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
During the war,? France published a goodly number of post cards;? I have a modest collection of them and thought I might share a few for conversational, if not informational ?purposes. This first is a Hotchkiss in Belgian service.? Note their uniforms and the receiver of the MG.?? Any comments pleas...
Right - Here are the photos from Bovington... 1. Mark IV rear 2. Mark VIII front 3. Mark V** front 4. Mark V** rear 5. Mark V rear portside 6. Mark IX interior 7. Mark VIII rear 8. Late mark female sponson interior 9. Driver's cabin
These show how I have used the Krupp 105mm le FH model in the Ottoman Artillery & MGs pack (8094) to produce a Schneider-Canet 120mm Howitzer M1909 (other designations for armies on its introduction). This piece is used by WWI Russia as the 122mm M1910 (& is visually identical to the 122mm M10...
The 2nd and 3rd of August I travelled to northen France to visit the battlefield of Cambrai. It was a impressive experience,specially the visits to the cemetery's. Took a lot of pictures from the part of the field I am recreating on my dio,learnt a lot about the topography and colours of the ground! I wa...
Hello Freinds, I have just come into these beautiful original?WW1 Posters from an older gentleman who's father was in the 37th Infantry Regiment company "K" in the US Army from 1917 to 1919.? I was wondering if anyone could help me with any information about these posters. Both have his na...
Can anyone verify the truthfulness of these statements: Originally named "Britannia," (she) was renamed "Liberty" in appreciation of American participation. The tank took part in the Battle of Arras, France, in 1917. In 5 hours, it raided German trenches, captured 395 pr...
Lawrence Ordnance of Sydney seems to be adding a section on AIF training and equipment manuals for free download. There are a few training manuals there currently which might be of interest in terms of grenades, trench layout, small-unit tactics and such:
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My latest scheme is to make a small armored car using a utility quad ATV. So far all I have is a crude drawing, but I plan to have it finished by this time 2011. So far it is slightly based off of the Emhardt armored car. 1mm sheet metal will be used for armor, and it will mount 4 or 5 semi-automatic paintball gu...
?Viva la Revoluci?n! ?Viva Villa! Retrokit have released a 1/72 kit of an armoured car used by Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution/Mexican Civil War. Also some Mexican figures to go with it, including a soldadera: Sorry for the...
I came across the following item in the Independant from 2001 The Mark One tank was given to the Lancashire town of Haslingden in 1919 in recognition of the locals' war efforts. But councillors found themselves paying rather too much on its upkeep and are believed to have buried it 16ft beneath a park i...
I have added? .010x.020(.254x.508mm) strip styrene to the bottom of the gun turret opening and a disc of plastic for the Lewis gun. I have finished the turret with the addition of the plastic on the turret roof. What took so long was not making the correction but trying to figure out what to do to correct...
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Were british ,french and german tanks coated with a primer before getting painted or were they in raw steel ? I`ve seen the pics of the Whippet tank in original paint scheme and it seems to me that it was painted inside and outside with a very thin layer of paint direct on the steel with...
?Frontline Wargaming are now the new owners and producers of IT miniatures range of WW1 20mm miniatures,tanks and trenches. We are currently updateing the website, which can be found at www.itminiatures.com.
As I promised here is what I did to correct the gun turret. First I cut a lenght of Evergreen plastic rod that is 7/16 or .437(11.1mm)? the same height as the opening but .020(.508mm) short. You will see why later.? I drilled a hole at the highest point of elevation and the lowest. I then cut in between the h...
Well I am getting there. This time I added the side plate to the turret opening. I made it the same width as the Emhar kit. I drilled out the vision port by drilling two holes and cutting the plastic in between. The pistol port cover is from .010x.040(.25x1.016mm) strip styrene that I rounded at the end an...
HaT have shown?their update for WWI Artillery Limber for their 75mm at long last. What do forum members think of a 4 horse team rather than a 6 horse team. We already have the French ammunition caisson from haT?but I am more interested in having a limber for my 18 pounders?(and 4.5"QF when it appea...
