Q about A7V Gretchen?Hi there, any clue about the camo scheme (Grey overall ?), and markings (Name, crossbones ?) of Gretchen, when used in action at Villers-Bretonneux ? Thanks, Chris.
Hi,Im searching for detailed pics or drawings about the winch system fitted to Mk IVs, and about the way the ramp was fixed/released Tanks to all, Chris.
In the issue No. 3 of Tank Zone there are 2 reviews of new books of French Tanks. Les Chars Fran?ais Au Combat is by Bruno Jurkiewicz and published by ECPAD. It covers the actions involving the three French types, in 114 pages with?over 130?photographs. The review expresses some reservations about th...
I have been trying to find a source for Cromwell's 1/72 Mark V* and Mark VIII and haven't had any luck. Are they still available and if so where at. Thanks for any help
Hi The museum where I volunteer has an unidentified steel 24-cm cartridge case. It is 240 mm at the mouth x148 mm long with a rim diameter of 257mm. What makes it unusual is the dished (concave) base - indented about 25-mm. BOCN members identified the primer as probably French. The brass fringe may? be a...
Thought I would pass this on. Holiday reading was the above book by Mark Thompson life and death on the Italian front 1915-1919. Apart from photo's in the various Great War pictorials I didn't have much clue on the details of Italy's part in the 1 War. This excellent book has altered that,a very good rea...
Gentlemen I am new here and this is my first post.I normally act a sponge and take in info but this is a request.I thought,maybe dreamed,that I seen data about this fore mentioned tank with a picture and details about experimental additions of a flame thrower and a turret just after the first war. I was s...
Hi all, I found this picture on Ebay. I think it's one of the trailers used to transport 30.5cm Skoda M11 or M16 howitzers. However, this weapon was carried on 3 loads: base trailer, carriage trailer and barrel trailer. I've seen pictures of these three trailers and none of them resembles to the traile...
Hello, ????????? Am in the process of completing this model for future release from acmodels.it should be available soon. ??????????????????????????????????????? andy
I'm not good at law, but I heard that in case of WW I photos copyrights are out of date (because more than 70 years passed). But I also heard another version that copyrights end after 70 years of photo author's death (in this case it would be trickier) and also that sometimes the copyrights can be passed to...
Hello gentsThere are several pictures on the marvelous Chris Hodge site (www.chrishodgephotos.co.uk) concerning tractor trials in 1920. Here in small sice (copyrights!)In other pictures I believe...
Simple question but slightly OT, as it is for the period c1900. Can anyone tell me what colour the Italian navy painted machineguns and landing guns, please, and preferably cite a source. Many thanks Mike
Gentlemen, I'm pleased to announce that Black Lion Decals has just opened the doors of it's new webshop.?We're now selling models from MGM, Retrokit, Solfig, TAS Models and Giesbers Models. This range will be expanding in the future. You may meet us also at shows like the Scale Model Challenge (oct 1...
Recently I found an article in a Chinese magezine about history. The article is about surviving Japanese WWII fortifications in northeast China. It says that Japanese army bought a few 240mm railway guns from France, and there are still some shelters built for this kind of guns remain in northeast C...
http://militiahungarorum.extra.hu/1867_f_j_h_s_l.html?V harckocsi at the top of the page. It's in Hungarian, but Google translator gives a bit of an idea. -- Edited by James H on Friday 4th of September 2009 02:34:21 PM
Hi, I believe there was an article on the Vauxhall D25? in the October 1976 issue of Military Modelling, if anyone has this article would it be possible to obtain a scanned copy. I would like to add a staff car of this type to my collection and need references. TIA ????? Paul
Hi there guys.? Anyone built one of these kits?? I can find them for sale?online, no problem, but absolutely no information about them re: accuracy, detail level, breakdown of parts, etc.? Can anyone help me fill in the blanks here?? Many thanks.
Hello, I'am new on this site, although I'm member of similar forum in the Netherlands/Belgium and Spain. [URL=http://g.imageshack.us/img38/p82201431.j...
(Sorry, this isn't a Tank, a softskin, or an AFV) Renewed mention of the Holt 5 Ton brought me back to this picture. According to the caption, this is Tractor-drawn Artillery of 89th Division, before the largest hangar in Germany. I've established the following: The 89th were in action on November 11...
Hi forum members, Im new to this forum and I am hoping someone may have blueprints or engineering drawings of the mk iv. tank. I scratchbuild in a large scale and its difficult finding these for this vehicle. I am very willing to pay what it takes to secure some decent blueprints, I have researched the mk...
I've found out that most A7V models on the market have got the dimensions of the A7V wrong. Kora, Emhar and the german 1/16 scale resin model have the sides (where the doors and exhausts are) wider at the bottom than the top. I've been in contact?with Rainer Strasheim about it and he is sure that at least M...
Bonjour, Always in French Military archives from SHD vincennes (box 16 N 2130), some informations about Nixe II recovered by Major Davis on July, 25 1919 and loaded on train in Reims station. Perhaps, in the United states, some photos of this even in?an old attic . . Michel http://pages14-18.mesdis...
An album of WWI photos has surfaced on eBay. In amongst the shots are three of Mk II 799 with the starboard 6 pounder still in place. The only shots I had seen previously were after the gun had been stripped. The auction number is 260089596719 and I have no connection whatsoever to the seller (unfortunat...
Hi: I just was at the Ordnance museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, in Maryland U.S.A. I saw a notice that they are moving to Fort Lee Virginia U.S.A. The move will take place over the next few years. They are going to build new enclosed buildings for the outside collection. This is really a great thing, s...
Because nobody makes a Mark V, except in card, I have been discussing and considering converting either the Airfix or the Emhar kits. Coverting Cromwell's Mark V*, in the way Peter Kempf has done, was briefly considered, but discarded because it is an expensive model (the rear cabs are different on a...
