In the light of the Mk VI/Mk V** confusion, I thought I'd put this gent's email on here. He was most pleasant and helpful over the Mk IIs at Arras, and corrected the captions.He's Geoff Spender, Assistant Curator, email:gspender at iwm.org.ukI've got a bit of a backlog that I must send to him when I get t...
Just breathing a bit of life into this section. Ditched A7V. I suspect a rhomboid would have little difficulty in negotiating this obstacle? Hedi. Leipzig at a guess? A7V manufacture.
How common are the rectangular markings on British vehicles and when did the first get used? I understand them to be to provide false points of aim for the enemy to try and prevent them firing at the actual view slits. Are these markings examples of those or just something else/random? I ringed the four...
I've rewritten the article to take account of recent developments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Wheel_Tank All thoughts welcomed. Much of this seems to be the handiwork of a Hungarian gent, who has lifted the photo from Landships. The incorrect article can be found on Hungarian and Po...
"The new-fangled "land-ship" was nicknamed "Creme de Menthe" and its commander Arthur Inglis, of the Gloucestershire Regiment, helped change the course of military history. He was the first man to lead tanks into battle and his heroic efforts during the Battle of the...
Thought you may like to see some of the new things in the works.Nice though the Emhar Whippet is I've always had an issue with tracks... they just don't look realistic to me.There should be a space between the track and the outer rail, you could just run a scriber around the inside of the track to simulate...
Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article on the American Steam Wheel Tank contains the following mistake: It was also known as the Holt Steam Tank and the Holt 150-ton Field Monitor (a false name intended to hide its design features from Germany). I removed this a while back, but someone has reinstat...
Dutch site http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/ has a series of very fine quality photos from mostly WW1 for tank related stuff. I won't reproduce them here as many appear elsewhere although some are better quality than I've seen before like these http://i.imgur.com/g0ibpQe.png http://i...
No release date yet but it feels like we are getting there. They are asking in which plastic we want the two Belgian sets (infantry / infantry heavy weapons) to be produced so you might want to raise your voice. The same goes for the set of 1914/15 French artillery crew figures. http://pub19.bravenet....
Stumbled into this looking for something else which I thought may be of interest. It's the War Diary of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 1914-1919 as a pdf which means you can ctrl-F to search for key words or download it which is very helpful. link http://laughton.ca/mirror/military/...
Just finished this - a new Wayne McCullough design - not available yet - still getting the last bugs out of the model. Wayne's model is 1/48 I rescaled it to 1/50 so it will fit in my Gun Carrier. Regards, Charlie
To understand the rationale behind this thread, it is worth reading through my 'Building the Mk1 Tank' thread.? I would like to thank MK1 Nut for her inspirational drawings, my own limited resources and the help from all the other members of this community for being able to put this together.? If you h...
I am sure I have seen a long table with all of the known British WW1 tank, names, index numbers, and even commanders etc. listed somewhere but for the life of me cannot locate it now. Was trying to find it to look up the known names and outcomes for the Whippet tanks in particular. I'd like eventually to see...
Confession time!? I find it very difficult to distinguish Mark III Males from Mark IV Males. What are the identifying points to look for, apart from the serial numbers?
This is more to do with the Berlin 1945 Mk Vs, but can anyone i.d. the gun in this picture? It might help to dispel the nonsense about the tanks having taken part in the fighting. Many thanks.
Can anyone help me or tell me where I can find the names of some of the A company tanks at Ancre 1916 . As Im working on a painting of A17 , one of the tanks that features in the?Battle Of Ancre?Film. I know that they were named after shows and songs like H M L S We're All In It?. Thanks
Something that crossed my mind while I was attempting to explain to a pillock on Wikipedia that the "Short" Hotchkiss was manufactured in Coventry, not Enfield: The Mk V*s that were delivered to the French - what machine guns did they carry? I can't consult chars-francais.net because the site is dow...
I have a few pictures from Duxford. It's a great museum, yet their Landwarfare Hall is a photographer nightmare! As a result I don't have that many shots of that area and I've missed quite a few interesting artillery pieces. 6 inch 30 cwt howitzer 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone L/17 M08 Only 12 of these guns were b...
Hello friends,a newmodel of thebrand Flyhawk Model andofoutstanding quality.Itis tiny,but the quality isimpressive.1940Frenchcamouflagethreehard-edgedtones.A smallambienceI hope you like it.It's a greatmodel ofthis smallFrenchtank.Regards¡¡-- Edited by Gefreiter otto on Sunda...
HelloFinally I managed to finish my research on "Hedi". I have examined closely all the sexteen (!) pics that are known up to this day. Now the result of this long-lasting work is available in form of the most accurate 3-view drawings in 1/35 Scale. [URL=http://s240.photobucket.com/user/Peter_...
This is my latest project, a Putilov-Garford armored car in 1920 Polish markings. I had the older Armo resin kit, but I shelved it due to turret issues. Some original plans from the Putilov plant appeared on Facebook this past year, which made it clear that there were dimensional issues on the resin ki...
