If you want to model a thrown track on a Mk IV, you probably need to come up with a drive sprocket, idler and rollers. One idea for the running gear is to kidnap it from Airfix's Churchill tank in 1/76. The sprocket is easy to convert to an idler simply by grinding the teeth off and detailing and just d...
Some time ago I saw an article, with photo, about a WW II Home Guard unit that renovated a WW1 tank (possibly one of those distributed as a form of memorial to many town centres in 1919) and 'scrounged' some old 6 pounders from the Navy and put it into service guarding ( I think) some dockyards. This...
Just want to let all you guys on the Forum know, that I will not be very active during the next couple of months. (The reason is that I'm starting a new job.) But I am still committed to the site and the Forum - don't worry about that. But the update rate will slow down, and you will not see me as much as be...
Hi!
What the hell is that?
My friend is asking about it, and insists that several WWI French 75mm Schneiders were updated post war with pneumatic wheels and split trails, even in Poland. I know about pneumatic wheels for motorised traction for 75, but what was that split-trail? I think my friend i...
The Filatov looks like an armoured version of the old Reliant Regal Supervan (better known to many British TV viewers as a Trottermobile*) However moving away from the anachronism it certainly seems odd - a three wheel armoured car. Apparently some 30 -31 were built about 1915-16, ten with two mg, 20...
I finally found a good copy of "A Company, 301st Tank Battalion ~ Treat'em Rough". The photos are pretty interesting, and I'll get down to scanning what I can over the next few weeks. There's a picture of both sides of a ditched Mk.V Hermaphrodite which is pretty interesting.
Th...
Since Treadhead was so kind as to extend the group build deadline, I've decided to use the 1/76 Airfix kit (with Mk.I parts from Matador) to do Mother, exploiting the kit's boilermaker rivet pitch. The model will depict her as seen at the Elveden training ground in June 1916, after her 6-...
Evening gentlemen,
Just curious of what information any of you might have and be willing to share about the Flying Elephant? Any specifications and diagrams, or indeed pictures of any models would be particually appreciated.
Cheers
I restarted an interesting topic that got forgotten...
It is about an American WW1 Tank that weighted 1500 ton, and supposedly photos of parts or the hull exist.
Tim, please if you don't mind and it's possible, share some pics you have. I'm completly mesmerized by the thought of this giant tank!
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Just when the world seemed safe from pinhole photography, there's DIGITAL PINHOLE!
After all that stuff about paper negatives and such, there's hope for digital camera owners as well. If you have a digital camera but no macro lens to do model shots, there's hope.
A friend of mine has been mak...
Okay. Back on terra firma.
This is just for fun:
Have any of you tried pinhole camera shots of your models? I've been playing around with a homemade camera in another context, and it has some possibilities.
The main thing is that a pinhole has an infinite depth of field. No focussing requi...
As I'm digging into this I thought it needed its own thread. Information so far. 1.Bianchi built a number of models of armoured cars, one distinctive feature of these was the bonnet (hood) was rounded and sloped. See the attached picture (comp). The car on the left is an Isotta Fraschini of 1911, the on...
I've being trying, vainly, to find some illustration that shows the layout of Tritton's second trench tractor design. I have found some descriptive detail (size of wheels, length width, T shaped front, two driver positions, two machine guns etc etc.) I've used this to try an construct an imp...
We are all aware of the Germans using the Mk IVs and Russian IGs but did anyone else use captured vehicles or guns in any sort of quantity? Thought they would make good ideas for modeling or wargaming.
Hello, all. Is there an especially good book on the Spartacist uprising and the Freikorps? the more photos the better. English is a plus, but not essential if the photos are abundant.
Thanks in advance,
sf
"Where To Find", OK??
I've been very impressed with "bigtank's" efforts on building large scale WWI armour. Incredible work!
Where can you find accurate large scale drawings of the British Heavy Mark Series?
Most of what I've come across over time has been i...
I've seen framed sets of these (presumably reproductions) for sale on Portobello Road market in London, but never been able to find any reference to them elsewhere. There are one or two items which aren't especially familiar.
http://pages.zdnet.com/sfclarke/id32.html
Hi guys!
A work assignment abroad took an unexpected turn - all to the best, mind you! - and I have been both very, very busy and very, very not-home. But now this fine but VERY taxing period is at an end, and I'm home at last!
I'm sorry about not answering any e-mail or updating th...
Dear comrades of cyber trenches
Some months ago, I had asked a question about Ottoman artillery and received an awesomely detailed and complete response. Now I need to consult to your great knowledge once more.
1) While googling for krupp guns of 19th century, I saw a gravure from 18...
I am curious about the paint scheme shown on the Landships site for the Erhardt E-V/4. The illustration shows a three-colour pattern that I have not seen before. Does anyone know the origin of the illustration and how accurate it may be? Would this same scheme be appropria...
I have read that some Mk III males were fitted with the short 6 pounder as fitted to Mk IV males onwards. However, the only photos I have seen show the long 6 pounder as fitted to the Mk I. Does anyone have a photo of a Mk III with the short 6 pounder?
Hello everyone,
I am on building a gun carrier (supply version) and want to do "KINGSTON". The only picture I have doesn't show the serial number. I use the decal sheet of Landship and Peter said that he also doesn't know the number. As I want to add a number and as the number are from 100 to 147 (AFAIK)...
Hello! I'm looking for photographs showing the Mk IV tank "Flying Fox II" (F 22 ?) resting on the remnants of the collapsed bridge at Masni?res near Cambrai.
Any help is much appreciated! Thomas
Here you are, huhncc.
These are the pics from Mollo & Turner's book Army Uniforms of World War 1.https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f209/a7v/Belgian1.jpg (left...
I've been very impressed with "bigtank's" efforts on building large scale WWI armour. Incredible work!
Where can you find accurate large scale drawings of the British Heavy Mark Series?
Most of what I've come across over time has been i...