Has anyone on Landships built a WWI era armoured train, be it a engine or carriages? If so do you have any images of your project? I have a train project on the back-burner for next year and I could use help with ideas and design. -- Edited by Thylacine on Tuesday 7th of December 2010 03:14:48 AM
Bearing in mind the role of railways in the War, I thought this might be of interest. Came out last month. By rail expert Christian Wolmar . Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways Plenty of reviews on t'Internet. FYI, it sounds as if there is plenty of info on the War and development lead...
I just noticed something amusing.? The ACE model of the 10,5cm lFH 1916 took the photograph of my unrestored 10,5cm lFH 16 for their box illustration (without permission).? Notice that it has the wrong number of spokes (14 not 12) and the hand spike is frozen in the up position.? I wonder if they also in...
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY INCIDENTS WHEN PREVIOUSLY CAPTURED BRITISH TANKS WERE RECAPTURED AND REUSED BY THE BRITISH ? ?WERE THERE ANY MK1V VS BEUTETPANZER MKIV BATTLES? WHEN WERE THE FIRST BEUTEPANZERS USED -WE'RE THEY CAPTURED MK1'S AFTER THE SOMME / YPRES OR ONLY EVER MK1V'S? I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FO...
Hello everyone, I've come to this forum to seek your help in order to identify a World War I Artillery Gun. My reenactment group is acquiring a WWI Artillery Gun. However, things are going quite slow and the people who are handing it over to us haven't provided us with a lot of information. All I know so fa...
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...
