A friend of mine recently visited the North Head Artillery School site (I think) and while taking a few photos, found this piece and passed the photos along to me. I think the scheme is probably a repaint, and I have no idea why the gun barrel is bare, but here's the photos anyway. Enjoy!
In an episode of the BBC series The Great War there's a short sequence of an Italian gun being fired. I don't know if this is old hat, but I was surprised to see that when the gun is fired a part of the shield immediately above the barrel moves backwards with the recoil and then moves seamlessly back into pla...
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While searching the excellant Belgian Soma photo-archive located online at Soma Link, I came across a very curious photo in a collection labeled "Mat?riel militaire d?truit et captur? par les A...
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I'm reading Anthony Beevors book about the battle for Crete in 1940, and he mentions british Whippets being used in the defense of the island!
I beleive this is just a misunderstanding on his part-but just to be sure, I have to check; is there any truth in this?
Cheers.
ok, id heard of ideas for such things, and many of shore concrete fortifications called this, but this appears to be a real concrete ship, (not pikreate, concrete) i found this photo on the gwpda, any information on it will be appreceated
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/bin11/imag1032....
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I am searching for information, drawings etc., on the following two German WW1 aircraft engines. Daimler-Benz DII and the Argus AS 3 any help would be greatly appreciated.
All the Best
Tim R
A new card model is available at Ralph Currell's website of a 1/350 scale Russian airship from 1915.
I've built the V-1 and the V-2 he designed and they turned out very well. He also has his concept of the H. G. Wells landship as well as a few other designs. -- Edited by Mark Hansen at 18:54, 2006-1...
Photos of a German sniper shield at the AWM. Notice the camouflage paint on the shield. It doesn't appear to have been repainted since it was captured. The dark photo gives a rough idea of how it looks in ordinary museum lighting.
Marks photos of that pock marked sniper's shield reminded me of another item of personal protection. I enclose 3 photos, one shows a squad of German soldiers wearing the stuff, two is of a British soldier wearing captured body armour (and looking for all the world like a Flowerpot man) and three shows...
There has been discussion about what exactly the "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" tank is. Some say it was a modified Mk.V*, some say it was a modified Mk.VIII International.
Here are some pictures... It was clearly based on a Mk.VIII, and been meant to represent a heavily modified tank still...
There was a touring troupe of entertainers who moved around the British Sector putting on shows for the men. On one occasion the Chinese Labour Battalion, under the direction of the Tank Corps, built a theatre in 24 hours. It contained "stalls made of wood and canvas, perfectly fitted and finished, i...
Experts! Can somebody prompt overall dimensions of tractor HOLT 20t? These data are necessary for manufacturing drawings. It is a lot of photos, but scale, scale....
Tim,
I am posting this in case others may be interested. Dr Jager has finished his latest book "Panzers at War" and has passed on this information re your enquiry about the use of the 10.5 cm gun as a Flak gun on a railway car. He says in his letter (he isn't on email) that " As for the questions Tim Rigby has...
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I wondered i f anyone could tell me what gun exactly the A7V had.
I have contradicting information on that subjet: there is talk of a captured russian 57mm sokol gun that was supposedly superior to anything the Germans had.
Or was it a Belgian Maxim-Nordenfeldt quick-fi...
Ladies and gentlemen,
I've been unable to access the Forum for several weeks. This is for reasons connected with the workings of computers that I cannot begin to grasp, but all is now apparently well. Or so I am assured.
First of all, I know the Belgian uniforms article is badly in need of correctio...
Just to let you chaps know, the newly renovated Liberty Memorial Museum has opened to the public this past weekend. This is the only national WWI dedicated memorial/museum in the US, right here in the heart of Harry Truman land, Kansas City, MO. Their website is www.libertymemo...
I've been looking at the drawings of Cromptons landships recently available through the link posted in forum. Now I understand that the Crompton patents specify the use of Bullock track units but those on the drawings would appear to be closer to Holt. Anybody got any ideas?
In an earlier thread, a photo was posted which shows a male sponson fitted to the port side of a Mk V* female (WD No. 9808). The AWM have posted some more of their collection online and another mismatched number has surfaced. Photo E04941 shows a Mk V* female (WD No. 9890) with a starboard side male...
Enclosed photo shows US trucks in camoflage - looks similar to the artillery schemes. Does any one know how common it was to paint trucks this way? Did US trucks follow the RE colour schemes?
Another paper model is available at www.allfrompaper.narod.ru . This model is a Russo-Balt S24/40. The instructions at the site are all in Russian but the model looks to be fairly easy to assemble without them.
France is - quite understandably - one of the countries where the memory of the Great War is kept alive the best. I would say that some of the best magazines with WW1-material are to be found there. Even thought the language may be a problem for you, the photos and the art-work is often first rate. Here are...
...Has found out drawings which, possibly, can be useful for you... Excuse for quality - to magazines of 15 years of active use + bad quality of a paper (they were printed by handicraft way)
http://www.zshare.net/image/lastkristi-jpg.html
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For those who are interested, there are 30 profiles of British WWI tanks (including projects), on this website : www.batailles-blindes.com .
These drawings (made by Hubert Cance) are in 1/48th scale and available for free downloading !
The French magazine "Batailles et Blind?s" is...
Can any one out there provide answers to the following?
1. Were all tadpoles male? I've only seen pictures of male tadpoles (IV and V)
2. In Hermaphrodites (Composites) was there any handedness? Were male and female sponsons always on a particular side? -- Edited by Centurion at 19:11, 20...
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I am doing an extensive research project on German tank recovery operations during The Great War, and there use of Beute tanks. I know this subject was talked about awhile ago, But I am in search of photo?s of lifting jacks, lifting cranes, rail and veh...
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I have a side and plan view of the A10 chassis with engine and wheels, scale drawing but with no info on the scale they are drawn to. Can anybody supply some basic dimensions of this Albion so that I can work out the scale and then possibly have a go at scratchbuilding a 1/35 model...
Can anyone out there help out with any info regarding the interior colors of the A7V. I`ve seen pictures of the chassis without the hull.It seems to me that the steering compartment and gun mount etc are not painted in white which would have been logical . I guess at least the inside of the hull mus...
