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...
Hello, colleagues! Can, at this forum somebody can help me. For a long time and unsuccessfully I search for drawings, schemes or figures on following artillery tractors: "Bullock-Lombard" and "Allis-Chalmers." (On the basis of these tractors during Civil war in Russia 1917-1920 unusual "tanks...
The reference to The Somme - Crucible of the British Army on the subject of artillerymen's underwear made me get the book out for the first time in years, and, to my surprise, there's a picture of German weapons captured on July 1st: MG08, Russian Maxim, LMW, and . . . a Madsen.
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Hi all Although mainly a WWI railway enthusiast I have some books on other WWI topics. In one of them I have found this photo of what seems to be a Renault Porteur. It is not in the artillery section of Landships.
Regards
Claus
Hello all Great War-specialists I'm currently researching the possibility to build some 1:35 French Pechot-railway wagons loaded with 370 mm. shells. I will have the shells cast for me in resin and need some information on their measurements. I have some information at the moment, but woul...
Does anyone have a source for information for the Minerva chassis etc. used for the 1914 Armoured Car? I do have a set of 1/76 scale plans from Tankette, but need additional information on the actual car used.
Thanks!
I enclose a photo of the Marienwagen II. The body is supposed to have been taken from an Ehrhardt armoured car but its simple flat sides do not match either the Ehrhardt 15 or the 17. Any one have an answer?
In 1914 the Armoured Car Corp was formed in New York, in November of that Year it announced that it would build a vehicle, based on a Federal truck chasis, 'to replace the cavalry on the modern battlefield'. One suspects they had an eye on a European market. I can find no evidence that the vehicle w...
I noticed in one of the excellent models pictured on this site a British gun crew with blue "under shirts". Was this standard? I will be modeling some 18prds soon that have crews with what looks like undershirts on and suspenders down. I think the blue would add some color and character.
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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...
