I found the following quote in an article on Latvian industry.
"Russo-Balt was the leading company in automobile engineering in all of czarist Russia ? the empire?s total output between 1910 and 1912, was 179 trucks and passenger vehicles, 170 of which were made in Riga. In 1915 Russo-Balt even bu...
As I said I'd post my to date stuff on the Mk V vents here it is (I've started a new thread as 'variations 1 was getting a wee bit long).
Ventilation was a serious problem on the Mk V tank as there was a significant flaw in its design. The radiator for the Ricardo engine was places in the rear of the main body o...
Gentlemen,
I have strated to pick up info for scratchbuilding an 1-35 russian steam engine Type"O" (Ovechka) dressed up as a military loco ( may be partially armored) on the basis of the info provided by Mr. Michael Derela, from the PIBWL Site, 4 view Plans from MK Magazine and a sole ph...
As yet I begin slowly dirtying model .. It became several things makable yet , but the lack of time unfortunately :( .. I hope that to be visible already what model will be :) ..
Best regards - Andrzej
I'm contemplating purchasing a couple panzershop kits (the medium b and the markV*conversion for the emhar kit) and was wondering if they are any good,also has anyone heard of a company called interus they produce a markV kit which looks superior to the emhar kit. thanks-zack wood
I have noted variations of fittings and other details in some British Tanks of the same Mark. For the benefit of modellers and others I have thought it may be useful to document these together with photographic evidence. As a first attempt I enclose a paper on the covers on air intakes on Mk V and M...
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Here are the picks of German 7.7 from Belgrade.
All the picks were taken in Kalemegdan fortress in the center of the city. Now it is a large park where military museum is situated. The name Weissenbourg is just a German name for the city ? Belgrade (white ? to...
In earlier threads it has ben suggested (by Mark H I think) that composites were usually conversions of female tanks. Looking at the Osprey New Vanguard 'Armored Units of the Russian Civil War' that has only just arrived in my local bookshop (we're a bit behind the times in the Mar...
I attach a series of frames showing a pair of Mk V*s (one Male one Female) demonstrating their improved trench crossing capability. A number is clearly visible on at least one but I cannot enhance the picture sufficiently to read it. Anyone out there got anything that can sharpen it up enough? -- Edite...
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a while ago in the thread Polish A7V!!!!! Question????
Mario Doherr posted a photo of a imporvised polish armored car that looks very simular to an a7v, does anyone still have that photo on their computer, its no longer available on the forum, and I would like to save it.
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I had always thought that de Mole had made his submission for a 'tank' before WW1 started and this had been lost in the labyrinthine coils of the War Office's archives but in following up some research on Central Workshops and other matters I find that although de Mole's original drawings were i...
Here is an interesting softskin. A British Daimler mobile military cinema. The poles and canvas strapped to the side presumably can be errected to form an outside movie screen, the back of the lorry becomes the projectionist's room and the motor generates the necessary electricity.
Did any othe...
Due to the large selection of ft-17 kits available at RPM, I was interested in finding out a bit more on the "smoke variant" when was it made? and how many were produced?
Also could someone make a good list of all the wars the ft-17 or a form of it fought in and/or all the nations that had it or a variant...
I think I've managed to piece together some definite reasons why those stories of Soviet Mk Vs used in WW2 are in the main legends and myths.
In 1930 a series of international disarament conferences were held in Geneva. They concluded that heavy tanks were "instruments of agression" and all peace l...
After riding in a motor torpedo boat around 1903, a Austrian Oberleutenant named Gunther Burstyn got a great idea. Why not try to build a sort of land-torpedo-boat?
After much thought and contemplation, Burstyn patented a design for an unheard of vehicle design in 1911.
It was quite revolu...
I have heard some time ago that an example of this KuK morser is displayed in the military museum in Prague; along with a host of other artillerie items from all periods. I recall seeing a glimpse of what I believed to be the beast in the back ground of a photograph some months ago. Can anyone confir...
Some time ago I posted a fragment of an eyewitnes account of tanks at Flers firing on their own side. I've now found the full account. Bert Chaney was a nineteen-year-old signal officer. The last paragraph would make a nice diorama.
"We heard strange throbbing noises, and lumbering slowly towards...
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I it have not to mountain of hulk full records still and therefore I work over model slowly - as yet I altered colour and painted tactical signs . I think that it should be well ..
Best regards - Andrzej
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Not really WWI but this howitzer where still in juse at that time.
I am scratch building in scale 1:35 the Japanese 28 cm siege howitzer, as used in the Russo Japanese war in 1904-05.
The model started with the Pit-Road white metal kit, but it is not so accurate... So I scratch build the gun...
While looking through the AWM website, I found a photo of a Mk IV wireless tank in action. It's a small photo but definitely shows a female Mk IV with the crew erecting an aerial. To see the photo, go to the AWM website, click on "Collection Databases", click on "Collections Search", then click on "Advan...
Hi all,
I have decided, while waiting to get to the AWM in Canberra, to enter the group build. As I've left myself a lot less time, I decided on a reasonably fast build; a Mk. II supply tank based on Airfix's Mk. I/II/III. In spite of the build advice on this site (thanks David), I think the appearance of t...
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Good thing is that I was able to climb it, so some angles are bit unusual. Sometimes the fingers of yours truly are included, but I hope you won?t mind?
Hope you?ll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it doing it for you?
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I have found some photos of Mark V's in Estonian service... if someone interested...
Six Mk V Composite heavy tanks were sent to Estonia in 1919 from the UK. They were named "Brown Bear", "Brown Bear II", "Captain Cromie", "Deliverance", "First Aid" and "White Soldier". Estonians transfered a...
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During the ?unditching rails campaign? (see earlier thread) I have found a number of issues/queries related to the rear ?turrets? (cupola) on the Mks V and V* to which I can find no answer(s). I therefore pose them and having done so stand well back.
The first Mk V*s...
This photo looks like the Imperial Portaloo (mobile john for American viewers) but the little text attached (in a language sufficiently like French for me to make some of it out) says its Franz Ferdinand inspecting a Daimler armoured car.
Here are a few pics of my first "serious" bit of Armour - I'm normally a figure modeller...
This is the Emhar 1/35 Whippet. I've used selected parts from the Airwaves PE set, like the pistol ports, and handles. I decided not to replace the engine air intake with those provided in the PE set - re...
Has anyone had trouble getting Landship decals from T & T? I ordered the Mk I-III and Mk IV set back in February and haven't had anything yet. I emailed Milan Vins and he said he was waiting on the Mk IV set, but that was at the end of March.
Best regards - Andrzej