Hi guys,
Just got back from my trip to the AWM in Canberra, Australia. Great place to visit, large section on WWI and the place is full of very helpful staff and volunteers. Haven't sorted out all my photos as yet but I thought I would post a sample of photos I took of the Amiens gun captured in 1918...
I found this auction on Ebay. It's for an old photograph from 1921, of a military guy standing next to a large tank.
But what tank could it be? It is not an FCM-2C. And, it doesnt look like any British or American tank I know of. It certainly looks French. Could this be the FCM-1A? The lines are the close...
Some more photos from the AWM. Not only do these shots show various pieces but the changing attitude to preservation. The AWM (as I'm sure most museums did) used to repaint their items. A lot more of the exhibits are now being left in their original paint finish, no matter how good or bad it is.
Good Day to everyone,
Osprey publishing's campaign series book "Megiddo 1918" tells that there were some german armored cars fitted with train tracks to patrol railway lines in Palestine. I really wondered their number and exact model. May somebody clear this out please ?
Cheers, Emir Ye...
It is sometimes worth revisiting well known photos with a magnifying glass. Looking at a well known shot of recently delivered MkIVs being checked out by their crews at the tankodrome in June 1917 (its in the Devils Chariots and other books) I noticed the row of 'hacks' parked at the back. Blowing up th...
I've been doing some adding up and subtracting (yes I've taken my shoes off). 150 Mk Is were built of which 49 were used at the close of the Somme, 8 at Theipval and 2 at Beaumont Hammel in 1916. Even if they were all lost (which we know not to have been the case) this makes 59 tanks. If we add the 8 that went to Pa...
Has anyone had experience of making decals on a photstat machine or laser printer?
Apparently only one printer in the world will produce white writing, but presumably one could use white decal paper.
Regards,
Tony
The enclosed photo shows what appears to be a version of the Burell-Boydell complete with footed wheels. However it looks a mite more modern than the 1857 model, but the essential format is the same- driver in front of the boiler fireman behind. Unfortunately its source provides no information othe...
Here are some shots of bits and pieces, mostly uniforms and German MG08's, in various sections of the AWM.
Nearly done with the photos. The next topic will be the female Mk IV "Grit" WD 4643.
I have read that the BS turret, or fixed superstructure, made for the FT17 was seven-sided. The few photos I have found seem to show three plates on each side, plus the front plate. This implies that there was no rear plate. Is this interpretation correct?
This picture is from a review of the Greek Army museum on a WW2 orientated web site.
There are pictures of a number of AH and German WW1 artillery pieces, presumably captured. One threfore wonders if the Bulgarians used Fahrpanzers.
I'm currently obsessing over the Mk. VIII, and there is a great cross section on the main Landships site with various parts identified, but not the page with the call outs! Can anyone tell me what book the illustration is from, or know where I can find the key?
Thanks,
Andrew
Nearly finished the restoration of this WW1 War trophy gun having stripped and fixed or rebuilt all parts (except the recuperator) to make them move. Our last challenge is to have the breech block slide in and out. As the handle and mechansim to make this happen is missing am trying to fathom how to make...
I find the enclosed entry through Google. Unfortunately if I try and access my ISP (AOL) drops me out of Google with an 'untitled page' message (AOL hates untitled pages!). Given the interesting description has anyone else the ability to access this? Was there a WW1 German tank in Clitheroe?
Germa...
I was wondering if anyone had any additional information or pictures.
I would love to see an image of the gun-shield and 1 pounder Pom-Pom fitted.
It certainly looks like it's built to go off road doesn't it? It seems like this vehicle would have fared better in the mire than the Rolls Royce and...
In a previous thread Centurion recalled a mention of these vehicles, and asked if anyone had any further information. I got confused, and derailed the whole subject. So, I am posting it as a seperate question, even if it is a tad off topic. (Well, very off topic, but the one-man prone-position tank doe...
I enclose a photo of a tank at Arras. As one can see from the file name it was originally captioned as a MK II but the census no appears to be 732 which makes it a Mk I. The addjuster app looks rounded too. If it is a Mk I then it is only the 2nd photo of a Mk I at Arras (where did all the others go?)
I was just cruising the Czolgiem site, and I happened upon this image:
(On this page: http://www.czolgiem.com/niemcy/stare.htm#lt)
There has been much discussion over the rivet patterns of the K-Wagen,...
I tried to respond to a question about Schneider kits at the missing-lynx forum, but that did not work... BUT in case anyone is interested in building one I found a good scratchbuilding article, with plans at the link below. In French, but easy enough to puzzle out with High School French and babelfish...
A bit more on-topic now...
From Popular Science of February 1919 comes this intriguing proposal, to use retired tanks as tractors:
Was it ever done? Or was it merely another pie-in-the-...
