Kevin Browning found this one in Manilla, Northern NSW. Billett's "War Trophies" book says it's a 120mm Turkish gun captured by Light Horse. The serial no. is "19" although this can't be seen on the gun. The barrel of the gun appears to be of Turkish manufacture judging by the sc...
The pic below left?is not from Doctor Who but from a 1970 film about the Italian Front, Uomini Contro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5FPHZmmN9I 1970s war films could be a bit?dodgy in many respects, and I have never seen this type of armour described anywhere (although it has a slight resembla...
Hi all, I've started this topic as there is a lot of interest in building models of the Great War Tanks, but making the tracks is a significant problem. So, this is where Track drawings, ideas, and info can be shared. It'll be useful to see which scales are popular so I've set up a poll. Merry Christmas, --...
wonder if any one can help with plans for a british tank, WW1 vintage. i am thinking of modelling one at a large scale with a vierw of making it a working(RC) model. at the moment not too concerned which mark, will see what i can get. scale is not an issue either as i can measure of and redraw. thanks in advanc...
Gentlemen, watching carefully some pics of surviving examples I suspect that rivets on FT 17 surface were from conical head type (ballistic?) Any idea? Thanks in advance!
I was looking at Polly Scale PC-10 as a possible color for the Whippet. Without starting a flame war would this be a good color or is it too brown? Thank you for your advice
German Tanks? References? Modelling? You decide. A book on the making of a full size replica of the German A7V !!!Buy this direct from the author. ?8.00 + ?2.00 p&pContact Max Hundleby, 7 Pine Grove, Chorley, Lancs, PR6 7BW. Courtesy of Steve Weston's Toy Soldiers: http://www.plasticsoldier...
Can a member of this forum please advise of any organisation or person who can provide plans of WW1 artillery weapons? I also have seen an advertisement for a?K 15 150mm German long range gun resin model kit but cannot retrace it?Can a member of this forum advise of makers of WW1 model guns either comple...
About 1 year ago I posted some pictures of my first Mark IV tanks in 1/72 scale. I am creating a diorama of the battle at Cambrai 1917,with the complete H-battalion. On my site,waterama.nl,there are pictures of all the tanks I finished. Michel Boer of Black Lion Decals made the decals for me,without th...
Two more walkarounds: A leichter Minenwerfer at the War Memorial Boonah, Queensland. This one has been "conserved" with many coats of paint. There's so much paint slathered over the mortar I couldn't discern the serial numbers. It's missing a fair number of small fittings so it isn't as...
One of the first armoured cars of the Dutch army was an Ehrhardt BAK 1913. (they had a Minerva M 14 too but that's for later). Here comes the puzzle. Some say this car was already in The Netherlands before the outbreak of the war, possibly as a demonstration model, and kept there when hostilities started...
Another WW1 gun walkaround - a 15cm M13/17 schwere Feldhaubitze at the ANZAC Park, Rosewood, Queensland. www.ammsbrisbane.com/reference/sFH13.html The gun appears to have been built by Rheinmetal in 1918. This gun looks to have had significant shrapnel damage when it was captured - or rather t...
Does anyone make a model, ideally in 1/72 or 1/76, of the early armoured cars used in 1914 on the Rolls Royce, Wolseley and Talbot chassis? If not, anyone know of any decent plans so I could have a go at scratchbuilding?
Cheers, Rob
AMMS Brisbane has a project running to document surviving military equipment. There are some walkarounds of Queensland WW1 guns in the Artillery section of this forum. The Queensland Museum has the only surviving A7V tank - #506 "Mephisto" - a walkaround seemed like a reasonable idea....
G'day Folks, another current project (the undercoat is still wet !) that I'm working on, it's the Major Models Ehrhardt E-V/4 that I purchased off evilbay a few years back and have only just gotten around to building. First off, it's an old kit, dating back to the late 80's early 90's, so the etch is a lit...
"A model of the Tsar Tank is featured in a montage sequence depicting the slaughter of World War I in Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 film October: Ten Days That Shook the World." - Wikipedia If this is what is meant, then I'm afraid it's just a heavy gun. Still from the film enclosed. You can have a l...
Hi some French friend sent me the foolowing pictures of a gun exposed in France, in the Vosges sector. I am confused by the identification plaque found with the gun, that says it is a 88mm Skoda gun M 1875. I personally see every single characteristic of a German 9cm K73 or K73/91 gun, very similar to this...
Something that Ironsides?said on the H?T Forum in a post about leather equipment rang a distant bell. He mentioned "chrome leather", which?I now know to be this: Chrome-tanned leather, invented in 1858, is tanned using chromium sulphate and other salts of chromium. It is more supple an...
