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...
This is just post to test attachment durability!
EDIT: Extra text to anchor the attachment *crosses fingers* -- Edited by Mark Hansen at 23:20, 2006-07-31
Vimy Ridge was a much disputed piece of high-ground in France, that was needed to be occupied, in order to control Arras. After many French and British attempts, allied command decided that Canada would sort out this trival battle, andafter 2 unsucessful years, the Canadians managed to capture the...
I'm back from the trip! It was really good, and I learnt quite a bit from WWI on it. We visited; Hill 60 The Somme (Yes, all of it!) Ypres Albert Passchendaele Sanctuary wood Menin Gate Essex Farm Vimy ridge Cemetaries; Tynecot A French-British grave/massive memorial that I stupidly forgot the name of...
Outside Passchendaele is the preserved trench network, known as sanctary woods. Nowadays, the trenches themselves are covered in sheet-iron and concrete, but are more acessable than the untouched ones that are?left. This is the British line, concerning?a front-line trench and a reserve trenc...
I've noticed the small hatches for machine guns on Mk I, II, and III cabs and Male sponsons.?How often were?these guns actually fitted,?how often were they used in battle, how were they mounted, and?when they weren't, where were they stored?? Philthydirtyanimal helped me a lot, but I want a second o...
I know that Landships 2 is in the development stage so I was wondering if there could be a FAQ for article submissions. Things such as picture size,text? and where to send it to. Most sites give such information and I think it would be helpful here and encourage people to submit more information on the Gr...
Apparantly Jacklex have just released figures and equiptment for the "Punitive Expedition in Mexico", these are old fashioned Wargames figures in 20mm some pics can be seen here.. scroll down the page, the retailer is Spencer Smith Miniatures... http://vintagewargaming.blogspot...
Hello, In my work for the Texas Historical Commission I come across a number of WWI-era guns displayed on courthouse squares and at veteran's halls that have no accompaning identification.? This is such a piece: These photos were sent to me by a co-worker who did not copy down any markings, so it is all...
EDIT: Extra text to anchor the attachment *crosses fingers* -- Edited by Mark Hansen at 23:20, 2006-07-31