I have today received my MB Mk II (Male). Oh dear! A cursory glance revealed rounded top track tensioners instead of squared ends, so the sides are the MK 1 moulding. (in fact the sprue is marked 72001 as per the Mk1's). The moulding sprue for the gun sponsons is that from the Mk1 but cut from the remain...
The EU regime has proposed a new copyright regime which would require any website hosted within the EU to validate the copyright status of each piece of information uploaded to the website. There is also some sort of link tax but I don't know how that would work. Although this is clearly aimed at the in...
Hi! After a Medium markI and a markII, I completed the third Hobby Boss model, the MarkII**. The kit is rather good as far I know and only needs few improvements. My first idea was to fit it with asbestos plates but I eventually only add the typical rear air intake. The purpose was to depict the strange sil...
Hello guys this is my first topic in modelling page modelling with Solidworks program and printed with 3D printer it's not the good quality that I expected but....whatever i also made SMK tank but it's fail since the material being contract and crack
OK, don't get too excited, as it's a model. Tucked away near the Mk VIII at Bov. Produced by the North British Locomotive Company & still in its original paint. However, the card describing it, does say that it may very well have been painted with the same paint that was used to paint the tanks that th...
What is the history behind this MkIV Female tank? It has unusual striking camouflage. It does not have unditiching rails or allied identification white red white markings on the front horns. This would date the photograph to pre Cambrai or post war. Can anyone identify the tank? Are those search l...
I’ve seen a few references to some MkIs at the front still being in grey with the Cyrillic inscriptions. Are there any photos showing these? -- Edited by Davef68 on Tuesday 21st of August 2018 12:54:01 AM
Hi All, Got this new cabinet from Ikea and it doesn't seem to have gone together right... it's ended up looking strangely familiar!? Yeah I've been busy. ;) 3D printing Helen x ? ?
Hi everybody, I just wanted to show you what a customer of ours brought to our place the other day: A German Zeppelin Bomb, probably from 1910-15 Any experts on Zeppelin bombs here by any chance?
Hello to all, after visiting this forum anonymously from time to time, I just registered, because this, i think, is the most probable place to have my questions answered. Two of my Grandgrandfathers died on the western front in 1915/17 and since 2009 - my first trip to Belgium - I have developed an ever...
Just released. An earlier version of the Ford T ambulance. A British version would be nice (are you listening, ICM?) And a Standard B LIberty truck. May there be many more like this. Please.....
I'm wondering if only AWS & Potz &Sand made ammunition for the 20mm Becker Cannon? I've been looking for a HE round and I'm wondering if they made only 3; the HE, Incendiary and Armor piercing bullet? Cheers Dickster
A pic of a fowler B5 Armored tractor I built about a year ago. It is a model from Jacek Bernas (J B Models) It is rated as a simple build but for someone just starting in card modeling it still had it's problems but I think the finished article is ok. There are apparently trailers to go with the model, does any...
Hi New to the Forum and hop you Can Help. I'am Currently building the Takom Mk.I Male and would Like to Know where the Attachment Points are For the Sponson Crane Supports. If there is a Drowing showing their location it would be wonderful. I'am not even sure the Takom Supports are Correct. Hope...
Made an unexpected visit to Bovington at the weekend. Will send some reports shortly. It's changed a bit since I was last there, and the layout has been altered. You have to leave the WWI hall by a different route, and can't get to where the A7V was last time. One of the guides told me it's being kept in the c...
Just been notified of this by Queensland Museum shop:On the 20th of July a brand new comprehensive Mephisto book will be released. It’s about 320 pages of information and an A4 size. It will sell for about $50 Australian. This is being released to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the tank's ca...
I saw a reference to the barrel of the 220mm L Mle 1917 Schneider gun being treated with autofrettage in GBM and wondered how many other WW1 artillery pieces had their barrels made from steel tube which had been autofrettaged - anyone know? For the uninitiated autofrettage is a process where a steel t...
New model from Wayne McCullough - free download on Landships II. The images are from a beta model build of a Mark V* assigned to the US Army 301st Bn. Regards, Charlie -- Edited by CharlieC on Tuesday 31st of July 2018 11:45:28 AM
Hello, Does anyone know the dimensions (length, height, width) of the Skoda 30.5cm Mörser M.16? Also its rate of fire? I have seen 2-4 rounds per minute (seems high) and one round evry four minutes. That is quite a disparity in rates of fire. Regards, Marc -- Edited by MLW on Thursday 5th of July 2018...
It's worth going back to Gallica to see what they've added - found the regulations for the Schneider 280mm howitzer SPG... gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9668769t Lots of drawings of the gun vehicle components. Charlie
I caught the end of "The Travel Show" on BBC last night, next week's includes a 'Laurence of Arabia' experience in Jordan, it's on iPlayer if anyone is interested, but hopefully next weeks will have more. A couple of screen shots below. Hopefully there will be better pictures next week, but the whee...
In the Osprey book "Armored Units of the Russian Civil war Red Army" page 45 there is picture of a painting of the battle of Kakhovka October 1920. It was painted by Ivan A Vladimirov who has a number of other paintings of the Russian Revolution and Civil war periods. Some are online look up painting of I...
I just recently found out that Comberg makes 1/72 scale Russian artillery pieces and Free Time Hobbies sells them. I am buying the following: G7204 Russian 6" Siege gun Model 1877 G7205 42 line (106.7) siege gun model 1877 G7207 6 " fortress gun model 1904 I should have post a message on this site abou...
Quite an interesting question on Quora: "How can I get a list of ships that transported the tanks in WW1?" Don't know why he/she wants it, but I assume that will include those via Southampton, the ferries from Richborough, and, of course, those sent to Gaza. Anyone know where to start?