(For those who don't read Landships II) the Schneider CD was a heavy artillery tractor built using the chassis of the Schneider CA1 tank. 400 of these tractors were ordered but only 110 were delivered before the Armistice. Deliveries to the French Army stopped after the 200th vehicle and a further...
Hello together, i need yout help, please. My name is Alex, i´m from Bavaria / Germany. elbavaro told me that you could possibly identify the following model that i bought yesterday at a flea market. Maybe it is just "mortar-style", may be it has a real model. It is definitely old, a real good handwork. I...
Wanting to paint a Mk.IV Tadpole in its factory colour of battleship grey. Is there any info as to which shade of grey this would be? Would like to assume it would be standard RN grey of that period?
Gary
Took me about 18 months to complete as we moved house half way through the build. Pretty much out of teh box build aside from turned brass muzzles and additional cooling hoses for the Maxim MGs... ...
You are probably aware that I have been posting improvements for the new MB Mk 1 tank steering? tail and that I have mentioned that some of the techniques apply to the Airfix unit.? Well in an idle moment I started modifying a spare Airfix tail and decided I should post the work for anyone to follow, well a...
I have been told this is a Schneider CA 15 cm M1917 SPG prototype. Is this wrong. I am having difficulty finding more information on this SPG. I could not find it on the Landships II site
Hello I understood that the firsts MK I had the front wheel with teeth as the drive sproket It seems that it was not the case for Gaza's tanks. For " we are all in it " : teeth or no teeth ? If somebody can help . thanks in advance Best regards Olivier
At long last I can present to you my plans of a MK1 Tank. I have split the plans into ten panels and will be adding to them as time allows me to finish the female sponsons and tail wheel mechanism. The plans are as accurate as I can achieve at this moment in time, but I see them as a living thing and will be making...
Hi Found this site recently and have just signed up. I'm an armour modeller and I build just about anything in 1/35 scale. Currently going through a phase of a few WW1 vehicles. Lots of info on this site which is proving useful for future builds. Gary
(Excuse me for english) Recently beside us appeared such information: Active workers " Societies of friends the Lincoln-tank " have declared intention to restore the tanks which are being Lugansk. And even are ready to find for this means. According to the most conservative estimates...
Below is a photo from the Imperial War Museum. The description seems to infer that the tank was disabled due to a gas attack on the 24th August at the Croisilles Crossroads. The Landships website seems to be uncertain if this tank is indeed abandoned? Does anyone have anymore information about the tan...
Between 4 and 16 March 1918 Mark IV Male tank Drake 137 moved around various parts of London: Southwark, Bermondsey, Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Lewisham, Camberwell, Lambeth and Bromley. Then in April and May it moved to the north west of England: Rochdale, Wigan, Creww and Southport, also Cr...
Ok, not strictly a WW1 model, but could certainly represent a typical 1914 - 18 road somewhere in France.Had this piece in my stash for what seems like ages and decided to throw some paint at it. Originally mastered by Frerik Noordhuis, it's available through a US based company called Celticwerks Cas...
Now this is interesting. In WW1 the Germans did not know what to call the tank. (Mark II Male tank with spuds/spades on the tracks to improve grip). Is the identity of this captured tank known? There seems to be a lot of photographs of it on the internet. on the right side is number 799. - Cancel I have just...
I have not seen this inverted V fitting over the engine exhaust on a 9067 Mark V Male tank before. What was it used for? photo from Colonel John Berkley-Miller's album. 8 Aug 18 - 2nd bttn, A Coy, 2Lt Greenwood P - Attacked. KO between Green and Red Lines.
Apologies if this has been posted before but here's an HD video transfer of archive footage of US Army forces with a pair of captured Big Berthas at the end of the Great War. It's on the Critical Past label and thus is watermarked, but the watermark is not as obtrusive as one might fear. Un-watermarked vi...
On my last project I started converting a Takom Mk I into a Mk II. I will reproduce a Female tank (most probably the well known THE PERFECT LADY). Decals will come from set #35008 of ddecal.ru.com owened by Alpha Six As well discussed in another thread Takom Mk I is a good start kit but its drive cab is too na...
Image reference CC-BY-SA-4.0 https://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01%3A001831593 There's no other information or date with it but I couldn't help but notice the unusual camouflage over the sides. I can't see any Id numbers but was hoping perhaps she could be identified by the damage or camo. I...
Staff at Bovington are looking for photos of War Bond tank Egbert Mark IV Male 141 surrounded by people both male and female. Do you have any? Also, can you clear up a problem? On this page, it shows a tank number 142 not 141 at Eastbourne called Egbert??? http://hovehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/...
I recently got the book by ILL "Military transport of WW I" by Chris Ellis besides WW I transport it deals with pre WW I and post WW I vehicles. it has color profiles and some FWD conversion pictures. It dates from 1971 is still usefull.
Would anyone know what the colour of a 75mm Turkish field gun used in WW1 at the battle of Beershebah 1917 would have been.. our R.S.L. is wanting to restore one and would seriously like it to be as authentic a restoration as possible. I have attached a photo of this gun taken after it was restored from a...
