I've just been reading a very detailed account of the action at V-B. It seems that the 14 A7Vs were taken by rail from Charleroi to the front, then unloaded and taken "a short distance" to the village of Wiencourt-l'Équipée, about 4km from the front line. What interests me is: where exactly were they un...
Citizens! Remember this entertaining and informative discussion about the Tank Malvomahttps://landships.activeboard.com/t50646898/mark-v-female-question-for-identification-of-the-vehicle/
There are a lot of WW1 photo's in the National Archives, many being of tanks. These are of good quality and big, really big. Below are links to just a few that I have found, some are well known. These photo's are too big to post here, the images below are just thumbnails. To open the original photo follow...
Finally, after many years of questions & detective work - mostly on 'here', with the invaluable assistance of fellow members, I've lifted the lid on my first WW1 kit. The origins of Supply Tanks and the debates surrounding their conversion are well enough documented elsewhere on the forum - by f...
American Photographers going into battle lines on a British Army Tank. Sgt Morris and Pvt Persse, somewhere between Villeret and Bellicourt. France. Photographer: Pvt E. J. Peter. Location: France. Date September 29, 1918. NARA Ref#: 111-SC-24534
I've just come across this rather disturbing reference in a bibliography: Swinton, Ernest D., 'Tanks', in The Encyclopaedia Britannica: The New Volumes, vol. iii (London & New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 12th edn, 1922), pp. 677 - 98. This is terrifying. I might be wrong here, but it soun...
G'day all, In the absence of the Matador Models modification kits (unless Michel from Black Lion Decals can get some for me next week at Folkestone), I am looking at making some 3D Shapeways prints of Mark IV Male, Female and Tender sponsons for the Airfix kit both extended and retracted/folded for ra...
I've visited the Museum and I failed to identify a few pieces. Any help would be appreciated: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ddmw9u]Unidentified british howitzer[/...
hi I‘m new to modelling but would love to scratch build Great War trucks, armoured cars etc. does anyone know of a supplier of wheels to suit this period? I am interested in 1:72, 1:35 and 1:32 scales. Thank you for your kind attention cheers John
on youtube I found the following videos on getting dressed: Getting dressed WW I the British soldier getting dressed the VAD nurse getting dressed WW I the young woman getting dressed in a 1914 fashion note there are other getting dressed videos on various periods in history
I won't make a habit of spamming book info here but I figured people might be interested to see the following two books from FWD Publishing. Robert Macfie covers one of the least known and temporary members of the Landships Committee from WW1. The American born Robert Macfie including some bio, his ba...
This is from the book "American Military vehicles of WW I" Albert Mroz Page 26 FWD trucks on there way to England painted grey were unloaded from trains and painted green and sent to the US Army on the Mexican border after the March 1916 raid by Pancho Villa on Columbus New Mexico when the US Army really n...
Fantastic Clyno Motorcycle combination, as used by the Motor Machine Gun Corps, and due to be released in 1/76 scale by WD Models later this year, which i've been waiting years for! [IMG]https://i282.photobu...
Clark Model announced today that they intend to develop a 1/16 scale Mk IV Male, something I've wanting to see for years. Not sure yet if it will be kit &/or RTR tank, I have Takom FT-17 which I'm currently converting to RC so this is a plus. If you don't know Clark, they are a major supplier of RC tank &a...
I'm looking for information with regard to a postcard with a tank shown on it, there is a number on the rear of the tank, the tank seems to have been ditched at the side of the road. The postcard in question looks as though it is from the 3rd Ypres area, the road from St Julien to Ypres, the number is partl...
The enduring symbol of Germany despite it being only invented in the mid nineteenth century and going out of use during World War One, and used by several other countries even today for ceremonial reasons, mocked by Heinrich Heine, and ending up being covered during World War One soldiers. All repr...
Hello! First posting for me. I have recently inherited a rather nice model of a WW1 field gun from my late-father's estate. It originally belonged to his father, my grandfather, who fought in WW1. I have always coveted this item for as long as I can remember and I am delighted to be its current custodian...
Not wishing to start a flame war , as this subject does seem to have produced some heated debate in the past, but are we any closer to solving the question, of whether the Stv21 is the LKII, either directly shipped from Germany as a runner, or as a kit? Reading through a couple of old posts, http://...
For 2019 ICM have announced: FWD Type B Truck Ford T touring 1917 model Liberty Type B Series 2 Truck Liberty B with US infantry (unknown if new figures) US driver figures ANZAC driver figures French Zouaves German MG08 Team MG08 British tank crew
, as this subject does seem to have produced some heated debate in the past, but are we any closer to solving the question, of whether the Stv21 is the LKII, either directly shipped from Germany as a runner, or as a kit? Reading through a couple of old posts, http://...