'You always want trenches; you ought to ha ben born a rabbit, Snippy.' Well through sheer luck I was born a rabbit and yes I want trenches! Apologies all my Bully Beef friends for not posting sooner I'm having bouts of not being well though luckily I'm on the waiting list for surgery. This time I might jus...
I've found an enormous photo that claims to be of a Mk I femail at Flers. Its too big to scan the whole thing (it covers two pages in a coffee table sized book) but I've enclosed a section showing the front of the tank and another showing the gun flap in the cab. I hope there is enough detail - its...
Hi Im looking for a supply of Barbed Wire ( nothing to do with Pamela Anderson) any suggestions or recommendations on kits etc would be appreciated.. Cheers
Whilst pondering the question of the Kgl. S?chs. Sturmpanzerwagen Abteilung (I presume that would be the correct designation?) and the Kgl. W?rtt. unit discussed in an earlier thread, I referred back to the Osprey book on German tanks. I am surprised I had not made the connection with this passage b...
Hi All! A friend of mine bought a group of documents of a German tanker of WW1. Believe it or not ... he now owns an award certificate of the German "Erinnerungsabzeichen fuer Kampfwagenbesatzungen" (Badge for tankers WW1). He now is looking for further information regarding Lt. Geyer. I...
Hi, m planning a new project, but I?ve got some different contradictory statements about the main body meassurements of the MK IV Female Tank: (L = length; W = width; H = Height) Source 1: L: 8,05 metres W: 3,20 metres H: 2,46 metres Source 2: L: 9,94 metres B: 4,33 metres H: 2,44 metres Source 3: L: 8,50 me...
Just a heads up about a new Aussie movie - "Beneath Hill 60" - a movie about the tunnelers before the Battle of Messines in 1917. There is a website - www.beneathhill60.com.au - it's going to be released on April 15th. I heard the author of the book of the same name on radio - he said that a lot of e...
On the Internet, and also on Landships, I find several stories about the German Bremer-Wagen, the Mariewagen I and II. So many different stories, so I know no idea, what is the correct story. Now I would like to have the correct version of the Marienwagen history. - When was the project started? - What w...
\Hello I recently spotted this 1/16 A7V resin kit on Ebay It's from a german manufacturer (JUWA) but i never heard or seen it before Is there anyone who could give some info on this kit (I am very interessested, But as it is a lot of money? i want to know what to expect.) http://cgi.ebay.nl/Panzer-Tank-A...
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Hi ! I m looking drawings or colour profiles of british heavy tanks Mk II and Mk III. Please tell us where they can find (book, magazine or website)? Help me please! Thanks! Best regards!
A very interesting tank built in America in 1917. Anyone know anymore info on it? I also came across this little gem of info: "This was a second attempt by Best to make a tank that was acceptable to the United States Military. Built in 1917, this vehicle is on deployment with the California Nationa...
Hi, all! Resently I've found 2 interesting fotos of a Russian 120/50-mm coastal gun in a role of a heavy field piece - a trophy of the German troops in WWI. May be anybody have another fotos of such a gun?
Anyone got a drawing or photo of a 9.15cm Krupp Feldkanone from the 1860s - 70s? I'm putting together some notes for the Rockhampton City Council about the Turkish gun at Mt Morgan. It appears to be an improvised fortress gun installed at Beersheba, Palestine and captured in October 1917 by the Light H...
?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...
