While going through my Signal Corps photos of the St. Chamond, I found two photos of the first US tanks at the Langres tank center. According to a May 1918 AEF report, the tank numbers were 159, 271, 288, 238, 359, 365, 373, 375, 378, and 382. Presumably, these are the Renault numbers painted on the left h...
Hello friends, a long time ago I visit and used this forum. The reason was I created a lot of modern tanks...sooorry But now I want to start some new projects of the Great war. There will be a Mark I , Mark IV , Austin Mk III, A7V and FT-17. You will not believe, but I got a lot insperation by playing Battlefi...
Hello all, My name is Dylan Stocker. I hope this post is appropriate as the title refers to WWII big bore toys not WWI. I have two of the Type 1 Japanese 47mm cannons available. They are in parts. Would any of you know someone that would be interested in these? These both have live breech blocks and are on D...
I have come across markings on the Russian 107mm M1877 siege gun that I find somewhat puzzling.? The 107mm M1877 displayed in Finland is dated 1884 but is marked "CA". ?This is generally used to abbreviate Soviet Army and in fact the sign giving information for the gun mentions that CA is &q...
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...
