I've made a stab at an impression of the proposed St Chamond rhomboid tank based on the original outline drawing. Note the asymetric sponsons. Would make an interesting model, however warning the curve of the rhomboid is subtly different from the British Marks I to V so you can't just take an existing...
According to various manufacturers of 1/72 figures we can expect 2 lots of Americans, 5 of French infantry and/or artillery, 1 of Germans, and 1 of Italians in the near future.
In addition, Stelets seem to be on the brink of releasing what looks like German cavalry and another five sets of WW1...
I've recently gotten into WW1 bayonet collecting, and have been relatively succesful in getting examples in moderately good shape. Some countries are much harder to aquire specimens from than others though, and Ottoman bayonets have the added problem of widespread "shortening" during the thir...
Howdy All,
I was traipsing thru some of the 'old' threads in an effort to view some of the older discussions you chaps had here so I don't wind up maybe rehashing old yakkety-yaks, and came across a thread entitled something like "WWI modeling 'tipping point' ".
It was a great read indeed, and I en...
I enclose two pictures, both were originally taken and published in Sept 1916 and both are supposed to be Creme De Menthe - but they are obviously two different tanks. The male is shown on the Bovingdon web site as Creme and the Female comes from the US Library of Congress. I have a sintilla of doub...
Spotted the enclosed shot in a book this Tuesday. It looks like a MkI Female at Flers (or vicinity) with "the British Army cheering behind" but it isn't Creme de Menth or Dinaken (wrong sex) and that doesn't look like a high street. Just to add confusion and muddle looking at it through my best mag...
Hi all, is there anyone in here who could possibly help me, I've tried searching the internet but can't seem to find any decent picitures of the early mk1-5 8inch British howitzer. Hope someone can help.
I enclose a link to an article written by Robert Dunlop on Operation Hush.
http://www.1914-1918.net/BATTLES/hush/hush.htm
This landing (never carried out) seems to have significant planning put into it and there are some features that have a 1944 ring to them (like submarine recces of the p...
Hi gang!
Can any member help please in regard to plans/layouts/diagrams, etc of british 1stww period lorries? Reason i ask, is that i intend to start a project in regard to building a replica lorry!
Any help/pointers, would be very greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
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My first Mark II is ready for painting. The tracks went well with superglue and mud was added using tamiya putty.
Now to the paintjob...
I dont really have a clue about Mk IIs colour possibilities or decals, however, I have easy acess to Landship decals from 7thKompany.com, one of my usuall sh...
I have seen mention of a MkI experimentally fited up as a minesweeper. Apparently this consisted of suspending some form of electro magnet in front of the tank (presumably to lift mines out of the soil). One gathers that it didn't work. This predates the Mk V** fitted with mine exploding rollers. Does...
Latest previews on their WW1 Futures page seem to be Russian cavalry and German hussars (?)
PS: Sorry can't work out how to post the picture of Terry-Thomas, but you get the point.
Hello,
I have heard that Caesar has some WW1 Soldiers in 1/72, but have neither seen them in a store nor have I seen ever pictures of them.
Does anyone have info, review and/or photos of following Caesar kits?
H034 - WWI French Army H035 - WWI German Army
I would highly aprreciate that!
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Hello gentlemans,
My name is Francisco, I'm 22 and come from Lisbon, Portugal. I've been a modeller since I was 13 and usually build WWII related models, specially tanks and dioramas.
I've bought the Airfix Mk I after reading the excellent article on the site and because I tought it would be a...
What Uniforms did the British Forces wear in Palestine, Egypt and Mesopotamia in WW1 (specific 1916-18).
Did they wear special Tropical suits and/or their normal Western Front Tunics etc. And what headgear? Please I need some Information on this, best with some photos and/...
Hello, I'm Pedro Grilo from Portugal and in my workbench I have two models in build process, the truck Mack Bulldog and the Renault FT17 both from RPM.
My idea is to put the FT17 in the Mack, but I wouldn't like to make them both american (too much olive green). My idea was to make them both french.
So...
One firm with an interesting range of smallscale WW1 kits have been BK Modelcraft: among others they have sold kits of the Fahrpanzer, 25cm Minenwerfer, 21cm M?rser, field bakery, softskins etc. The problem was only, that BK Models have been VERY hard to get in touch with. They have withstood the tem...
Hello all!
This summer I plan to visit England. One major "target" is the War and Peace Show at Beltring in July. I have got several questions:
- Are there any WW I vehicles and/or reenactors at the Show? Do you know about vehicle collectors, clubs, associations etc. participating at earli...
As most of you guys probably know, I have (partly for so called family reasons) a bit of a soft spot for WW1 Austro-Hungarian Artillery.
And now, in a short space of time, we have been reached by the news that TWO new kits of Austro-Hungarian Artillery pieces will come out very soon.
The first is the 1...
Having failed to find any thing other than descriptions of the proposed Mk VIII* I decided to use the data available ( including the fact that sections were to be added both fore and aft of the centre)and have a shot at producing my own artists impression which I enclose. Converting from vector to jpg ha...
Digging aroundrecently on the subject of wireless tanks I found the standard pictures of a Mk female converted to a wireless tank with an enormous pole aerial. However I also found several references to the possibility that most (if not all) the wireless tanks used at Ypres and 1st Cambrai were in fac...
Hi All,
I'm looking for info on the sizes of 1 and 2 gallon cans so that I can scratchbuild my own in 1/35 scale. Any help on this would be much appreciated
Paul
I was wondering if anyone knows what the structure on top of this Mk V male is. Is it possibly a wireless aerial? The picture is a screenshot from a Discovery channel DVD "Extreme Machines: Tanks".
Great news, criel model will make a 1/35 lancian IZM!
Criel models are things of beauty and this kit will be much better than the sparta kit!
somethng good for 1/35!
I greet guys :)
It pretended me to get sie recently interesting plans hereinto tanks ... I ask to help :) ... It it too exact sa , but it was it been possible was already on the ground to make these plans model :) ... it can my someone thin lines to large pictures of details , these vehicles ???? I begin soon d...
mk.VIII or the international tank is it sometiems called, reciev very high praise for a tank never tested in combat, how good was it actually? the mk.V were good mainly becasue of their large numberes, was the mk.VIII trully a revolutionary tank?
It did bring a lot of new features but overall its sti...
Is there any new information about the BAKP 20?
thanks