I have been trying to understand the differences between the original 9cm C/73 Limber and the alterations made in the C/73/88 and possibly the C/73/91 patterns. The old C/73 has a box lid that opens from the top. The C/73/88 and C/73/91 have completely different boxes from the old model, that open f...
When reading Military transport of WW1 by Ellis and Bishop i noticed the Boulant Mobile Surgery built on a Schneider PB2 omnibus chassis. Although these vehicles were expensive to produce several were fabricated during the war for the French military. I wish to scratch built one of these in 1/76 sc...
Does anyone know if US-built Case steam traction engines were used by allied forces in Europe? They were not as large or powerful as European tractors, but still could have been used in some situations. Bosun Al
A bit borderline, but a pal of mine has done the English voice-over for this short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHDqDfrIi7A There are others on Cambrai, Villers-Bretonneux, and so on. One or two minor inaccuracies, but also some details that are good to see. The animator has clearly d...
The Model Cellar would like to announce our new WWI Belgian Armored Car crew figures. They will look great with the upcoming Minerva from Copper State Models. Sculpted by Mike Good, the figure is patterned after the very familiar period photo. As usual, the detail is amazing. Now available from ou...
I am building the Roden 1/72 1920 Rolls Royce armoured car. I removed the hexagon on the turret roof as it is an repair when the cupola was removed after servicing in Shanghai.I want to build my as a car from the early 1920's but decals are for three WW2 cars. How would it be painted and marked in British Ar...
The Model Cellar would like to announce our new WWI Belgian Armored Car crew figures.Sculpted by Mike Good, the figure is inspired by the very cool period photo. As usual, the detail is amazing. Now available from our website:Kit particulars:WWI Belgian Armored Car crewman #1item MC35145sculpte...
Could anyone identify this artifact please. It was given to me by my uncle who died recently. What it is or how he got I don't know but i think its from WW1 many Thanks
Now that there are so many Mk IV replicas, I was thinking of doing a list for the benefit of Wikipedia and, therefore, the world. If you can help with further examples, more details, etc, please do. These are brief descriptions of what I've got so far: 1) The Guy Martin tank, Deborah II 2) The War Horse tan...
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
