Well after looking at my last post of 11 days ago on the Mack AC and Renault FT I finally started painting the FT.? I have read the Landships articles on French color schemes and after a great deal of procrastanation I decided it is better to paint and not be totally accurate then just let the thing sit in a b...
Okay okay, rather off-topic, but as I was browsing a wonderful site with hundreds of magazine covers (such as Electrical Experimenter, Popular Mechanics and the like), I found this, the September 1921 Science & Invention[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/McTodd69/Avia...
hi i just got a 5 round strip/clip of bullets dont no if any one has any info on them ? they are 56 cal with K.40 WII, is next to a 303 for size -- Edited by chrismaverickchris on Thursday 13th of January 2011 11:02:05 PM
Hello friends,because I soon wil be out of work,I took the opportunity to make an extension to my dio. On the left and the right there are extra plates,so the dimension is 4.20 X 2.40 mtr. The pictures show the dio "under construction ",and the house that will be placed in the dio. Next weeken...
The German nomenclature for the piece was: 7,7cm lFK L/35(Franz.) This was one of 2 mobile mounts utilized for the captured M1897 piece. To gain maximum elevation for anti-aircraft work,? the original carriage trail was torched off 4 feet behind the trunnions.? This shortened trail was then secur...
Does anyone know how I can get hold of Hubert Cance's drawings, in particular those of Crompton's Emplacement Destroyers? This is apparently a complete list of his drawings:
Which modelling colour (pref. Revell) comes close to the shade of Green the Russians painted their guns in in WW1? I've my 1/72 Putilov 02 ready for painting and believe the WW2 "4BO" shade is wrong for WW1. Thanks in advance, Pat
two WW1 subjects : french army cars up to 1918 16 pages , lot of pix including an autochrome , le 370 Filloux (8 pages) and an immediate post-war subject : White TBC armoured cars in "m?tropole"(6 pages) most interesting JCC
Does anyone know whether the rear port/starboard stowage boxes on the Mk. A were factory items, or were they 'aftermarket' add-ons? I'm scratchbuilding a set in 1:35 and was wondering whether they'd be in the same paint as the rest of the tank... TIA
I don't know if this is off topic or not but I just purchased the Osprey New Vanguard book No.170 Spanish Civil War Tanks by Steven J. Zaloga and illustrated by Tony Brown ISBN:978 1 84908 2938. While it contains a lot of pre W.W.II tanks it has a couple of French W.W.I tanks. Overall it is a good read so far a...
I was thinking of marking up my Dennis with New Zealand markings so that it would look a little like this: What colour is the fern leaf and what colour should the roundel be...
... he has put a good deal of time into a number of site projects that really deserve out attention.?? My personal favorite is below.?? Just do a search and you'll find his contribution a few lines down. Well done,? Unclean Creature,? well done.? Canon de 75 mod?le 1897
The previous thread reminded me of a topic I've been meaning to raise.... The Landships site has some articles on the licence built versions of the 75mm Krupp export guns but there isn't an article which brings the information on licence built and exported guns together. The Krupp 75mm gun was, argua...
Hi all, this is my latest build. It is the Renault FT by Hat. I have added improvements with strip stryene.rod,brass wire and Archer Surface Details. I still have a few more items to add and the tracks are not glued on yet.
