings,...
G'day gentlemen, Hoping someone might be able to ID the object being held by the poseur in this very familiar picture of FW3 in Bourlon Village. Cheers!
Everything I've ever seen says that the Mk II only got as far as a mock-up. Now there's a claim from someone who's usually reliable that it was partly constructed. Anyone know if there's any truth in it? PS: As with the tanks, wouldn't it have been the case that the first Gun Carrier wouldn't have been cal...
According to the pages on the Renaults SPGs, it states that the STA had an extra Hotchkiss machine gun. I was wondering where would this gun be located on the vehicle. Thanks in advance.
It's been a very long time since I last posted anything here so I thought I'd share some pics of my latest project. This one's been collecting dust for I don't know how long, the Roll Royce was one of my very first military masters and the kit has long been out of production so it's like building a piece of my...
i have found a manual for the Mark VIII so thought i would post it for you all -- Edited by Druid_Ian on Wednesday 1st of July 2020 02:55:33 PM-- Edited by Druid_Ian on Wednesday 1st of July 2020 03:05:07 PM
I want to build the 1/72 Roden kit as a 1914 model. Most of the wheels are ready as it was a condition before I start converting any plastic of the kit.As I understand it the turret of the 1914 car was lower than the 1920 version in the kit. Looking at pictures the roof look the same so would removing equal par...
On the old Landship site there were some useful stuff that I downloaded. Among this was the Guide to the A7V variants by Gary Zimmer. Last night I was using this trying to identify a tank in a picture. I noticed that it had the Type C Machine Gun Aperture so I looked in the list and found five tanks that had th...
The A7V “Nixe II” and others A7Vs were camouflaged in the spring of 1918 with spots color Rotbraun and Lehmgelb painted over the Feldgrau coating. In these pictures (taken after its capture) it seems the command cupola is not camouflaged. Can anyone tell me if the roof (and the cupola) was camouflage...
Maybe news to some of you: http://mickbellplans.com/ There are literally hundreds of plans, including some WW1 and interwar stuff (little armour though) from Minerva a/c and Ehrhardt 1917 to Schneider howitzer. "The late Mick Bell produced over 400 high quality technical drawings and plans of m...
Have been doing some research on the US artillery tractors produced in 1918 and afterwards. 1. The 5- and 10-ton artillery tractors had armoured covers for the engine, oil tank and one of the petrol tanks but I haven't been able to find how thick the armour plate was - anyone know? 2. The Holt civilian H...
This gets many mentions on the Kansas City Museum website, and there are lots of photos of tanks under repair. Recloses is south by southeast of Paris. I'd never heard of it before. Does anyone know anything about it?
Some images of camouflaged 5-ton Tractors. The one with the roof was likely taken at Aberdeen in 1918. The other two are noted as being taken in France in early 1919. Opinions on the colours used in the camouflage schemes? Artillery camouflage for AEF field artillery was specified as green | cream | w...
1/35 diorama I recently finished using Model Cellar figures, Vargas Models 25cm schwere Minenwerfer and log wall castings. Painted with AK and Vallejo acrylic paints. [img]https://i.imgur....
