Hi All I'm planning on building a scale model of a ww1 tank using a 3mm solid?rivet to scale against an original size one, from the research I've done so far I will be looking at a model approx 2 metres in length!! Thank you in anticipation Dave
Dear all, can anyone help? Since a few days I try to remember where I have seen this: a drawing of a tank (FT 17?) with a marking on the turret. It was a white "V" in a white cirlce. Maybe the ground colour of the circle was a dark blue. Which nation / units used this kind of markings? What time? I hop...
Greetings rivetheads. My name is Gary, I live with my wife in Victoria, BC, Canada and I have one 24 year old son and a couple of grandchildren to keep me occupied. I have many interests, and modelling has always been one of them although it has been manifest in periods of dormancy over the years since the...
Can anyone identify this gun that was used in the Mexican Civil War, but looks to me as if she predates that conflict by some years. I apologise for the poor workmanship of the photographer, but cerveza is cheap in Mexico! http://www.flickr.com/photos/7700258@N05/937657318 and http://www.flic...
Canon de 75mm mle 1897 -- Edited by Jaroslav K on Sunday 5th of December 2010 07:38:11 PM-- Edited by Jaroslav K on Sunday 5th of December 2010 07:42:43 PM
Greetings rivetheads. A quick intro I suppose is in order,... My name is Gary J parker, I live with my wife in Victoria BC Canada, I have a son and two grandchildren. I am 47. My other hobbies besides the obvious military/armour one include a passion for classic motorcycling (I own two Norton motorcycl...
Dear all, can anyone help? Since a few days I try to remember where I have seen this: a drawing of a tank (FT 17?) with a marking on the turret. It was a white "V" in a white cirlce. Maybe the ground colour of the circle was a dark blue. Which nation / units used this kind of markings? What time? I hop...
Gentlemen, ? This is my first post here and I have to say that?I really enjoy this sight.? The information and links available are great and since I found the sight I have purchased quiet a few of the recommended books on WW1 Tanks. I am looking for information on metal tank models.? Since I currently do n...
Hello everyone, I have visited this site for years, I'm a WWI modeller and your discussions, post, and comments have been an asset.? By way of an intro, I'm a 53 year old, married father of one son who is a recent Purple Heart recipient after injuries sustained in Afghanistan.? He is my hero and I am very p...
This gun has been moldering away at the Maryborough Army depot since it was allocated to the 47th Btn in 1920/21. Recently the local colonial and military museum is looking at acquiring it from the Australian Army and restoring it (after a bit of prompting by one of my colleagues in the historical gun s...
Hi All, I am looking to build a 1/35 scale model of the armoured rail car as depicted in the photo on page 44 of the Osprey book "German Panzers 1914 - 1918" by Steven Zaloga. I am looking for info, pics, drawings, plans, anything on the guns used on this carriage. They are?described as pedesta...
I've opened this up as the Madsen thread seemed to be drifting this way. So new readersmight want to look at the last few postings to that thread first.
There seems to have been something odd about the way in which the American forces ended up with French machine guns. See the following two quotes from...
I acquired a 2nd hand artillery piece which I cannot find on Plasticsoldierreview. It looks like a Schwerer Minenwerfer in 1/72, with the height being until the waist of a standing man, and the length scaling out to about 1,60 meters. It is very simplified and consists of just two pieces, the carriage...
Hi. I am thankful the friends for the informations and in special the member James Reeve to make the construction of Minerva armoured? car and the conversions of the figures. [IMG]https://i688.photobuck...
I acquired an image of the attached. The local belief is that it is a Krupp gun from WW1. The AWM records say that a 75mm gun serial 362 was allocated to Ingham in 1920 - it's noted as an Austrian gun. Any ideas on the identification? Regards, Charlie
These can be seen on Zvezda's site. Not quite released yet, as far as I can tell: http://zvezda.org.ru/?nav=2&set=8083 As you can see, there is a drummer and a disco dancer and a bellhop as well as the more usual poses such as walking with rifle, standing with rifle, running with rifle, and fiddli...
the caption of this picture says '8e Gea in their trench, Martinpuich 25 august 1916'. I tried to puzzle out the meaning of 'Gea', could not find it. Does anybody know (of course you do!) regards, Kieffer
hi , does anyone know how long individual tank crews kept their tanks for? was it tcommon practice for the tanks to be returned to a commom pool when not used then reissued for action? did tank crews ever get their previous tanks back or did they always get a different one ? what sort of problems did this ca...
Hello all, I'm still researching the MKIV prior to building a replica of the RYDE presentation tank (RE: My earlier posts). In all the books and documents I've seen, the tanks dimensions are quoted in feet and inches, but armour plate thickness always seems to be quoted in milimetres. Does anybody kn...
Dear colleagues, I need help. On last photo of German?Ehrhardt E-V/4 M 1915?on service in Russian White army in 1919 the new weapon. Questions: 1. What for a canon in front? These are 20 mm Becker? Russian sources write that 30 mm an automatic gun... 2. What machine guns? It not German MG 08. I think that...
