A really old friend in Spain sent me this photo, taken from a catalogue on "Ordnance Captured from the Enemy" held at the Grand Kursal casino, in the National Zone in Spain during the Civil War of 1936-1939 He described it as a Schneider mod. 1912 75 mm- Now Mwxico w, along with the former USSR were amon...
With most of the 4.000 or so Renault produced left over after the Armistice, the French Goveernment attempted to dispose of them. Twelve of them were offered to the Argentine Army, which promptly rejected them as unsuitable. Brail contracted a Frech Military Mission after 1919, and acting on its ad...
I have just come across a Flickr photostream with very good quality images of this tank, and noticed for the first time the words 'Exeter August 1954' (with some letters before it I can't make out) written in what looks like weld lines (?) on the cab roof hatch. See https://www.flickr.com/photos/low...
In his book, Organizations and Markings United States Armored Units 1918-1941, Charles Lemons states (page 15), "...The Americans used only the spade, heart, and diamond in marking their vehicles within the combat platoons. However, the company commander was allowed the use of one of the tanks a...
Hi Guys, Saturday I had an enjoyable time at the Bovington Model Show. This is the video a friend kindly took of my Mk1 Tank model having a run around the main hall. :)
I got Battlefield 1 for Christmas and while I enjoy the game there's a couple of details that make me chuckle. It would appear that the British are very well equipped with Krupp 21cm Morser 16s (I mean really, really well equipped). In addition, they seem to have discovered how to fire these weapons wi...
Just finished a beta build of Wayne McCullough's Mark IX Duck. Fairly straightforward to build but the tiny brackets which hold the flotation tanks were a bit of a trial. Regards, Charlie
According to Spanish sources (pre WW1) Peru ordered a battery of these Schneider 203 mm howitzers "that is in service" (that is operational) In Peru. The :Battery" consisted of four railway cars, and a locomotive.: one car for ammunition. another for the gun crews and two cars, each carrying a 20...
Its finally done. A-H are from Hat, Germans Zvezda and Emhar. Morser and Austro-Daimler are scratchbuild. Scale 1/72 -- Edited by Kamil on Sunday 12th of February 2017 01:13:38 PM-- Edited by Kamil on Sunday 12th of February 2017 01:14:49 PM-- Edited by Kamil on Sunday 12th of February 2017 01:16:13...
Upon assembling and painting the suspensions of my Schneider model, I note that unlike tanks of the later era, there were no rubber tires (and probably no rubber anything) on the suspensions. So should wheel surfaces be shiny, like you see on railroad train wheels and tops of railroad rails?
Hi One of the four cannons Krupp 240mm L / 35 survivors in the Historic Battery No. 4 of "Base Naval Puerto Belgrano" fires a salvo during the celebrations of the 135th anniversary of the Marine Corps.-This Naval Base was protected fo...
These were 6 inch naval guns mounted on British 8 inch howitzer carriages purchased by the U.S. in WW 1 and assigned to the Panama Canal defenses. Between the World Wars they were modernized and pneumatic tires replaced the cast iron wheels. In 1939 they were obsolete and about to be sold for scrap....
Curses. Eighteen months ago I had to go to London and pay a fee to watch this, on VHS in the basement of the British Film Institute. Now you can watch it in the comfort of your own or somebody else's home: http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-somme-1927/ Tank business starts at about 1h15min.
While in Buenos Aires some years ago, I photographed this contraption on the grounds of the Muséo de Armas de La Nación, looking for all the world as a dustbin on wheels. A few months later I was given a series in DVDs called "World War One", which dated back to the mid 1960s. On one episode, I noticed some...
While I applaud Meng for the stellar job they did on their recent A7V (it makes the old Tauro kit look like a toy), I'm very disappointed at the way they've handled the whole, "Now that you've bought the original kit, here's a Deluxe Edition you really must buy, because, well, it's got an engine". Seems l...
Here's a photo of cadets of the Paraguayan Military Academy c. 1910 with tone of he Krupp 75 mm L.14 mod. 1907 guns. These guns served throughout the revolutions of 1911 and 1922 and the Chaco War..they were sold to the Spanish "Republicans" in 1937, along wth other Chaco War surplues..Gunther [URL=...
I am hoping to bring out figure sets of the above.I am having some ptoblem in getting good images of the uniform detail.I particular the of what they carried on their backs,rucksaks etc,also the type of water flask,some images show a typical British one others a much larger "rounded one. Many thanks...
Can't remember seeing this before, which doesn't necessarily mean it hasn't appeared here. The caption reads, broadly: "In the background, a captured English tank and a French Schneider tank." I assume those are the two objects I've ringed. Is the caption correct? If so, where might the two have co...
I only have "French Tanks of World War One" as a reference, and it mentions that the original Schneiders were all modified after their failed initial battle. Question: Which specific version does the Hobbyboss kit entail? I'm currently building the wheels and suspensions, and ouch! the tracks...
Thought I'd follow up the lead that Michel gave and bring this up to date. Both vehicles now runners, after a €150,000 refurb - 30k for the Schneider, 120k for the Saint-Chamond - much of it through donations. Saint-Chamond here Schneider here Saint-Chamond converted to diesel, apparently. Detail...
