Hi can anyone enlighten me as to the type of armour plate used on british tanks and the methods of putting holes in same this excludes boiler plate presumably used on mkII-IIIs,?I recently read in an 1890's brasseys naval annual that electric arc drilling was being experimented with and had some succ...
{page:Section1;} Hi Forum members,? Im relatively new to this forum, and one thing I find is a lament for more attention to WW1AFVs in the scale model market. I think this has been addressed in recent years with some reasonable 1/35 scale offerings, and also many hints of things in the mill as it were. T...
Hello to all, Finally the paint work on my scratch built A7V Tank is finished. There are only some superficial details left to do. [IMG]https://i240.photobucket.com/a...
Hi I thought i would share this K-Wagon that I'm doing for the Lead Adventureres Forum Build something comp as the details were taken from The Landships Site: this is what i've got done so far. If any one ha...
Rodolphe's details have proved extremely elusive, but the very nice people at Renault's Customer Services Dept have been most helpful and directed me to a sort of French dictionary of biographies. Briefly, he was born in Paris in 1887 and?studied engineering in Switzerland before joining Renaul...
Ok, I'm STILL searching the web for these models. I know that Fine scale Factory went under in 2004. but the landships website said it was being purchased by someone else didn't it? I looked it up and the web told me they had been acquired by a Winterkamp "CW toy & Models" I emailed them to s...
Greetings, I thought forum members may like to see these photos that show different camo schemes on Model 1917 tanks. The photographer's caption on the first image reads, "Stuck? No! Just playing." John
I posted my A7V postcards and other tanks or military issues on my website. One A7V still needs to be identified! Check this link and the Tanks link on the site for other interesting postcards from my collections of Tanks, armored vehicles and trains, and horse back riding soldiers!
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I see a lot of good photos of the A7V's on this site, but the information seems a bit scanty on them. The question I have is where and when were they produced? I have not been able to find this information on this forum. Thank you for your time. John
Hi all! I hope this hasn't been posted before. Otherwise: please take my apologies. Today I found in a modellers shop this intersting thing: a printable film. You can print out your own decals with your ink- or laser printer (tehy offer two different films). It is called "Experts - Choice (TM)&q...
I recently bought A 1/72 scale resin kit from TP models and it has to be the worst casting i have ever seen. i want to scratch build one but im not sure and don't know how or where to get plans or dimensions on one if anyone can help i would appreciate it
My current area of interest is in what new weapons were being introduced at the end of the war or would have been in use in 1919. I have a reasonable grip on tanks and infantry weapons but I'm not so sure on the artillery side. Beyond just 'more of everything' I have the following new things on my list (and pi...
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...
?Bit of a 'left field' question.?Im working on a painting of the first tank action at Flers .?I have some photos of the re built church as it is now. does anyone know if it looked the same before the town was flatend in 1916 ? Thanks ????
HI ALL! I'VE JUST PICKED UP AN AIRWAVES PHOTOETCH SET 1/35 EMHAR MKIV. (LABELLED AS HANNANTS) ALTHOUGH EACH OF THE PARTS ON THE? TWO SPRUES ARE NUMBERED THERE IS NO GUIDE INCLUDED IN THE SET. I'M ABOUT TO BUILD THE FEMALE VERSION OF THE EMHAR MKIV AND WHILST I CAN IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PARTS, SUCH AS PISTOL...
A new forum on Belgian militaria has just been set up, an offshoot of 14-18, IIRC. Anyway, here it is: http://belgianmilitaria.forumparfait.com/index.php There's a dedicated WWI section. Which brings me to the problem. My stuff on Belgian uniforms on Landships is in many respects garbage, I now...
Sunday, Feb 28th; Military Book Fair at Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, 10am-4.30pm. Traders have come from Surrey, Darlington, Germany, to name but a few. I got there at about 1pm, to be told that the fire alarm had gone off at midday and couldn't be reset.?There was no fire. Punters had been e...
Hello! I am looking for photos of the following Beutepanzer IV: - "Peter"; - "Hanni"; - "Max"; - "Moritz"; - "Marianne"; - "Trude"; - "Kerlchen". Please help me. Thanks in advance, Igor
At the moment I am happily & productively in a kit bashing pahse doing WWI Artillery conversions. I have post several on this site & have 3 more to finish writing up & then to post. In reviewing things for my next project I noticed that I have a small stack of 10 to 11mm spoked wheels sitting un...
Making progress on my replica ft-17 tank turret. Gun assembly still giving me issues, needs shroud yet. The gun barrel is longer than it should be, but it needs to be to accommodate the armament. It is equipped with a 12guage shotgun for blank? firing, and will be used as a bunker for ww2 reenacting. Whe...
Greetings, I recently added a piece of WWI?trench art (a brass match safe) to my collection that depicts a MK V side view and front view. On the front of the tank, the artist has scribed the name "OLIVIA".? The piece was done by a member of the 306th Salvage and Repair Co, AEF.? Does the name &qu...
These future releases are listed on HaT's site: 8159 WWI early French Arty (75mm)8172 75mm gun M18978173 76.2mm Putilov m/028235 WWI Highlanders8236 WWI Indian Infantry8238 WWI Austrian Mortar 8239 WWI French 37mm gun 8240 WWI German Machine Gun 08 8241 WWI German Jaeger MG08 8242 WWI Italian 75m...
Some of you already know that there are a fair number of Turkish guns in Australia, most captured in Palestine in 1918. Among these guns are examples with Turkish script inscriptions on the breech (see attached - a 7.5cm M03 at Wallaroo, SA). I've been trying to figure out how to extract the serial no. a...
