Have a look at the enclosed photo. Taken in 1921 it shows the floor of a company founded by Joseph Vollmer (yes him again) to manufacture agricultural tractors. This company eventually grew into Hannomag and is still around today. The first batch of tractors were assembled by hand and the guys on the r...
We all own books that deal predominantly with modern tanks, or perhaps WWII tanks. Yet, in these books there are sometimes a few images of WWI tanks aswell. Often, these images that are out of place for the majority of the book, may not be images you have seen in other books. These images here are some of t...
I don't know if this one has already be clocked - the Cunningham an American one man prototype. They then built a two man Carden Loyd look alike. Neither a success
Followup to a previous post:
Airfix being in trouble and all: I urge all modellers out there to get their 1/76 Mk I while it is still available.
It has its (small) problems, but is still a great kit. And it's probably going to become rare...
Does anyone know:
a) the precise size and shape of the MkI to MkIV individual track (for scratchbuilding purposes); and
b) what happened when the MkV track was reduced back to the MkIV size - did the channel remain the same width or was it narrowed (and from which side) to fit the old track size?
To...
The attached photo shows a Mk I that has shed a track on a beach. The minimal text with the original copy says that it is in Egypt (which makes sense given that one of the characters in shot is weating a pith helmet and others are in shorts. However 2nd and 3rd Gaza were a few miles inland from the coast...
Can anyone id this odd looking trench mortar with rounds that look not unlike WW2 Piat bombs (which of course they aren't)? If it helps at least one of the soldiers in the picture is an American member of the French Foreign Legion.
Has any one had sight of the above book? I've only seen a brief review but it claims to have a complete record and production history etc of every piece of German armour in WW1. Author one Kaufhold-Roll. Its about 50 Euro so I wouldn't want to order sight unseen. Is it really that good?
Hello Guys,
I thought I would share some possible good news concerning Arifix:
Information from Armorama:
There was a degree of consternation, when the epitome of plastic modelling Airfix, was announced to be in serious financial difficulties. Now, it seems some hope is on the horizon.....
I enclose a shot of the big steamer showing the mud srapers on the horns. Its the guy standing under the horns thats of interest as he appears to be one of the Chinese labour corps employed at CSW Erin. Does this mean that the Tank Corps played host to this tank?
BTW why has a target been plac...
Gentlemen!
Here I have attached a scan from "Heigl's Taschenbuch der Tanks" , Munich 1934
depicting and describing the allied landing approach planned for the 3rd of Aug,1917.
Is there any more info available with the forum here, please?
Thanks for your help in advance,
Pody
Hello gentlemen,
Long time no see, but I was only able to grab landship decals now from it's distributor in Portugal. I have done a Mk II male based on Airfix kit and I'd like to finish it as Lusitania. My questions are:
- What colour should I use? I've read that it would be with some sort of dark Kha...
A 6 minute action clip from the upcoming movie "Flyboys", about the Lafayette Escadrille. In the clip members of the Lafayette Escadrille attacks a German Gotha bomber.
Flyboys clip
I think that this photo of an early Carden lloyd experiment clearly shows why the one man tank concept never really took off. Its impossible to steer and fire at the same time and the arc of fire is very limited.
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At me already after holidays and I begin final works over model Mark of V again .. I painted on superstructures belts and made exhaust-pipe he - became yet you have on semaphores , bracket, for front superstructure and ventilator ..I do not it know as I will advise because I do not it know m...
Hi there!
I am planning my vacations upcoming August, and I hope that someone could give me som hints as to which museums one should visit in Europe, if you are person interested in the Great War. And don't say the Imperial War Museum in London. Because I've been there - but that's pretty much it, I'm af...
More on the Vollmer saga
The following pdf appears to contain much detail on how Vollmer and Daimler transfered the technology behind the A7V and LKII into Hannomag tractors. I'm can get some of the general gist but my German is very weak indeed and Babel fish doesn't seem much better
http://buch...
Gentlemen!
I want to put pictures in the landships-site. Anything bigger than 5 MB seems to overload the system. Is there anyone outside or inside to help me with this stuff?
There are so many interesting things to relate but Herr Kempf and Tim Rigsby are not
in reach to deal with the problem. As I...
In the thread on RR armoured cars someone mentioned Wedding Bells. I've opened this new thread as this car doesn't neatly fit into the catalogue having gone. through at least two metamorphoses.
The car started life in 1911 as one of the Rajah of Ticca's fleet. Although most texts describe it as a sta...
When digging for something completely different I cam across the following photos. Well known vehicles but I think slightly different photos. If you have seen these before apologies.
I've seen a reference to the St Chamond Mortier de 280 sur Chenilles 1918 self propelled gun being used by the Germans in Russia in 1943. Anbody know if this is correct?
