I attach a photo of a Hotchkiss being operated by (or posed with) a French soldier. It has no cooling fins at all. Is this unusal,a special model or what? Answers please.
BTW from the context where I found it the 'Frenchman' may actually be an American volunteer transfered from the fore...
Hi everybody, I've been reading that the brand new M1916 helmet was used in combat for the first time in the battle of the Somme. At the beginning of that battle, about 300.000 units of this helmet had been produced. Anybody knows if every german soldier was already wearing this helmet from the beginni...
Well I have finally put the knife to plastic and I have begun a Mk2 supply tank using the Airfix kit. Does any one know if the Mk 2 would have used the same type of stowage racks and box as the Mk1 did? I have changed the cab depth and added a strip of plastic on the roof.
A while ago we puzzled over the origin of the strange camo scheme on a Mk V. It appears in a book, as shown in Pic 1, and somewhere on the Forum there is a pic of the Bovington Mk V apparently in the same colours. Pic 2 is from L&F Funcken Volume 1 - published in 1970. It's captioned "Mark V Male 1918&q...
?Hello everybody , have just finished a (1/5 appox) model of an 18 pdr gun to sit on the patio?. has anyone a close up picture of the armoured oil tank on the front? would like to make one to put on it. ?thanks
I've always been after a decent Ford model T for use as a British vehicle. I wasn't a fan of the RPM kit but i'm very pleased with the look of the Matador Models variety, which was designed by Scalelink. I'm partway through building it, but here's a quick photograph of the kit parts - obviously some parts n...
In the Landships article it says that the rear arms of the vehicle were to be powered to aid in traction, the forward arms being used for steering. However I do not believe this was the case.
I believe for us non-german speakers, there is a fair lot of misinformation about Burstyn's tank.
I went...
For those people who aren't totally focused on the Great War - this is a heads up. There is a 2 part ABC documentary on the Kokoda campaign in WW2. This was the attempt by the Japanese Army to capture Port Moresby by the overland route from Goma. The Kokoda track crosses the Owen Stanley Ranges - some of the...
A nice looking model, a bit clunky owing to its white metal construction, but about as much detail as you can hope for - currently thinking of adding a tarpaulin to the rear body as well. As you can see, not completely painted or finished, the body/cab is not stuck to the chassis yet. The visible glue mark...
I note that most RNAS armored cars and softskins had the letters "RNAS" painted on their sides; usually in white.? I've also seen a few vehicles, but definitely in the minority, with other numbers and letters.? Was there any organized system of lettering or identifying them as with the ar...
14? Is that the youngest person on this forum? Well anyway, that obviously means that I'm still at school, and that means school trips, and in S3 (Third year of High scholl in Scotland) you can choose a trip that lasts a week. So the options were;- Geography trip, where you spend a week staring at rocks, M...
Elsewhere we came across the Aasen parachute grenade that was briefly used by both France and Germany. There are a few photos on the web, but in one or two the Aasen doesn't look quite right. I think it possible that they must be of this similar device, the Italian/French Th?venot Type P2. You'll notice...
Help! I serach the photos of armoured car of civil war in Finland. I have this (all ex-russian in service of white and red finish army and karelian white army): 1. Peerless Armstrong-Vickers "Pohjan Poika" (Bad boy) - finish volonteur in Estonia. 2. Izhorski FIAT 55 (no picture). 3. Armst...
Just a couple of pictures from my painted figures for my Cambrai-dio. Figures are from Airfix/Hat ,with Revell-WW1 heads ? Hope you enjoy. Greetings,Hans.
Russian Company "Leibstandart" (Moscow) built very good replica of 1st Russian armoured car Russo-Baltique C 24/40 HP, was armoured 1914 on Izhorsky work (in service of 1st Automobile-mashine gun company). All is 1 to 1, built on a original work-plans! Here are more pictures: http://...
The Czech Army bought three Carden-Loyd tankettes and a production license for them in 1930, eskomoravsk? Kolben-Dank building four copies that same year as prototypes for future orders. The Carden-Loyds were evaluated during the Fall maneuvers and revealed numerous problems. The crews had ve...
I would like to get some fuel cans for my upcoming tank build and I was wondering if the W.W. II early British style fuel cans would work on a W.W.I tank. ?
Hi, I think I've found a new phot of the A7V 528 Abteilung 2 "Hagen". Whats intersting about it is that it has no observation turret. Tell me if you've seen it before. -- Edited by Hughbearson on Sunday 25th of April 2010 01:06:41 PM
While Denmark remained neutral during WWI, they were still investigating in AFVs, after veiwing of those in combat south of the homeland. This wasn't actually an army vehicle, but a semi-improvized armoured car made by the Skyttekorps (militia). It was based on the Hotchkiss M1909. Only one was ev...
Hello. I've finally got the courage up to ask a question on this excellent site. And I do apologise for digging up this old chestnut. But my question is actually about where the scheme was painted as opposed to what the colours were. I think it's fair to assume the base colours of the Mk 1's was a Grey. Perh...
I have been searching for pictures showing how a 6-horse team was harnessed to either a 13pdr or 18pdr limber. I've not had much success, but I did find one small drawing in an antique artillery book. I've snipped and enlarged the drawing and attached it. Could some kind soul examine it and say whether i...
Hi, I was wondering if, well; I'm scratchbuilding an early interwar Tankette (Carden-Lloyd two man (First edition) from 1926 (Not as wikipedia put it; 1927) and I was wondering if that counted as a passable machine for the general WWI era. This early version wasn't used by anyone in WWII, unlike a few...
Wondered if?anyone out there?could help me make sense of this photo??It shows a group of soldiers in Wehrmacht uniform so it seems it was taken sometime during WW2.? My knowledge of uniforms isn't good enough to suggest when, though the boots and gaiters makes me think later rather than sooner.? The...
Hi all, I am currently nailing together the 1/35 Emhar Tadpole tank and have got to the final few bits and struck a problem regarding the mortar fitted between the tail. What colour should I paint it? One other thing , if I may, what colour should I paint the guns? Thanks
Hi all, found this site, beware it can consume time! the posters can be bought. http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/search?q=fwd -- Edited by LincolnTanker on Tuesday 20th of April 2010 11:56:43 PM
Came across this site which details of?a number ANZAC soldiers military service interesting reading... Frank Wittman all of 3ft 8inches tall.... or Charles Williamson ex Coldstream Guard, ex Foriegn Legion.... maybe this should be called Amazing Stories... http://www.anzacday.org.au/jus...
I'm currently reading The Czar's British Squadron by Perrett & Lord. I have just come across this passage, 'Locker Lampson... did provide the Wild Division with a dozen Lewis guns, 50,000 rounds of ammunition and some instructors.' This takes place at Gusiatyn (which I believe is present-day...
