Have just been reading A.J. Smithers's account of the demonstration of the mock-up of Mother in September 1915 at Wembley. It says that?the mock-up?carried a wooden gun, but that "nobody knew where to mount it". It was only then that D'Eyncourt suggested the idea of sponsons. If that was...
. . . as might be expected. Perhaps tranche would be a better word A bit late in the day, I'm afraid,?because?I didn't see any trailers, but this doco fronted by Michael Palin went out Saturday 1st November, and will,?no doubt,?be repeated. About the men killed between 5am and 11am on 11/11/1918. http...
The Manual of the Motor Transport Corps of 1919 spells out the procedure to used in numbering and marking of American Expedionary Force vehicles.? There were numerous errors in the downloaded text, which I have attempted to correct based on the most probable word usage. I don't seem to have much luch...
Hi from the new member, wondering if anyone knew what was the standard motorcycle for the German Army in WWI was? which motorcycles with sidecars did the germans use? Im guessing it would be NSU models? but I've never seen one with a sidecar. Any photos? Thanks in advance CJ
This might be new information to some. As ever, apologies if it isn't. In?all the?writings about the War that are appearing in connection with the 90th anniversary, the usual frequent mentions of the significance of railways are made. I began wondering when railways were first put to military use,...
Hello everyone I have finished my scratchbuilt model of a French light railway 'locotracteur' from the manufacturer Campagne & Cie. It is in 1/35 scale and runs on 16,5 mm gauge. I have attached a photo of the finished model. The large crew on the loco was inspired by a prototype photo of the engine...
As you all probably know, the Tank Museum in Dorset, UK has the finest collection of WWI vehicles in the world. Here's the pre-WW2 exhibits, mainly WWI but a few interesting and unusual between the wars designs. No tripods allowed but the lighting was very good so didn't use my mini pod hidden in my pock...
This is kind of a trivial question; sorry! I have been wondering about the designations 'LK I' and 'LK II'. Who designated them as such; the builders or the allies? Because; the big difference between LK I and LK II is the track run (mud chutes on the LK II, not on the LK I) and engine access (large access pa...
? The LK I and II are shown by many sources as powered by a Daimler 50 hp sleeve valve engine with forced water cooling and the Strid with a Daimler 55hp water cooled engine. Now I can find no record of Daimler in Germany making such engines. Daimler in Coventry made a 38hp sleeve valve engine that could be p...
Hi All! Has anyone ever heard of a?German Tank Commander (could be also a unit commander or just a simple officer in a German tank unit right before?the war ended) named: Leutnant (Lieutenant) Finkbeiner Also it could be: T?ckbeiner, F?ckbeiner, Sinkbeiner, Finkheimer or similar. Maybe he was lat...
Hello, is there anyone who can tell me more about the Firing Line Mark I scale 1/15? I recently bought it .The seller told me it was a limited run from late eighties and srictly made? in a run of 50 examples. The body is completely made from photo-etched plates and the tracks and tail wheel are made?of alum...
Hello, is there anyone who can tell me more about the model of the Mark I scale 1/15 ?I recently bought it.It's from the manufacturer Firing Line?. ?The body of the tank is completely photo-etched end the tracks and tail wheels are made from aluminium. kind regards, Max
Hello, is there anyone who can tell me more about the model of the company Firing Line? It's a Mark I in the scale 1/15.It's all built up in photo-etched plates and the tracks and tail wheels are made of aluminium. I recently bought this kit.The seller told me the kit was produces in a limited run of 50 exam...
Just to let those of you that have an interest in the Narrow Gauge War Department railways W^D models has just released models of the A class wagon and the C class.
Greetings, I need this artillery piece (which in fact is the 21 cm M?rser 16) to complete my WWI german artillery collection. I hate from resin but there simply is no hope to see this particular gun in styrene. Verlinden's kit has extraordinarily good price, however from outward it seems like a zillio...
...so goes the headline in Tit-Bits from March 28, 1931... "Hard by the British Museum there is a war relic which has always looked especially out of place.? It is a tank, and is, as it seems, permanently embedded in the roadway, like some hideous monster - and, indeed, it is necessarily that.? Bu...
Gentlemen I'm trying to designing my own 1/72 Whippet tank to be made from card.? I have a couple of whippets to depict, Firefly, Caesar II, Fanny's sister etc.. But I've not been able to find out any of the names or numbers of the whippets involved in the battle of Villers-Bretonnaux.? There were 7-8 wh...
The first sentence of the latest Osprey opus "War on the Western Front" indicates that there were combats in the Falklands and in the South Pacific during WW1. I am very puzzled by this I wonder what the opposing forces could be ? And all the maps I have seen of WW1 combat fields have always bee...
?Gentleman Hello, I am in need of photo's, drawings, diagrams, any thing that would give me an idea about what the sponsons of a Mark 1 male would have looked like inside. Thank You for any information All the Best Tim R. -- Edited by Tim R at 18:06, 2008-10-22
Technically off-topic, but stumbled across this on Wikipedia: The US decided early in World War I to switch from 3-inch (76?mm) to 75 mm calibre for its field guns. Its preferred gun for re-equipment was the French 75 mm Model of 1897, but early attempts to produce it in the US using US commercial mass-...
Hello, I am currently working on compiling a database that will include all specifically identified Rolls Royce armoured cars. These identifications are based on photos, war diaries, internet sources, & etc. (For several years I have been gathering scans of photos of Rolls Royce armoured ca...
Has anyone got details of the turret and the hatches of the Austin can't find details in the usual sources it must be the British Austin. Here's hoping !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From the September 1989 Fine Scale Modeler article. This is my first time building from drawings. I'm glad it doesn't have many compound curves! Last week: Tonight (I don't get to work on it every night) [i...
Came across these of a Holt runner. Assumed the prairie in the background was USA, but it turns out to be Lincolnshire. I'll try to find out whose it is.
