Good day to you all.My first posting here, looking on this site now for a while and enjoying the knowledge that is around here! I am building the Takom Mark IV Tadpole and have a few questions. I hope there is someone over here that can answer them:1. does the pictured Mark IV Tadpole with the white o...
Hello - we are a London based production company making a documentary for Channel 4 about the end of the Battle of the Somme. As part of this we are looking to tell the story of this tank at St Pierre Divion on 13th November 1916. I have already made contact with Stephen Pope (who was excellent and very hel...
Gents I'm wondering if someone might be able to advise which unit carried a Diamond as a marking on their Schneider CA-1 Tanks during Second Battle of the Marne. I have seen these sort of vehicles with a Heart on them, but not a Diamond. Background is I recently purchased a number of photos including o...
looking to find a good marking scheme for a American ft-17 in ww1, I have Takoms 1/16th scale kit #1002, 8mm gun, if you have some pics of something good to post do it, or email me at spirfirexvie@outlook.com , America or French Thanks Denis -- Edited by markivmale on Sunday 22nd of May 2016 12:04...
This is an Australian TV ad, urging people to go and see Mephisto at the AWM (13 Australian soldiers went into No Man's Land and came back with it, you know). Anyway, if this is just another example of short-term memory loss, tell me immediately, but at 19 secs there's film of Mephisto that I don't rememb...
is there any evidence that mk Is at Gaza were painted in a colour other than the standard khaki? I've seen references to 'sand' or 'lighter brown' but these could just be fading or weathering
I have a MkV* and Panzershop 26.5'' tracks. In order to use them do I have to pack the sprocket and ideler wheel out so that the track fits neatly between the outer and inner half of the tank body? The panzershop track came with the conversion for the MkV* and is not illustrated in the instructions.
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Hi, I am trying to replicate a female tank used by A Battalion on the 20th and 21st November 1917 at Cambria. I have several questions. 1. Were A Battalions tanks of this period painted in earth brown? 2. How were the tanks numbers printed on the sides? 3. Was any special insignia used by A Battalion....e...
Could you please help me with the next question: I'm working around the model of the second version of Hotchkiss-Ighorsky armored car, also known as "Lotta". And have only one picture, where I may get color from. But I am not sure if this color is correct. Maybe, somebody has more information?
I understand the Turks sent troops to fight on Germanys Eastern front but I was wondering if any fought on the Western Front? I have found the following?old reference to a Turkish cemetery on the Western Front from another forum but no more than that.?"The source is issue 27 of 'Gun Fire', p.42, t...
Hello Can anyone tell me where the stowage boxes of the Whippet Mk a were made of? were it steelplated boxes or were the sides made of woorden planks ? greetz Ronald -- Edited by SMK on Thursday 12th of May 2016 08:19:10 PM
Published four days after the attack at Flers - Courcelette: It would obviously require a couple of boxes of Airfix Germans. Part of a collection of cartoons by Joseph Staniforth on show here: http://www.cartoonww1.org/ Put "tank" in the search box, and quite a bit of stuff comes up. Some of the ca...
Good evening!Looking at a picture that Mad Zeppelin placed I noticed two things that I would like to know more about. 1. In the red circle there is a rope or cable with at the end a hook. It looks like the rope or cable is coming from inside the tank. Is it a winch?2. In the green circle there is a steel rod b...
Does anyone (most likely one for the Brits) remember a character from the Victor comic (circa 1970s?) called Captain Cadman, the Fighting Coward? I have, for some reason, recalled this character whom I came across in an old Victor annual about twenty years ago. The stories were set in WW1, with Cadma...
More than a year ago i posted for the last time. I would like to show some things i am working on at the moment...... Soon more pics ( if i can find the time ) Greetings,Hans.
Hello I recently found a picture of a Gaza MK1 I didn't see before on this site ....( I may be wrong.....) I"m pretty sure it's Ozatel on the beach during (I presume ) the recovery of the tank (See the attached Jibs and sponsonwagon) see also the included well known photograph of Ozat...
With the introduction of tankwarfare the Germans had to counteract and one of their reactions was to create a so called Tanksperre, tank obstacle. There are just a few left and one stands along the Damvillers- Romange sur Les Cotes road ,to the north east of Verdun . Build as concrete structures with s...
Yes, progress is slow on the A7V tank. Meanwhile I found and bought the title figures, as well as the Osprey book on German forces during WW1. I'd like to know how accurate the paint selection colors are in the instructions, for sometimes they can be wrong.
www.ww1-event.org Following on from the great success of the "Tracks to the Trenches" event at the Apedale Valley Light Railway in 2014, it gives us great pleasure to announce that the event is to be repeated and developed in 2016 and 2018. Attracting over 3000 visitors from across the U...
I am trying to find info on the 7,7cm M96 n.a. gun No. 2050. However, most of the info refers to a 7,7cm FK n.a. gun. Can anybody explain the difference between the "M" suffix and the "FK" suffix? Also, is there any record of the issue of the gun to a unit before 1914? Tony
Hi, Got some questions about the A7V Elfriede tank - Does anybody know the full story behind the famous pictures where it lays on it side? Did it happen during combat? Was the crew capture or killed? Where there a fight just after it flipped on its side? - What color was on the inside of this tank? - What col...
