This tank has appeared in such books as "Tanks of the World 1915-1945" by Chamberlain and Ellis, which makes you suppose it must have been a viable AFV design. There is actually a story that Holt offered the little vehicle to the army as a one man tank - but I have never seen proof of this.
The HA 36 was b...
I'm looking to start up a 1/32nd scale scratchbuild of a 1914 Pattern Rolls Royce Armoured Car. Problem ... where can I find a photo-etched set of wire wheels? I know that Scale Link offers their set, but the price is pretty steep at 25+quid.
Any suggestions on where to find some photo-e...
I found on this Ukrainian site interesting sketched on the LKII tanks, but at the bottom there is this picture of two vehicles appearing to habe LKII chassis but with other construction and armament: http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWI/kaizer/kaizer5.html
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Given the threat posed by British heavy and medium tanks (and later the French Renault FT) I'm surprised at the seeming paucity of specialised anti tank weapons adopted by the Central Powers. Yes they may have underestimated the threat as a result of the Battle of Arras but they certainly were aware f...
I don't know if anyone has tried this (nobody replied to my earlier post on the subject) so I've given the Loctite "All Plastics" glue a try.
Apart from the recent Emhar Americans and HaT German Artillery and Heavy Weapons, which can be glued with polystyrene cement, plastic soldiers have tr...
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I'm new here and really like this site. I have built a big Diorama depicting the Western Front 1918.
British and some French forces attack heavily fortified German Trench lines. The figures are Emhar, H?t and Revell.
The landscape is made of styrofoam, boxes and plaster, and was painte...
I've seen a number of accounts of the French blaming the British from using tanks prematurely (at Flers) and therefore alerting the Germans in time for them to take measures against the French use of the Schneider. I've always seen this as an early version of spin to cover some of the serious failings o...
Does anyone know much about the Royal Artillery in WWI in Palestine, against the Turks? My Grandad came over on boxing day and mentioned he took part in this campaign, using pack mules to carry the guns
Hello everyone This is my first request on this forum and I hope some of you can help with info. On TOM Modellbau's website (http://www.tom-modellbau.de) I have found a 1:35 French artillery crew for the 75. I have attached an image of what I suppose is the box top.
Perhaps some o...
Has any one out there had a go at dismantling the recuperator on a 10.5 cm (or similar) howitzer. How dangerous would this be with the spring load? Any hints would be appreciated.
Can anyone help with this story about the creation of a WW1 urban myth? This is that hoary old tale of Russian soldiers passing through London with ?snow on their boots? on their way as reinforcements for the Western Front.
Some years ago I read (in some local newspaper) the obituary of a veter...
The US army, and most of the others nations that fought for that matter, had extensive enginner corps, that often attempted t odig under the german lines, several books state, that the AEF brough to Europe lots of minning equipment to do tunnel digging, but it proved often impractical in combat, do an...
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Greetings from Spain
I send you the address of my new website: http://www.diorama1914.com
It?s a website written in spanish (for the moment, at least). I have built it to boost the WWI modelling between the spanish-speaking modellers. I have included LANDSHIPS as a main link....
Digging around in the stacked boxes in my garage to extract the Ehmar Tadpole kit I unearthed two kits I bought in a Houston model shop many years ago. One is a French AT gun from the late 1930s and the other is a WW1 Schnieder 75 field gun. The kits are both in 1/35 and were made by a company called TOM. Does an...
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Ive seen some limited info on the char D3 icnluding some photos
what about the char D2 how far did the proejct go and are there any photos of it
any help would be great
& :"Redleg" here yet again. I took a close look at the photo of the vehicle towing the camouflaged 155mm GPF and I am certain that it is actually a Renault EG heavy artillery tractor due to the construction of the cargo box (note the front seat walls, the Latil's were made of metal, not wood), t...
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It's been a while since I posted here but my travels have taken up to much time to follow this board. I have put the finnishing touches on getting a demo of pre-1930 AFVs restored by my long time compatriot Hajo. The event will take place near Nida (on the Curonian Spit) on the first weekend...
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I ran across this great site on Czechoslovak Armoured Cars in Russia 1918-1920. it is in Czech, but it has some great photos. it was posted on Missing Lynx Check it Out!!!
Can any body translate this?????????
http://mujweb.cz/www/tanks/Broneviky.htm
All...
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I know this question has been asked for years, But I would like to here other peoples opinon's, on the possibility of a Polish A7V.I have read every thing I can get my hands on about the A7V, and how,where and when each A7V was made, and destroyed. But how about all of the Uberlandwag...
Hello Guys, I had to get away from the family for a while, I was looking over some notes I have on Russian WW1 tanks, We have discussed the Mendeleev's monster,in depth on the Vezdekhod,and recently about the Tzar Tank (Lebedenko). Thanks to Stoyan we no about the SHCHitonoska tankette,the Polevoi Br...
I want to point out that the four great action photos at the bottom of the entry on the 18cm Belagerungskanone M.80 are actually of the much more commonly seen 15cm M.99/04 field howitzer. The barrels on these guns are too long and slender and the breech ring is beveled (squared off). That of the 18cm M.8...
Found this on a random search. Check it out!
BIG spg? Something common? What is it?
I think I see some sort of coupling system at the rear, so this is probably just some kind of horrendously huge gun-carriage, but if it is, why so big? Are we sure this thing wasn't self propelled? The engine would...
