Another oddity from Murray Sueter's book: "Many of my old Air Officers and myself were much amused at the Kitchener Tank film that was shown at the Pavilion Theatre, London, in November, 1921. Invitations were sent to prominent public people, such as Members of the House of Commons, and many others....
In this video announcing Bov's acquisition of the "War Horse" tank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFbYTYt6Ok8 curator David Willey says (45 secs) that the special effects company came to "copy and replicate one of the Mark IVs we have in the museum." I thought they had only one. Was it a slip of t...
Here are two books that have some info on WW I armored cars: archive.org has "Prisoners of the Red Desert" on the crew of HMS Tara whose ship was sunk a U-boat and they were held prisoners by the Sessuni until they were rescued by a British armored car unit. "A Sentimetal Journey Memoirs 1917-1922 Vict...
IIRC we had a thread on this quite recently, but I can't find it. Anyway, Murray Sueter's book, in which he claims credit for most things connected with the inventon of the Tank, contains a passage from an American soldier at St Mihiel describing an encounter with an enemy tank. There's a lot of it to typ...
Some sources say that Little Willie's turret was directly above the engine and that manning the turret would have been impossible. One of the more alarming claims is that the engine "was placed right in the middle of the machine, directly below the turret, so anyone trying to work in the turret w...
I did buy the Meng kit of the Whippet, but one problem-it only offers the "buttoned-up" version, with maybe the top hatch being openable. I originally planned to do a Russian incarnation, then thought maybe doing the version of British troops in Ireland instead. Trouble is, I don't know anything a...
I just finished new kit from ModelTrans. Because of the concave hull I made railings to disguise it. About 30% of tracks were damaged, other parts were bent. Kit is really poor quality.
What Railway companies built WW1 tanks and which ones? Do you have photos of the factory? I have found these two companies but were others involved?Northern British Locomotive Company limited from 1915 to 1919 Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd 1915 to 1919 -- Edite...
In reading the book "Alexei Russia's Last Imperial Heir" by Margarita Nelpa has some vehicle info: It mentions in September 1914 an ambulance column attached to the Northern Front having 7 ambulances 5 Russo-Balt modified by Adolphe Kergesse and 2 Renaults with "truck snow gear". They were marked...
Strelets do not seem to have a great many admirers here, and perhaps not surprisingly. However they definitely have improved the quality of their figure sets over the last two years, and released quite a number of WW1 sets (Ottomans, Arabs, Polish), so you might have a second look. They have also show...
I've just read Wilson's biography by his son. Not much we didn't already know, but an enjoyable read. I was hoping there would be an explanation of the epicyclic transmission that went in the Mk V, but there isn't. Does anyone know if such a thing exists? I gather it's not the same thing as the epicyclic g...
I have finished my model of the Killen-Strait tractor, but now I am in doubt about the correct color. The 1/76 model that I saw years ago in Bovington was painted light grey,this seems plausible for a prototype straight from the factory. However this thing was cobbled together from existing parts, al...
I have very little information on this photo and I'd like to identify some more of these officers standing in front of, and almost completely obscuring the Whippet tank behind them. Photo taken in 1918 from the collection of Captain Di Paolo (Italian officer in there somewhere) Seems like they ar...
Hello! I'm building a MarkIV and want to show it bogged down during the battle of Ypres, but looking at the pics I've found, I cannot seen any markings on the tanks, even serial numbers... Does anybody have more info about? Thank you very much! Gilles (Lostiznaos)
Hello landship enthusiasts, over the last 2 years I have been visiting this forum every so often and had been asking weird questions about details - the reasons will follow in this documentation: Scratchbuilding a Mark IV in 1/16 scale as precisely as possible, RC-enabled if the tracks allow it. I ha...
The more I look at all the pics on my harddisk I have a slight suspicion, that the Tankograd booklet could eventually be wrong in the interpretation of the hatches. I can’t make out any single A7V with four lovres on the upper/outher side. The picture in Withmore, M. « Mephisto – A7V Sturmpanzerwagen...
There are references to a "stroboscope" in the cupola of FCM tanks. The FCM 1A (later incarnations), FCM 2C and FCM Char de Bataille prototype were all fitted with this device. I think I know how a stroboscope works - two slotted cylinders which rotate in opposite directions - gives the ill...
Hi, I was looking into finally starting a Takom 21cm Mörser, and while comparing it to photographs I noticed that in most cases, an extension seems to be mounted to the rear spade (hope this is the right term). It appears to be a drilled, rectangular plate, as can be seen on some pictures on Landships II...
Not sure if this has been seen before, but I came across two photos of a Tank Tail Light on the Australian War Memorial Site. They say they're not sure if it is from a MKIV or V. Two nice views of the tail light, what ever mark of tank it comes from.
When were Mark IV tank front headlights used? Were there different versions? I know that some were adjusted, needing new holes to be drilled, to give better forward light?
After a long absence from modeling, I have started backdating a 1/72 Five Star Models 26cm railway gun to a WWl version of Bruno. I have started by adding the one of the two undercarriage mounts for placing the gun on a stationary mount. I had to modify the length of the crank shaft as I had made it too long...
