A friend of mine who collects mostly cricket memorabilia brought this article in the Antiques Trade Gazette to my attention:
To mark the extraordinary achievements of the highly skilled workforce at Foster?s, a series of plaques were made by the company and presented to both staff and sup...
A lot of books, articles, forums, cover the initial reaction to the tank by the Germans,
but there is very little info on how the Turkish soldiers reacted to first seeing the tank
can anyone shead some light on this?
I've had another rush of blood to the head and done another article on one of the lesser trodden aspects of the subject (to mangle a metephor). I enclose it as a word document. To save problems of size I've indicated in the text where illustrations might go and attachsome possible photos seperately.
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I enclose a picture of a Mk V. I have had to blow it up a bit but everything is still pretty clear. I've red lined two areas I'd welcome comments on.
The substantial gousers or spuds on the tracks - I've not seen this feature on a Mk V before
The starboard radiator outlet vent that appears to have been fil...
Currently building, detailing and correcting, the Airfix MK I tank, and I have some questions regarding markings and such.
1) Can I use the included transfer "HMLS Dragonfly", or is that the name of a MK II tank?
2) Did all MK I's carry markings (such as "D7"), or where some of them "bare"?
TIA,
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I just found this image from this site:
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/
It's the most detailed Steam Tank photo I have ever seen. The image is over 700 kb, so beware! This is quite a find though. A photo of this high quality is simply incredible. I would reccomend saving...
I always thought the Carden-Loyd one man midget-tanks, Mk. I, II, and III had a fixed turret. My reference books never mention that the turret-like armored box on top of the vehicle was a revolving turret. Yet we have these images - aparently doctored quite a bit. I make no claim that they haven't been a...
I've attached a quick "how to" for beginners wanting to do a simple Braille scale conversion of Emhar's Mk IV female to a Mk III. If anyone would prefer a pdf version, email me at mls_hansenATtpg.com.au. I can't post it here; it's just over 2 Mb.
As I promised in a recent thread - here is that Mk V having cammo applied at CW. Note the wartime censor has blanked out the census no. and unit id (First time I've seen this done - at least this crudely)
Any ideas on the likely colour scheme. -- Edited by Centurion at 17:29, 2006-06-30
Here comes something bit off topic, but I think this is Italian Fiat 3000 (version of FT17). It might be used by Yugoslav army or was captured from the Italians in WW2. Whatsoever, this ?Renault? was produced in Italy. ?P GIROD ? UDINE? is written on the turret?
Best,
I
I enclose a article I've written outlining the weapons tactics and organistion of German anti tank defences in 1918. It may be of interest to some. (Peter if you want this for the main section please take it).
Straying a bit beyond the Great War with this one, but seeing as there's a review of AER's kit of the little T-18 tank, I thought I'd post it anyway.
On the fantastic ArmorKiev site is a big section about the T-18, with a rather wonderful-looking big gun variant, here:
http://armor.kiev.ua...
Does it matter what side the canon sponson is on for the MkV hermaphrodite tanks?
I want to add a few to my wargame army and want to use two models (one male and one female) to make two hermaphrodites if they can be on opposite sides.
Thanks!
Chris
Found this scan on a site Vilkata posted about. The scans change quite often so I grabbed it. The site is just a whole list of scanned photos, mostly WW2 Germans but with the occasional earlier shot thrown in. Anybody got any ideas where this was taken? The tank number is hidden by an incovenientl...
Hello,
I'm about to start building the old Airfix Mk I tank, and I thought I had all the references I needed in my "New Vanguard" book on the tank, but there are really no good pictures on how the tail of the Mk I tank looked like. So if anyone could post drawings or pictures of the tail, I woul...
Hello Gentleman
I am in need of some MkV drawings, I need a male and female, the same scale, and both drawn in the same direction. (If possiable) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
All the Best
Tim R.
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...
Hallo again,
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...
Hello all,
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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On the fantastic ArmorKiev site is a big section about the T-18, with a rather wonderful-looking big gun variant, here:
http://armor.kiev.ua...