Came across a mention of this fellow in Men, Ideas, and Tanks by Paul Harris. I'd never heard of him before. PH quotes from The Land Ironclads, in which one of H.G. Wells's tank men?refers to someone called "Bloch", with no further explanation. It turns out that he is Ivan Bloch, a Polish ban...
I've been reading "The Adventures of Dunsterforce" and early in the book the author references a solitary RR armoured car, officered by Lt. Singer, with a photo.? A close look at the photo shows some interesting detail.? The WD number is C>259 and there is a small metal plate which read...
Hi all, i'm looking for information on two tanks that were presented to towns after WWI - one is that which was given to the small town of Earl Shilton, my home town. Although I can't confirm the existence of this, local rumour has it that there was a WWI tank delivered after the war. The other tank is that f...
I was thinking of getting an airbrush for my models. Don't need a particularly complex one (I think!), just to do the overall colour of a model, and then I can do finer details such as wheels, machine guns, or for example the white/red/white marking on British 1918 vehicles, by hand with a paintbrush. I...
Hello all, Some of you will already be aware of my interest in "tank week" and "presentation" tanks of WW1. In addition I have a keen interest in those machines that were manufactured here in Lincoln. Mk I tanks with production numbers 739 - 775; Mk II's with production numbers 7...
Hello gentlemen, Changing the gas-cartridge of my welding-burner today?it makes "click " in my mind -maybe i am wrong ,but i think some of you will dash in the garage next time ..... and by doing some work with tin-tools...... The only thing?i am?angry about myself -seems to have thrown so...
Had an idea going around in my head for a while of a model narrow gauge War Department Light Railway in 1/76 scale. I miss the fact that with model trains they actually do something instead of just sitting there looking pretty and getting dusty like model figures, tanks etc. So i've had the idea for a smal...
The French used the Schilt in the Great War. But problem is I can't find any info on this weapon. So PLEASE help me. Can you give me some pictures, tell me the range, the fuel, the propellant, anything? Please help.
There was an edition of The Money Programme on BBC2 on December 7th 2007 about the plans for the future of Airfix. I'd forgotten that they went bust in 2006 but were bought by Frank Martin, the man who turned round Hornby and Scalextric. The original Airfix moulds were going rusty in a warehouse in Franc...
Good day? my friends. My voyage is complete now. I'm very glad to see you again/ In one russian book about civil war I found the machine-gun, which is unknown for me. In transliteration it names as "LEH" (or may be LEKH ) system. Anybody knows about this machine-gun.
Gentlemen, I will greatly appreciate information on how to convert ( what the differences are?) a WW2 german infantry greatcoat/trenchcoat?to the WW1 version. Thank you in advance EDUARDO MAMORETTI
I've found a few photos about the web of the 1918 version of the Austin armoured cars in service with the British Army on the western front. Does anyone have much information about their useage on the western front, numbers, camouflage etc, and if there's any models of the 1918 version around? Cheers,...
H?T have now moved the Early War French up the batting order to Next Release. Anyone know if Pegasus are any closer to releasing their WWI French and/or Polish Uhlans? No activity in that department for a long time.
Hi Guys, ????????????? Can anyone confirm how the unditching beams were attached to the tracks for me ? Was it just a chain shackled round them ! ?TIA ????? Paul
After what I thought was a useful bit of detective work into Issy Smith V.C. I thought I'd?pass the information on to Diggerhistory, which I assumed to be a site about the history of The Diggers. I enclose the reply in full. It is highly informative on a number of aspects. What a stupid argument.If you ha...
I've noticed that in the H?T artillery sets it's customary to position the gunner with the splayed legs on the left side of the gun. However, this actual shot of a Turkish crew shows him on the right (and I've seen a similar one of a British crew). When you think about it, sitting on the left in that positio...
Below can be found a collection of photos showing the nicely restored Mk IV Female and Battle of Cambrai veteran "Flirt II": Click here to seee them all!
I've been intrigued with the?seemingly strange weapons used by?both sides?during?the war in the trenches ... catapults, muzzleloaders, etc ... as well as clubs, etc.? Is there any good pictoral source of information??
Enclosed is pic of french troops surveying German wire entanglement torn up by artillery, early 1917. I've not seen the cube things before. Are they concrete blocks with spikes set in, like a giant caltrop?
) system. Anybody knows about this machine-gun.