?Well here they are, the phots of my Tadpole. Now I know there are a few things I have missed, some of which I will rectify later ( seam on the machine gun is one) and some I cant (tracks too tight on the sprockets), but ,hay, it is my first and things can only get better. ? [IMG]https://i33.photobucket.com...
I recieved the Mk I and Mk IV Plans Packs today. The service from The Tank Museum was first rate. They came in a nice clear covered folder and the different marks had Post It tabs seperating them. The contents are very good too. I got a specification sheet for the Mk I-III, interior and exterior drawings f...
I've been trawling the Net, looking for Foster?Tractor?photos when I came across a referance about the transporting overland in Africa 2?Thornycroft motor boats?to attack 3 German ships, including Graf von Goetzen?on Lake Tanganykia. Goetzen was scuttled by the German Navy, engines etc. were...
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From pictures ive seen of the 57mm gun it looks like it could be elevated but i havent read or seen anythinhg that could suggest if the gun was traversable. can anyone help?
An Italian engineer named Balbi designed an armoured, steam powered, cannon armed, fighting machine in the 1860s. It has been suggested that this was inspired by Cowan's proposals. However, unlike Cowan, Balbi got his ideas a little past the design phase. In 1870 during the siege of Paris Ge...
Hi all, apparantly these guys are generating electric energy, I gues for radio transmission? The biking method, this I only heard of in civil use. The hand cranked pedals in military use, and in some very sick 'interrogation' use, these I heard of. Can any one tell me more (but not the torture thing ple...
Hello, I am trying to come to grips with the numbering system seen painted on the sides or back of British Army staff cars, lorries, and armoured cars starting in WWI. Vehicles on the Western Front appear to have had numbers starting with "M^" followed by a three or four digit number, while t...
I picked up the Airfix Female a couple of days ago, and want to build it as a Mk 2 at Arras - does anyone have any images or description as to how the Mk 1/2 Female sponsons were adapted to take the Lewis gun? I want to know whether i'll need to do anymore work than just putting a Lewis through the slit where the V...
Hi all, At the outbreak of the war, French-Canadien immigrant Henri Lecorre went back to France and joined his former unit. Being wounded he was brought back to Canada and after recovery he joined the French-Canadian 22.Infantry. He 'baptised' his new Lee-Enfield into Rosalie, after a popular Fre...
I have been doing a lot of research into the Male sponsons and while I don't have any real accurate drawings for now I have decided to go ahead and do some more work on it. This latest change involves adding a .040x.060 strip stryene to the edge of the gun turret opening. I also added .020 on the inside of the...
Hi, can anyone give me designs/photos of either French, German,?Belgian (if they had them in 1914) or Italian pillboxes in WWI? I'm specifically looking for square/rectangular/hexagonal designs. Thanks very much, Hugh. -- Edited by Hughbearson on Sunday 30th of May 2010 04:17:30 PM
Thought I would share these, since there's a lot of footage I'd not seen on youtube before. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=TrNkV6kVPos] 'Russian Experimental Tanks' - Creep tanks and Vezdekhod at the beginning, lots of bizzare ideas later. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=O-S...
I have an Emhar Mark V kit, and I'm going to have to add some rivet heads to certain parts of the tank if I want to make it look realistic enough, especially along the strip atop the sponsons.? Does anyone know the diameter of the actual rivet tops so I can buy the right size aftermarket parts?? Thanks.
Upon the advice of all of you I ordered plans for the Mk I and Mk IV tank from The Tank Museum at Bovington. As soon as they come I will let you know how they are.
Hello ,some new pictures of my dio. The new set of W^D-the tankers,and a W(ire) C(utter) doing his work,clearing the way for infantry/cavalry. greetings,Hans.
Hi everybody, before further digressing the topic on Belgian uniforms (the Osprey booklet review) I thought it would be better to put the following here. The frying pan intrigues me: I presume not every man had one? Than, the man here is apparantly having three different rolled items on the rucksack...
Right, you know how they say that you can make rivets by heating the end of a plasic rod, then dabbing it on? How do you heat it? ? ?Because I've tried it with a candle, and it just melts and dries instantly. Please help. ? -- Edited by PDA on Tuesday 5th of February 2013 04:25:58 AM
An offshoot of the French bread thread. Field Equipment of the European Foot Soldier 1900-1914 Review on Amazon: Published in 1902 by the French Army, and translated into English, this work is the most detailed study of the equipment carried by the infantryman of Europe, from the late Victorian per...
Does anybody know where I can get a model of the Simplex rail loco featured in Mike Cooper's model link to this website, and in the Great War (Warhammer Historical) Site built by Dave Andrews? It is a small open-topped locomotive that pulls ammunition. ?Mr. Cooper's pictures seem to portray the ident...
I've found a photo of what is apparently a Montenegrin Adrian helmet from WWI. Nothing remarkable in appearance, but a rare find indeed. Any comments? Cheers.
After posting my thread on the Emhar sponsons I decided I didn't like the way I did them so I started a new one. This time I used .040x.060 strip stryene and glued the .040 edge to the kit after making a 85 degree cut. I started at the corner and drew a line at 85 degrees and then drew a verticle line from where t...
I was going through my files and came across a group of photos of the WW1 vehicular camouflage that I saw on the old Marx tin toys. Remember those schemes, with the bright colors separated by thick black outlines? I often wondered if any of these paint jobs actually got over to Europe during the war. I hav...
