"American Cleve S. Shaffer, who built early orchard tractors, sold out to Fageol and designed an armored version, fitted with machine guns which he offered to the German Consul in San Francisco in 1915"
Does any one know anything about this? An Orchard tractor (for those unaware) was apparently d...
I recently came across this snippet
"........the first military 'tank', developed privately by a Mr. Morris. The army had a good look at the Pedrail armoured vehicle but due to it's low speed it was considered useless for modern, highly mobile, warfare by the military authorities at the ti...
The foowing is on e bay. But is all as it should be 505 was Baden I. but why would the number be on the inside of the door? (An aid to absent minded crew members as to which tank they wee in?). Blowing up the picture the machine gun looks fake - there is no way it can elevate or depress. The figure closest t...
Can Anyone help,
I have almost completed the 155L gun model in 1 3/4" scale however am unable to complete due to the lack of the elevating details for the barrel. On our own Landships site we have listed under the 120l jpeg files listed for the elevating gear. Only one of these will open which g...
Hello friends-
In Mr. Rigby's article on the Steam Wheel tank, there are three sets of plan views
about the middle of the page that don't seem to be referenced (at least not directly) in
the text. I think I recognize the first as the Pedrail Landsh...
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I was wondering if Matador Models has a distributor here in the states,also after getting my hands on a couple of the Airfix Mark 1 I was wondering if anyone has any idea how to attatch those awful tracks,thanks -zack wood
On German ebay is what appears to be a rare German book, 'Die Deutschen Kampfwagen im Weltkriege' by Major Ernst Volckheim, published 1937.
There are some interesting photos of the cover and some pages (note, among other things, the K-Wagen model, and the A7V transporter):
http://cgi.ebay.d...
A 3 star tank (ensuit in every sponson, cable magic lantern etc.) Well actually this is an attempt to give an impression of what the Mk V*** would have looked like based on the wooden mock up. Note the commander's turret seems to have been deleted from the design but the driver's cab it larger so p...
Germany colonised the 552 square kilometer area of Kiautschou Bay in China in 1898. This followed by them leasing the area from China for 99 years. The Germans used Kiautschou Bay as a naval base, stationing the German East Asiatic Squadron there, consisting of the flagship of the group, the SMS Scha...
Have a look at this web site http://www.greatwar.nl/index.html
I attach one of the photos included (Thameslink obviously used this as a model for the Bedford line) The web site has a lot of coloured photos, and colourised shots (some done v well and some v badly).
Did someone enquire a while ago about pictures of the Ford 3-man Tank?
Sorry if this is old ground, but I came across a picture in a book (the name of which I've forgotten - it's getting worse) the other day.
It looks like the 2-man with a pillar-box on the top, and is described in the caption as "tactic...
Just got hold of these and they are pretty good, but the plastic is very unusual - almost like rubber. Has anyone had a go at painting them and found any difficulty?
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I began however the party from model Mark of V - here first effects - the Model is difficult very and I think that I will be him long he did :{ ...It will be built from cardboard - this black ,then the put on superstructure - the details be casts from resin - the cannon , protection , basis of can...
A few months ago I posted some photos from ebay showing a large mystery artillery piece. It seemed to be a Schneider design (per Roger's careful analysis), and one person suggested it was a French 240mm howitzer. Later, I found another ebay photo of what looks like the same gun; this phot...
Digging around may storage boxes I unearthed a very simple white metal kit of a Whippet. I acquired it so long ago that I have no recollection of it and it is probably a quarter of a century old. The box is plain cardboard with WWI 100 Whippet wrtiien on it - nothing else - no makers ID or name - nothing...
Looking at the varius photos of damaged and wrecked tanks at Gaza I am finding difficulty in reconciling the records with the photos. The records suggest that only 3 tanks were unrecoverable/unrepairable after 2nd Gaza and none were completely KOd in 3rd Gaza. I enclose a montage that shows what see...
If anyone is interested panzer46.com has some very good pictures of the upcoming set of WW1 french from pegasus in 1/72 scale. I have several of their WW2 sets and for the most part they are very well done figures
I attach a photo of a dummy tank - but note a dummy specifically intended to represent a Mk I (note the wooden tail wheels) and not a British (or Australian) dummy as deployed on the Western front. I found the photo on a Russian web site so this might be Eastern front. It appears to be on some form of makeship...
A new free paper model is available for the AC builders. At http://www.allfrompaper.narod.ru/, there is now a model of the Mgebrov-White available for download. Click on the button labelled "модели" to get to the model section. The Mgebrov-Reno is also s...
Well maybe they're not really new, but I've never seen them before.
CGM Adrian has a Pierce Arrow 2 ton truck, 3 different Berliet trucks (Sanitaire, CBA, and CBD 'La Voie Sacree'), 2 French driving figures and 1 French officer walking, and a US Nash Quad truck forthcoming.
All in resin, no co...
I was bored and surfing t'internet, when I found great news for all WW1 superheavy artillery fans! Coming soon from Retrokit...
http://www.retrokit.net/53.html
B.L.15in Siege Howitzer, 1915, Kit R72023This super-heavy weapon was produced by the Coventry Ordnance Works for the Admira...
I found the attached image in an old German WWI book. To me it looks like the barrel of a large "kanone" (maybe about 20cm?) being installed into its firing carriage. The carriage looks very similar to that used in the "Big Bertha" 42cm heavy mortar. The caption seems to indicate th...
Hello Guys
I am looking for a comprehensive list of tank names used by the British on there tanks per each company, If any one can help I would be very greateful.
All the Best
Tim R
A quick general question here: When a Mk. I - V type tank threw a track, other than in battle conditions, were the crew able to effect repairs themselves or did this stop a tank until a repair crew could get to it? I know of the case of the crew of "Lusitania" obtaining a replacement mag...
It looks like Strelets WW1-effort will be all cavalry! As far as I can see, they have started work on several sets of German WW1 Cavalry and several sets of Russian WW1 Cavalry, and one could very be Austro-Hungarian Cavalry.
) Well actually this is an attempt to give an impression of what the Mk V*** would have looked like based on the wooden mock up. Note the commander's turret seems to have been deleted from the design but the driver's cab it larger so p...