Hi: I just finished Emhar's British Mark V ,1/35 scale. I scratch built the unditching rails and beam, hindged the foldable cargo tray and added some details. I hope you like the pictures. There are more in the Landship's gallery? under my name in the tank album. [photobucket] Thanks and have a Merry C...
I recently found a photograph of a quite strange Freikorps armored car in a book about the 1918/19 Revolution in Bavaria. Overall it looks like an up-armored civilian car/truck of that time equipped with MGs. On the radiator there's a huge skull. The captions says that it successfully participated...
At first few looks the carriage in the attached photos would be to look for the large pieces of the De Bange system - say 120mm (prob). Then I noticed the modified recuperator for a return under the trail - secured to the platform under the axel. Most material I have come across indicates that such mods we...
... am wondering if anyone has picked up their 21cm Morser.? It came out a year or so ago,? and the kit has two sets of wheels.??? I ask because quality seems to vary from kit to kit with Mountford.
Thinking that I would like to try some more colourful painting (and using Ironsides' excellent advice and tips), I have been considering the Russian Civil War. I have converted a HaT Russian Infantryman into a figure on horseback, and intend to paint him up as a White. I am painting a couple of HaT's Re...
In a small military museum in the Upwey / Belgrave RSL (Returned Serviceman's? League) there is a WW1?SKODA mountain gun. This is a WW1 War Trophy gun that I originally thought had been allocated to the C...
This is possibly more suited to a naval forum but I took these photos in the mid 60s in Cairns, North Queensland. The gun was placed on the foreshore opposite the main shopping centre but when I recently re-visited Cairns it was no longer to be seen. I should have made inquiries at the time but it is only no...
Before and after photographs of a War Trophy 150mm howitzer, s/n 572,?that was deteriorating in a childrens playground in the country town of Cooma, New South Wales. Attention was drawn to the significance of this weapon and it is now restored and on display in the town centre. [IMG]https://i295.p...
?The Serbs are recorded as having 9 batteries of Schnieder-Canet (some times reffered to as Schnieder-Cresout) 70mm Mountain Guns. These are supposed to be an off the shelf variation to that supplied to the Russians as their M1909. Their were a number of Krupp & Rhienmetall Trial weapons also (...
Reference? your website; see?Canons allies,?page 9.???? About mid-page appears a Ruski 76.2mm Limber for the M1900 & 1902 field pieces. ( Labeled a "cassion" on your page. )?? This is the only surviving example of this vehicle I have ever seen.? Please contact me?via personal Emai...
Thanks to some answers in my other topic, I already know that different Mark models fought together. But, what about Whippets fighting with Marks? I've always seen pictures of Schneiders, Saint Chamonds and Ft17 rumbling to the battle separately or in groups of the same model. Why not all together o...
With any luck two photos have been uploaded but I will need help with how to insert a photo into the message. When I pressed the insert/edit image icon the table meant nothing to me. Sorry new at this. The photos I have downloaded are of a gun at Mount Morgan in Queensland, Australia. All we know is it is des...
?My principle interest is in the eastern theatres in WWI - Balkans, Turkey, Galicia, Caucassus etc. I have been digging on the Turks & found on line - "Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I - Edward J Erickson" - very useful if brief. Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I - Edwar...
Hi I've got some Great War highlanders to paint, which i will be doing as Seaforth Highlanders. The Question is does any one know wether the bag on the bagpies would have been tartan or a plain colour and what colour are the ribons are on the top of the pipes, i've seen modern pictures & they are both Ta...
I finally got to Brisbane Boys Grammar School and got some images of the Rohrhinterwagen there. The vehicle was in the middle of a construction area and I couldn't get to the left side of the vehicle because of a trench dug alongside the plinth the vehicle rests on. It was also one of those very bright Que...
Hello everyone I send information about my kit Saint Chammond 194 mm GPF Gun + Tracked Load Carrier. Sells Panzershop-i-store. 1:35 scale resin kit.Main ?mark is CZ Kolinec.
A new FK96 walkaround has been posted to www.ammsbrisbane.com/reference/FK96_2.html. This surviving gun is in a park in Warwick, Southern Queensland. The gun's breech block is missing and the wheels are a crude emulation of the original wheels. The condition of the gun isn't good with large patc...
I've posted a walkaround of the leichter Minenwerfer at Warwick - www.ammsbrisbane.com/reference/lMW_1.html. The wheels aren't original but it's in much better condition than the FK 96 gun on the same site. The images were taken by Dave Scorer. Regards, Charlie
A cracking reference on all things Imperial Germany, with a fabulous section on artillery. This is one of those books you'll like to keep handy beside the PC. Here's the link to Pickelhaubes.com where Joe Robinson plugs the book. Handbook of Imperial Germany. Incidentally, I purchased my copy dire...
Not a whole Tank, but very impressive, and certainly gave me a surprise when I saw it this afternoon - the National Army Museum in Chelsea, west London, has a new small exhibition about technology in the world wars, and the entrance to it is a replica side unit to a Mk 1 or 2 Male Tank - it's just one side, wit...
I know what some of you are going to say: oh its just a 155mm gun or something like that. This photo was an autochrome (converted to B&W) in Hew Strachan's "The First World War" from 2003 that he said was of a 155, which it is patently not. It is certainly a Schneider carriage and crad...
Apologies if this is old news, did a search but nothing came up - this forthcoming HaT set featuring a heavy mortar, is it not the same design, or very very close, to the British 9.45 inch mortar known as the 'Flying Pig'? http://hat.com/Curr2/Bx8238AM/Bx8238AMm.html Apart from the hats and the shap...
I know what some of you are going to say: oh its just a 155mm gun or something like that. This photo was an autochrome (converted to B&W) in Hew Strachan's "The First World War" from 2003 that he said was of a 155, which it is patently not. It is certainly a Schneider carriage and crad...