Hi I went and found the gun named that was thought to be a '10cm on Rohr Wagon' in Topton, PA, USA. Surprise, the tube length, shape and diameter leaves no hesitation : that very nice gun is in fact a '13cm Kanone M1909', whose only other surviving item I knoz is in Wellington, New Zealand ! http://www.pas...
Hello, this post is from michael6367 the creator of the doughboysofnyc.com website. I rx a few helpful comments from some people on this site regarding the WW1 field piece photos I have featured on my website. Thanks for the comments. Today I added a new page - guns of the great war 4- which features pic...
Hi: I'm gathering information on Britain's Mark -5 tank as used before the end of W.W.1. I want to display it with the "crib" on top. Some pictures show the tank with and some without unditching rails. Why? Were they only in certain units or added for a certain battle? Also, the covers over th...
Hi Guys! I try to complete some of the thousands of kit that reamin infinished on my workbench and I eventually turn to the Armo Fiat Izorski. A rather, simple easy to built but very well detailled resin kit. I built it months ago, strait of the box, except for the turret axles. [img]http://www.colleur...
"The MicroWorld"just released a new kit Hotchkiss? Mle 1914. The kit is made from bronze, this is most accurate and fine replica of famous machine gun in 1/72 scale
Yet?more brilliant specimens from Baldwin. A?Baldwin 4-6-0 tank engine (no relation),?a?Dick, Kerr, and a?Simplex Protected, not necessarily in that order. ?
I've come across references in official documents in The National Archives to flags and pennants?being flown by tanks used by section and company commanders during the Battle of Cambrai.? Any idea where they would have been flown from, exactly? Gwyn
I asked this question on the Great War Forum, and it was suggested that I ask here as well I'm looking for any reference to a tank named Dun Cow, which I've failed to find in any of my books or on internet searches. A colleague at work was told by his grandfather, Albert Mitchell, that he trained as tank crew...
Second nice surprise of my recent gun hunt in Pennsylvania, I went to see the gun?mysteriously named "15cm nr4" in Dick Pope's list. My best hopes were overwhelmed by what I discovered ! The tube presented in Topton, in front of the American Legion, is a very rare '15cm KiSL' gun. That gun wa...
Does anybody have a good photo of Peerless armoured cars being used in Ireland. What I really need is a photo showing the type and location of any headlamps. Many thanks Tim
Hi. My name is Jaques, is Brazilian collector in scale 1/72 and this is my first post in the forum. I made in scratchbuilt armored to car Belgian?Minerva 1914 using some photos of references. He would like to know opinions and suggestions to be able to improve. Pardon for my English poor person. Best re...
Hi guys, I'm taking a long-overdue vacation to Chicago in a couple of weeks and I was hoping you guys could point me toward some sites of interest there (i.e. museums, monuments, hobby shops, etc.).? It doesn't have to be WW1 related, although if that's too blasphemous I understand! It would also help...
Hi all. I?m? modelling R.P.M.'s 1/35 Renault FT and want to paint a disruptive camouflage of green and brown over sand. The question is ?what kind of color was the internal side of the suspension? ?was it the standard camouflage or not? ?or the normal coating that the Renaults were given at the factory...
Hi all, I am in the process of building a 1/24 scale RRAC....... (before you say it I know but?I had already started to accumulate the bits and pieces way before all of the 1/35 kits came out so?now I want to finish)? ...in the 1914 pattern.? I have resigned myself to scratch building wire wheels but I need...
Went over to the Leicestershire Regiment museum today to have a look at the WWI items, here's my photos A brodie helmet, damaged at the Somme - not sure what the chain mask is about, i've only seen chainmail on the tank crew face ma...
Hi With my W^D tin helmet on has anyone got some pic's of the 18pdr and the 4.5 howitzer I want to put them on the Website along with pic's of the masters. With my W^D service cap on and thinking of next year has anyone got info, plans pic's of the Clayton Shutterworth Crawler tractor the same for the Holt 5to...
In the armoured vehicles section of L'Uniforme et les Armes des Soldats de la Guerre 1914-1918 (Pub. 1970), L&F Funcken say the following: 'So as to maintain secrecy, it was decided to give the revolutionary new machine a neutral name. Cistern was suggested, then container, and finally, tank,...
I can't remember when, but I think we had a discussion about W.C. sporting an Adrian at certain points in his career. I know he wore one on visits to North Africa in WWII, but I've just found this pic in a book on The Great War. At the time, of course, he wasn't touring the world as Prime Minister, but serving...
A long-distance friend has sent me some pics of the Skeleton Tank at Aberdeen Museum. I don't know if it's common knowledge, but the Tank turns out to be?in some degree made of wood. The pics are huge, so I shan't post them full size on the Forum, but they are great for studying the details. If anyone wants...
Hello - I have?attached a photo below that I came across while building another page on my site. The photo is a close up of the breech of an Austro-Hungarian 77mm thats located in the town of Millburn - New Jersey. The only markings i could find was a number - 1652 ? ?and these "asian characters"...
