What does the top of the US Army Steam Tracked Tank look like?The little circular hole in the front of the tank, is it supposed to be for a machine gun mount? Or is that where the flame thrower was mounted?Have we determined for certain that the "flamethrower turret" on the top of the tank is a hoax? I am...
Good afternoon! I have an other question On the Takom Mark IV's you get four pe-parts which have to be attached to the inner-backsides of the tank. There is nothing attached further down the build to these pe-parts. This week I asked a question about the way the wooden beam was attached to the rails and...
HiThis small cannon should be the least known of the Chilean Army, as its caliber is not commonly used by this Army, and served at the same time as the mountain gun and field gun Krupp of 75 mm M / 98 which were much more known-.They were the political re...
Just a note to say that I was at Thiepval on July 2nd (couldn't get tickets for the big one on the 1st - we were outbid on ebay by some people called William and Kate). Also visited Albert, Amiens, and the museum at Villers-Bretonneux. Photos of various things to follow. The ceremony on the 1st was telev...
The recent post of Kora's 1/72 Lebedenko prompted me to post the cardmodel equivalent. This is a cardmodel on steroids - the scale cube in one of the images is 5cm on a side. The wheels are built up with copper wire spokes - I haven't painted those black yet. The model lacks the guide rail on the back of the...
I was looking around for some decent U.S prices o MGM kits (And a US distributor for that matter) when I found this: http://henk.fox3000.com/mgm2.htm If the kits here are new releases i've never seen them before, and Kaiser Bills ghost look its an LK II! in 3 variants! Greetings, Josh
David Fletcher has recently done a Tank Chat on the Mk V. It's on YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6xMm0GVlw Apart from that, though, is what looks like a fascine on top of a tank behind him. Is it new? Wnat tank is it on? Is it real or fake? Anyone know anything?
Following David Fletcher's remark on the Mk IV Tank Chat that fascines were used only at Cambrai - " . . . so if you see a tank with a fascine on it, it must be taking part in the Cambrai action somewhere along the line. . ." - I got to wondering. It's often reported that 400 fascines were made, but were they al...
Ladies & Gents, The above has a very thorough 8 page build article on HMLS Kia-Ora by Pete Heath, based on the Takom Mk.I Female. It is a nice build, with pitfalls of the kit overcome and Mk.I / Gaza features comprehensively tackled. There are some minor misunderstandings or poorly observed deta...
In looking through some old issues of Airfix magazine I have there are some WW I vehicle conversions that be of interest to some. Note there is an Airfix modeling site online but I can't remember the name. Nov 1968 WW I salvage tank Apr 1969 MK II supply tank and MK V Female conversions Apr 1968 i believe ha...
Hi, I just started a new blog called "The Somme Reports". I am transcribing and translating into English the main newspaper articles in July 1916 from the original German newspapers in our archives. I plan to do it for the whole of July 1916. I'm also publishing some of the photos to which we have access...
Has anyone else tried and failed to access the message boards at http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/ ? I've obviously registered at some point, but now can't "verify" myself, and therefore can't post anything. The links seem to send me in circles, and the links to the webmaster don't do anthin...
HiOvercome my frustration (frustrates me silly answers, bla..bla..bla), I show them two howitzers Krupp CampaignKrupp de 10,5cm (105mm)L 12 Modelo 1898, fabricados en 1899.. The first was part of the arsenal of the Argentine Army, the second was an experimental model not entered service, and w...
I understand that Mark I - IV tank engines were manufactured by Daimler who also produced the transmission.I also believe that they built the engines at their Coventry factory Does anyone know who designed and built the gearboxes? Stephen
Having discovered the excellent WD Models 1/76 scale vehicles and figures, I decided to model some WDLR. I could not find any locos available and decided to have a go a scratch building a Simplex 20hp petrol loco for inclusion in a small diorama.
When you look at the decalsheet of the Meng Whippet there are decals for "The Musical Box". Only the correct number (A344 is not included) ...... and there is no reference to it in de building manual Anybody knows what is going on ? futhermore , Is this a picture of the actual "The Musical box"? greet...
Good day to you all!Starting to work on my Takom Mk.V and looking at the options. In the instruction they tell me, in order to get a hermaphrodite version, to place the sponson with the 6 pounder on the right hand side and the machinegun sponson on the left hand side of the tank .But am I correct that at Sm...
In the last few months, I imported the box and seat section for a German 7,7cm lFK 1896 n/A Limber. I already had the under frame, axel, limber pole, wheels and foot board/trace chain hooks. Last week, I put all the parts together and they fit nicely. My plan is to patch some of the holes in the limber box...
When the 29th Divisional Artillery was reorganised on 23 August 1917 one consequence was the creation of a Trench Mortar group commanded by Capt T S Sayers. Under his command he had 3 French Dumezils (I assume the 58mm medium mortar), 3 Woolwich made 3.7-inch light mortars, and a 6-inch. My query is wh...
Had this version pistol ports on the drive cab roof as Mk IV or periscope mounts as Mk I? Was the pistol port aside of the rear observation hatch present? I look at many pictures but no clear one of the upper hull Thanks.
Was dragged to the above tourist attraction at the weekend. For those unaware, it's the place where German codes were broken during WWII, and early computers developed to speed up the processing of the information. Roughly speaking. IMO it's mostly pretty tedious. For the astonishing fee of £17.5...
Greetings, Josh