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...
Hi to all, I'm currently redrawing hobbyfactories' A7V Baden (a downloadable paper-model) to represent the single Kokampf A7V "Imperator". What do you think, is the camo ok? I'm asking because Imperator's scheme looks somewhat different from the usual stripe-lik...
?????????????????????Romanian?AFV?1915-1919. In 1915 armored vehicle was made in Romania, armed gun and two machine guns. The Base has served the commercial lorry. The Arms could lead the fire and on air, and on overland purpose. The Possible name - Tipul 1915. In 1916 on carriage of the lorry Ber...
Hi all, I have a doubt about 21cm M16. In the book "German Artillery of World War One" of Herbert J?ger?this photo is identified as the "gefederte" version of the lange M?rser. Gefederte = suspension Does anyone know if this version (easily distinguishable by their metal whee...
Gentlemen: I am looking for photo of German horse drawn wagons, limbers and trailers used by the German balloon troops in WWI.? There was wagons for the balloon and basket, the cable hand winch wagon, the Protz winch 50 Ps powered wagon?and the Augsburg 80Ps? to 100Ps powered winches. Later the wagon...
Apologies if this topic has been raised before (a search found nothing) but a recent moaning session with a comrade on the vagaries of "the brass" reminded me of AP Herbert's immortal lines and this unusual formation used as infantry: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_%28Roy...
I've found in this forum some pics of a Putilov Garford used by the german Fraikorps and I'would like to use this deco for my second Armo truck. Does anybody know the vehicle number and abteilung. The plate is hardly visible on the pics. Is seems there is also a licence plate at least on the rear o...
I confess I'm a sucker for the "On this day" style of historical page. One with a military flavour and quite a lot of WW1 content is the unlikely FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES. That's the archive page which satisfies those w...
Hi everybody, I'm new here. I was referred to the forum from smallscale.de and I was wondering if anybody has any rare fine scale factory WWI model kits in 1/72 scale. Specifically I am looking to acquire 42cm Big Bertha? kit. Either assembled or disassembled will do. ? Or is there any shame in using an A...
Proudly presenting two new WW-1 models from Den Bels in 1/72 scale: - the Austin series 2 A/C - the Poplavko Jeffery A/C Den Bels is the 1/72 scale brand of Giesbers Models, of proprietor Jan Giesbers, who's also part of the Black Lion Decals team. I've worked on the masters of both models and am quite ple...
Greetings, Attached is a recently acquired photo of a US M1917 along with some detail shots. Judging from the sign for Liberty bonds, it would appear that this Stateside photo was take prior to November 11, 1918. John
Hi everybody!I just finished a polish draisine "R" using the old plastic kit from RPM and the resin model from 5 Stars Models.The truck is just great and easy to built event the Ft claims for some improvement.I will later add two TK draisine for a full unit.The FT : [img]http://membres.lyc...
Far from "mainstream" but a downloadable copy of the Tank Corps Roll of Honour - World War 1 is to be found at http://www.australian-armour.com/downloads.html and there's other stuff there hence the general link. T...
H?T have given a tentative release date of 'after 2nd?quarter' (July,?2010 onwards) for their new WW1 Artillery pieces: Russian 76.2mm Putilov m/02 http://www.hat.com/Curr2/Bx8173PT/Bx8173PT.html Italian 75mm Deport Gun http://www.hat.com/Curr2/Bx8242DE/Bx8242DE.html British QF 4...
Can anyone tell me more about the disc codes used by Tanks in 1917. I believe three colours were used on a steel rod; maybe something like these...Single green disc=?wire cut or crushedSingle red disc =?wire intact Single white??= forward Red and green discs?= objective reached Red and white?discs...
Whilst looking for russian mortars I came across this ..... Russian m/15This helmet is a normal French model m/15. The difference is the Russian national emblem made of pressed plate and fixed onto helmet's browside. Another difference was the color that was khaki or yellow-brown. Russian m/17Up...
HaT Industrie have been busy recently, and are sculpting the masters for a new range of WWI artillery. The sets follow. Austria. Austrian Artillery Crew. Skoda 75mm Mountain Gun.10cm Feldhaubitze M.14 Gun. Mortar. Britain. British Artillery Crew. Q45 Howitzer . Itailian Italian Artillery Crew...
A fairly short walkaround of the 21cm howitzer at Childers, Queensland. I hope to get some more images to extend the walkaround in a few weeks. This set of images by Michael Cockerill. www.ammsbrisbane.com/reference/21_cm_1.html This howitzer was restored a few years ago and placed under cover w...
On a restored FK96 there are 2 panels of canvas about A4 page size with a metal edging - the panels are on the rear part of the gun shield on the upper part of the shield. A bit of thought suggests they might be emulations of gas detection panels. Is this reasonable? What colour were German gas detection pan...
I found an interesting picture of the WWI German tank?http://www.v-like-vintage.net/en/photo_details/84169_photo_Field+Artillery+Regiment+46/?sort=newest&cat=categorieshttp://www.v-like-vintage.net/en/photo_details/84163_photo_Field+Artillery+Regiment+46/...
I'd like to build some European railway gun trains that actually run on a model railway. Is anybody making kits that match either OO (1/76) or HO (1/87) guage ? Kits made to 1/72 would appear close enough to OO but the track size of OO is not to an accurate scale... P4 (1/76) is closer to accurate. Or do the d...
Just read an article reprinted from 1919 in which it says that the Belgian government intended to preserve the area within the walls of Ypres in its war-damaged condition as a permanent memorial. Clearly, that idea was abandoned at some point and the town was rebuilt with reparations paid by Germany...
Greetings to all! I`m searching information on the painting and camouflage techniques of the Erhardt/17 during WW1. The majority of the photos and discussions I`ve seen concern mostly the Freikorps period, which saw its innovations and it`s not always relevant for the war (e.g. the Totenkopf, us...
