It's a light green (I assume) color used on British tanks, as it was mentioned as a color in my Takom Whippet kit. It actually looks akin to the lighter green used on post-WW2 American vehicles, or am I mistaken?
The Calcutta Riots on april 26, 1926 between Hindu and Muslims: armoured cars, regulars and auxiliary forces at police headquarters in the Lall Bazaar ready to cope with fresh trouble. 26th April 1926: Troops in a street in north Calcutta where they are restoring order during unrest between Hindus...
In the last few months I got my French 75mm mle/97 back from temporary loan to the MacArthur Memorial. While the gun was on loan for the WW1 Centennial, I acquired a French manufactured 75mm mle/97 Limber dated 1917. The limber has the original horizon blue paint on the interior of the ammunition box...
Hi. Does anyone know if Matador Models are still.trading? I placed an order in mid-January and have written twice asking for an update. So far, j have heard nothing back. Any info would be much appreciated.
Throughout the history of warfare, when a country commits itself to full scale combat, companies you would never figure as military suppliers, start pumping out stuff for the war effort. This can be dramatically seen in WWII, with car companies making Armored Cars, and every possible company that...
It so happened that we had to pass through Norfolk last week, and, fortunately, on the way back we were able to make a detour to the Norfolk Tank Museum, home of the Mk IV replica Deborah II built in conjunction with JCB. http://norfolktankmuseum.co.uk/ It is most certainly out of the way - satnav send...
? Hello GentlemanI have run across this design of a unique tank design dated 1915. Here is the information I found along with the image. Hopefully someone can shed some more light on this design for us.All the BestTim R.Plan de char ? deux tourelles (30 d?cembre 1915) ?manant des archives de la famille...
Off to Vaux-en-Amiénois again shortly, where further discussions about Mephisto will take place. I hope we'll be able to work out which photos were taken at Vaux and which at Poulainville. As far as I can tell, there are eight photos to identify. Anybody know if there are any more?
Hi! I eventually completed a MS1 mod 27 from Hobby Boss. A very good kit except awful road wheels that should be improved to look like the real thing... The model finished :
Every photograph of Whippets being driven depicts the rear fighting compartment door open and at least one man standing outside of it. You'd think that sooner or later they would have such figures to go with the Whippet models. They finally have driver figures for WW1 automobiles and trucks.
HelloI would like to introduce to you a new model company owned by my friend Luis Vargas VargasScaleModels.com “Bringing History to Life”. He produces highly detailed 1/35th scaled 3d printed and resin mortars and bunkers. (Catalogue attached). I will be doing an open box report and build repor...
Hello!! My name is Chris, and I'm here posting for the first time. I’ve been "lurking" around for a few months, soaking up all the fantastic info on Mk I’s while I build Takom’s 1/35 Mk I Female as A17 “Oh I Say!!!”. I chose that particular tank because I get to scratch build a bunch of extra goodies, like t...
His Majesty's Land Ship (HMLS) "Canada", Canadian commanded British Mk. II tank of the Great War, June 1917. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3395254)Canadian commanded British Mk. II Supply tank of the Great War having its Maple Leaf war crest and the name "Forage" painted on the gla...
what is the exact name, type and year of construction of this French mortier? are there two different name types of the German Becker 2cm gewehr a M2 and a M11 one for ground and one for air? [IMG]h...
Only a small, obsessive-compulsive point: It's customary to refer to the "Killen-Strait tractor," the vehicle that played a part in the early trials of tracked machines. There's a little bit more to it than that. The company was, apparently, originally the Killen-Walsh Manufacturing Company. T...
A thought regarding the mk I Wireless tank - the example exhibited to Queen Mary at Erin in July 1917 had a large opening on the port sponson, and I have seen scale models depicted that way. But that doesn't seem to make sense on an armoured vehicle - why go into battle with a large hole in the side? Could it...
I am looking to find out about WW1 photography for a diorama idea... I've seen / heard anecdotal evidence that a lot of British photographers were unofficial - soldiers with a vest pocket camera and a knack for using it. Did British Forces have official 'war photographers'..? Clearly there were offi...
Not many vehicles but interesting material on A-H uniforms, equipment, Regiments, etc. https://twitter.com/pikegrey1418?lang=en Scroll down to find this intriguing multipurpose body armour.
Have just received the above kit. Although expensive, the quality of the casting is outstanding. I know nothing about Italian artillery - what, if any, colour was it painted?
