Hi all, a picture from the Illustrated London News, May 1918 showing a camouflaged US serviceman. As some 'old' pictures reappear again and again in books today, it might be you already seen this, if so sorry for bringing old news. regards, Kieffer
If anyone is interested, BUM have for sale a knock-off copy of Modelkrak's Lanchester armoured car. Don't know what the quality of this copy will be like, but Modelkrak's simple?kit is excellent. BUM's copy sells for half the price and contains one car, not two like the box says. Apart from Jordi Rubi...
I want to pick your brains! It looks like I will be staying up late and reading into the wee small hours. I am looking for some really good books on Russian AFVs, not just armoured cars but tanks as well (not bothered so much about trains). I don't speak Russian or Polish so well (not at all really). What is t...
Hello ? In the Phil's "Philthydirtyanimal" collection of photos on flikr one can find reference shots of "The Terror, armoured, chain drive, Commer, also known as the 'mother of the Cairo fleet'. it was based in Cairo."?Is there any additional info on this beast? http://www...
Just a heads up on a bunch of free 1/72 and 1/48 cardmodels available at www.papermodelers.com - you have to register on the forum and post to get access. Current models are the US T1E1, M2A1 and T4E1 light tanks and two versions of the Vickers Mark II medium tank. There is a preview of Alberto's designs a...
Hello everybody, just looking for some advice. I want to buy a book on Sir Dougls Haig but there are many. So can anyone recommend a good one for me? Thanks Mick
Hello, dear members!What do you think about this armoured car? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_FT-B http://derela.republika.pl/ftbp.htm -- Edited by Gregorus on Saturday 9th of January 2010 04:54:04 PM
Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I've just got round to reading this. 220 pages in paperback, and the first 3/5 or so deal with the development and deployment of Tanks in the Great War. It was published in 1937. Much of the story of the development is familiar stuff, but he spends a lot of t...
I will start this series of post with as much in progress photos as I can. We will start with the right sponson and cutting the angle. So here we go.... In the first photo I determined the angle to be 83 degrees according to the Tank Museum drawings. I marked a line along the protractor with a Prisimicolor S...
Anyone? We've done a lot of British tanks, so I think that we should do... ...exported models! Here is a list of suggestions:- Renault FT-17 and its variants (non-French) Russian civil war armour Exported Mark Vs (Russian, French, American, Estonian) Stridsvagn m-21 Whippets You could even do a pl...
After starting these post I realized that some of you may wonder what kind of tools to use during the correction. I have two pictures of the tools I used. In the first picture are the ones I consider to be essential and in the second pictures are the tools I consider helpfull but can be substituted using ot...
I have this Dopp.Z.16 fuse. But for wich guns are they used? I got 2 manuals and both say a other story.? One manual say the 15 cm?Kanone in Schirmlafette, 15cm K.i.R.L (what means this?) and a 24cm Naval gun (unknow type). Who can help me with the correct guns? [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/280jic4.j...
I seem to remember lots of criticism on these figures, but plasticsoldierreview.com won't mention much of them (except the missing helmet lugs). There are too many officers and the jury is still out on how useful the tank mechanics are. The artillery set has good guns but no crew actually handling th...
July edition of Guerre, Blind?s & Mat?riel has an article on the FT Fascine Carrier. If I read this correctly, it saw the light of day as late as 1935, when German rearmament became apparent. Also some info on WWI Artillery and pigeons. You can flick through the mag here: http://blindes-materiel...
David Fletcher talks about Little Willie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLCdNudUxk rexbonitas shows how to scratchbuild?Little Willie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsE3BuvPpA -- Edited by PDA on Thursday 12th of August 2010 04:09:05 AM
?Hello, I need some asistance with the Colt-Browning M1895 "Potato Digger" machinegun. I know this weapon was mainly used in the Spainish-American War but it did have a role in the Great War. Can you give me some history on this weapon? Thanks!
I've just received some figures for the conflict in East Africa. These are made by Minifigs. They are not new, but I don't think they've been discussed here before. Apologies are needed: my photography skills are appalling! Everything, including the composition, is poor. However, I wanted to post...
Here are the links to some interesting videos ... and you can buy them!
German Tank A7V "Elfriede"http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675028111_French-soldiers_captured-German-tank_soldiers-in-trench_dead-on-stretchersGerman Tank A7V "Hagen...
I have applied the Archer Surface Details rivets and the pistol port covers as well. I had to add about .020 strip styrene to the front post on the gun opening to have enough surface to drill the vision port. It is not perfect but it is much more accurate then the original kit parts. I will do the right side n...
I finally started working on the turret and this is what I did. First I made the turret from 7/16 (11.1 mm) rod. The shield is from the same rod but I cut it in half and I trimed it so it? would fit inside the turret. Since the breach cannot be seen I removed it. The gun opening was made by drilling one hole above...
Hi all; just to ket you know that I have?changed my user name - I attempted to change my e-mail address for notification (my old one was being swamped with spam) but I lost my links So back in business and ready to help -- Edited by firsttankcrews on Sunday 8th of August 2010 09:03:57 AM
