Hello! I am in the process of building Takom's 1/16 Renault FT. What a great kit! I'm planning on putting up a review on my personal tank-enthusiast website (tankjutsu.com), but I want to get a little further along for the pictures. I'm hoping that some of you can help me answer some questions about...
Is the Emhar MK IV Male in 1/72 still in production? If so where? I am thinking of buying one. I am also think of making a Composite tank I can still get the Emhar MK IV female but need a 6 pdr sponson. Can anyone help me find one? thanks in advance.
Hello Landship-members! I had one model on my wish list; the Mark V*. What a beast and I was waiting for the announcement that Meng or Takom would bring this model on the market....... But I could not wait any longer and have tried to make a Mark V* that looks like the real thing. In the building process I u...
For those of you interested The Great War series has a new episode on WW-1 Tanks with David Willey from The tank museum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCmKrf91o4
We have what are called "War Department" numbers; We then have the "Unit letter & No. (???); and, finally - We have the name of the tank. Where are these allocated to the tank and who applies them? If I look at the pictures of three tanks knocked out during the Battle of Cambrai, Eclipse. II. has its na...
Has anybody seen this pic before or any like it? I have seen pics of Mk V** bridgelayer, but not this one with its jib. Quite a load put on the Bailey Bridge test section!!
Hi, I have looked around and did not see much in the way of information concerning how many tanks were given to the U.S. Army. From what I have read, that 47 Mk V / Mk V * were given and were used in WW-1, but were there any others ? even after the Armistice ? I am not including the Renault tanks. Thanks.
I bumped into this curiosity on motorgraphs.com. Some of their captions are very wrong and this one is labelled as a Siddeley 4 seater tourer of 1909 fitted with additional armour plating. I can't say I know much about early trucks so I can't say what it is. I assumed, though from the source that it woul...
Might be a simple question to ask, i am trying to get my head around scaling up parts that are curved and rounded of a model or drawing to a larger size or scaling the other way down. I can do lines and angles by multiplying the width and length or thickness of a part, so a 1/16 scale model that has a part, say 10...
I am searching for decals of war department numbers. On my search I found thse from Archer. Anyone has any experience with these? Are they the right size and shape to fit on a 1:35 Mark IV or Mark V tank? http://www.archertransfers.com/AR35084W.html Or is there another source? Hope to hear, best reg...
I would like to know if anybody here knows of a good source of information on the Austrian back packs for carrying the Schwarzlose 07. My assumption is the Bundesheer of the First Republic used the same system as the Austro-Hungarian Army in WW1. I've found footage of a three-person team during the Vie...
I'm getting a bit punch-drunk with photos of Mephisto lately, but I can't remember discussing this particular detail before. In this stereopticon, there's the front horn of a Mk IV on the extreme right of each image. The two images are of different quality, so you have to juggle them a bit, but I think y...
I am planning on having a go at building a full scale replica FT tank and I am in the process of gathering measurements. I have a Takom 1/16 scale FT which I can work from but was wondering how much the model would be out from an original FT and how much would I expect the sizes to differ which could affect asse...
If you use facebook there is a new group called WW1 Tank Hunter you may like to join. Some of you already have. https://www.facebook.com/groups/115373482501793/
While trying to i.d. one of the films on Critical Past, came across this reference to one called The Unwanted, which allegedly contains scenes involving Creme de Menthehttp://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2011/eye-silent-preservation-premi...
While browsing through some old pubs on Google Books the other day, I came across?an article about the Motor Truck Co. of Brantford, Ont, that was making a 4-ton truck (named the Brantford) for the Canadian Army in 1916.? Does anyone know if this vehicle was used by cthe CEF? Bosun Al
Hello, I'm working on a project about 1st tank vs tank battle | Near VB | France. To a better understanding : Some 3D interactive views will explain this battle, memorials, battle plans, tank in action, ... The project will be use by visitors on a "multimedia table" If you have a good PC and a recent brows...
Hello, Is there somebody who can give me informations, name of a book, website, contact,... All real good informations about 1st tank vs tank battle WW1 near VB (Somme) ? I need to make an interactive 3D map who explain this battle. A 3D map is usefull to show the topography, like this : http://historia...
A while back I got GB-Modelli's kit 72029 from Black Lion Decals. This kit is the mobile version. Unfortunately, I wanted to build this gun in a firing position, so it meant I had to scratchbuild a lot of parts myself...
Hi, I'm Yves. I beg your pardon if i don't speak a fluent english. It's not my native language. I want to found informations about WW1 1st tank vs tank action near VB. (Books, photos, testimonials, ...) Particularly if someone can help me to find a photo of this tank : A1, 4086, Male I want to find identiti...
