I made it back to the US about a week ago from another Middle East tour and have gotten back to work on the collection. Here is a photo of the German 10.5cm lFH 1898 Limber (Protze) with much of the six horse team's saddles, harnessing, saddle bags, frogs, sabers, and horse shoe carriers. Still missing...
Strelets' heavy artillery kits may not have been a triumph so far but if their kits improve in quality as much as their figure sets did recently, quite a lot of 1/72 collectors could be happy. Well, there is hope. They are thinking of designing the Skoda 305mm gun so could anybody please help them out wit...
Great to see this at Tankfest. I was surprised to that the 75 was still attached to its artillery carriage, with wheels removed & just bolted onto essentially axle stands!
Thought people might like to see our latest TSF turret. We will combine this one with the first to have a complete one. Don't know history of it as it was offered to us by a dealer.
Recently I visited a local collector of WW1 militaria. To my amazement, he lives just around the corner, he has a 42cm cartridge standing in his hallway. Close inspection revealed a production year of 1917 Karlsruhe. Regards, Harry The prim...
A few years ago dsbaker4au posted a thread about a Kickstarter project for 28mm WW1 tanks. They do look very good and appealed to me as the MkIV sponsons can be removed and for me cut back to be used for rail transport. A little expensive but apparently, they will on request produce the tanks in other scal...
I am part of a team of military veterans that is producing short videos about interesting events, places, and people in military history. It is a non-commercial project. Our first video is about the French FT 'Five of Hearts' that was operated by American soldiers in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive....
according to the braille scale section of missinglynx.com the following 1/72 scale models of WW I artillery pieces are due out soon: FTF Skoda 100mm wz14/19 Sterlets 155mm St Chammond Howitzer and 220mm Schneider howitzer
Do you have any information or more photos of the Scunthorpe Mk IV presentation tank? Do you know what is written on the sponson? Did it see service in France or was it just a training school tank?
Well it's not up to Meng or Takom standards but in 1/72 scale the old Emhar Whippet is the only game in town and with a little effort it can be built into a nice model. First step was to do something about the tracks. I've never liked the moulded on look as it lacks the characteristic flats around the drive s...
Hi, I have been revisiting my interest in Mephisto's armament in Solidworks, teaching myself (poorly) as I go. Here's what I have done so far. Feedback is welcome. I make no claim to accuracy. There's a scarcity of information with regard to the gun mount, so there's lots of guess-work, deductions an...
Dear friends! Help me find the drawing of this gun. 37mm/1 (1.5") Hotchkiss M1884 naval gun: 22.8 Calibers -- Edited by Valeriy67 on Saturday 8th of July 2017 01:07:23 PM
I saw this picture on Pinterest. In the background there is an A7V. At the underside of the MG there is something attached at the front and back of the MG. Looks like a wire..... Anyone knows what it is? Willem
Hi All, Just a quick one for all those in the Bedfordshire area, there is a show on by the Chiltern model club on the 3rd of September at the Weatherley Centre in Biggleswade, lots of models to see and traders to take your monies of you. ...
Armor plate was still in its infancy during WW1, but I wondered about regular steel. Obviously more advanced, but I wondered if tank tracks aged in the same way as they would on those of later eras. Did they rust more readily? BTW I bought a Hermaphrodite British Mark IV tank kit. Really, no other ve...
Bonjour, citoyens! Am in Vaux-en-Amiénois, one of Mephisto's resting places in 1918. This afternoon I stood on what I calculate to be the spot where Mephisto got stuck during the advance on Villers-Bretonneux, or at least close to it. Right opposite Monument Farm, now known as La Ferme de la Couture...
Hi, not sure if anyone is interested, But I find that listening to audio books while doing my tanks to be conducive to my mental health. Especially when that little piece you just snipped off the sprue flies off into the shag carpet.. this is a WW-1 audio book of Life in a Tank.. as far as i know this is in the...
