Found this account of a Corporal in the Manchester Regiment awarded the V.C.: Corporal Issy Smith of the 1st Bn, under his own authority, left his company to retrieve a wounded soldier, putting his own life in great danger in doing so. He succeeded in doing this, carrying the man over 245 yards back to r...
Since Strelets are taking their time with the British Cavalry, does anyone have any ideas on conversions? Could you get away with putting?caps/steel helmets on the H?T Australian Light Horse? I think the Strelets Bengal Lancers will pass for Indian?Cavalry and maybe even their British Lancers fo...
Matador Models have come to our rescue and now for the princely sum of 90p (about 1.30 euros) make an aftermarket set of five Hotchkiss and Lewis machine guns suitable for WWI tanks http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/new_kits.htm They also now do a 3 inch 20 cwt AA gun on the 1940 platform - hopefully th...
Hello, Are there any 1/16th or 1/10th scale modellers out there who specialise in radio controlled british armour?? I am looking for something to accompany my displays and need someone who will take on a project.? Help please Tanks3
Hi guys, on Ebay.de is for sale a Mark IV scale 1/10 completely handmade. Wonderful model wich have to be finished in some details like fixing the tracks and the 6-pounders. Don't miss it !!
Did anyone know anything about German armoured Vehicles (Tracked, Halftrack or Wheeled) which were in Service with the German Troops in Palestine????????
I am seeking information on a WW1 softskin,namely,the 3 ton White truck of 1917 which was widely used by the various Allied armies. Dimensions,including the wheelbase,would be appreciated and would greatly help to produce a drawing for modellers. Ken Musgrave?
I'm new to the group, and found it while trying to do some research for my historical gaming.? I didnt see mention of this area, so thought I would ask how many gamers there are here.? I am working on the Mesopotamian Theatre in 15mm with Piquet's Point of Attack: Barrage rules; skirmish gaming in France...
Was wondering what techniques can be used to simulate brass on a plastic casting.? For example, I'm working on a few WW1 softskin vehicles with plastic parts and would like to paint realistic radiators, headlamps, and hubcaps. Al
Over the years I've collected perhaps thirty 54mm Frontline Figures from the Mecklenburg fifes and drums circa 1914. I'd like to make a figure holding a schellenbaum, but have the following questions: 1. What were the color of the tassels . . . i.e., white, national colors, state colors? 2. What was t...
Does anyone have any photos or information on FT17's in use with the British Army? Someone mentioned in another thread that command and liasion variants were used, would this be the TSF version?
Thanks, Rob
Hello Gentlemen ! Here is the reason why i was not so often on board the last weeks. I builded a full steel modell of a canon after a only one foto i found in the book of Hans Mehl : ships and coastal artillery -marine guns since 500 years. It was the pic of the Finsporg M 76 naval canon? cal. : 27 cm .? Fascinatin...
Have larger copies of these photos if you'd like, just let me know. Had a trip out with mates today to the IWM and then on my own to Firepower at Woolwich Arsenal to see the WWI items on display. Hope they're of interest, didn't get the chance to look at the My Boy Jack exhibit at IWM but will go back sometime t...
Any ideas as to the colors of the RR armoured cars used at the battle of Arras?? WAR CARS speaks of the use of the cars in action during the battle and subsequent Uralite (sp) cladding and multi-color camoflage after finding the armor easily pierced. So modified, were the cars used in action afterwards...
Very, very tempted by the Reviresco 1915 British Army Rolls Royce armoured car. Has anyone here built this kit, or any other Reviresco ones? for about ?6.25 it's pretty well priced, looks a bit chunky but would do for me http://www.tin-soldier.com/sg/rr2.htm Cheers, Rob
As of Saturday or Sunday last, the Kansas City Star, reports that the Liberty Memorial (the only national memorial and museum dedicated to the Great War in the United States) was acquiring a FT-17 from a private collection in Oregon, I think.? Don't know when it will arrive, but it is supposed to have b...
Thanks to the New York Times for this. In 1922 they carried an article about the Royal Commission into the invention of the Tank. (It's in PDF so I can't cut & paste, but the link is below) The gist of it is that Kitchener was asking for armoured vehicles of some kind very early in the War, and was shown a...
This is a good site for contemporary reports on the War. Search the site for interesting results: http://query.nytimes.com During the War the NYT published a supplement on the War every week. I've got a dozen or so copies. A lot of seldom-seen pics.?While the US was still neutral, American reporter...
I've got several diecast Ford Model Ts that would lend themselves to conversion to other variations.? Was wondering if anyone has drawings or sketches (incl dimensions) of a Model-T ambulance? Al
Hi all, I'm looking for a scale drawings of british tank tracks for MkI-IV preferable individual plates for both narrow and wide track and grousers, this is with a view to producing my own in thin sheet metal to a resonable scale thickness ..........cheers
