Hi all. This is my newest diorama on 1/72. The tank is a Schneider produced by Wespe. The original kit is quite poor so I improved it adding many new details, as two frames for stowage, two new MGs, a new gun... . Pegasus Models produces WWI french infantry and I improved my three soldiers addind new helme...
I've implemented a new menu system on the models page on Landships II (http://www.landships.info/landships/models.html) This is very simple codewise but relies on CSS (Cascading style sheets) to work. I can't test whether it works on Windows since I have no Windows machine in the house. May I us...
Because you can never have too many brown tanks, I'm really going to have to build something green soon, I decided to do a Mk.I supply tank. Starting point was an Emhar MK.IV, why I hear you ask when it would be easier to start with a Master Box Mk.I... the simple answer is I already had an unfinished one I'd...
Obviously it was used by GB - in the tanks and by cavalry, etc. - and by USA, and a few by Belgium. But was it used by France? I never seen it mentioned specifically.
Hello Does somebody has clear pictures of the sandshiels used on the Mk1 tanks used at Gaza. I want to make a model the damaged Hmls Otazel at the beach at Gaza greetz Ronald -- Edited by SMK on Saturday 26th of March 2016 06:58:51 PM-- Edited by SMK on Saturday 26th of March 2016 07:52:23 PM
The tank museum has launched its new microsite on the 100 years of the tank and its newly updated exhibition Tank Men. the site is http://tank100.org they are also planning on a special event on the 17th Sept (Sat).
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...
Hi BR 8 inch Armstrong BLR (203mm) Were naval and coastal defense guns of the 1880s, but remained in service in many cases up to 1920 / 30.-In Argentina there are three or four "survivors", and came as main armament on board the "Acorazado Alm. Brown " in the early years of the de...
I'm hoping that someone on here may know the WD number of General Sir Arthur Currie's Roll Royce? Over the years I've tracked down a few pictures of the car in question and there are tantalising glimpses of the WD number but in every photo there's always either a lot of glare on the engine cover of someone...
Remember in 2014 how the centenary was going to be commemorated? The BBC was going to run a Great War item every day for four years. Airfix were going to bring out new artillery, new figures, new dioramas. What else didn't happen? Lest they forget.
I have to admit that I am stumped. I am trying to determine how the rounds for a German 7.7cm field gun would be stored in a trench or shelter. In stacks at the ready? In baskets? Crates? And what color would the projectiles be? My only excuse for not having a clue is that I am a siege gun and fortificat...
Just seen the first look at Tacom's 1/35th scale MK1 Male Tank First impression... Love it! There are a few small details wrong that can be easily corrected if you're as bad as me when it comes to Mk1 Tanks. :) On the whole though it is ninety odd percent correct. Never thought I would be saying that about a...
Some kindred spirits have set this up. The title gives a clue. http://brownredgreen.org.uk/ -- Edited by James H on Monday 14th of March 2016 02:29:46 PM-- Edited by James H on Monday 14th of March 2016 02:31:32 PM
Just finished this well designed and easy to build model. The overall impression I get is that it looks almost too big for 1/35. Details a little bit on the rough side but it is certainly an impressive model when finished. Compliments to TAKOM to deliver such an excotic WW1 model. The problem for me is th...
Hi, yesterday I begun to convert a Takom MKIV Male to a Supply Tank. I like this special version so I cannot wait for starting it after I built the Tamiya MK IV Landship. In my opinion is easier to convert Takom sponson parts instead of Tamiya single part sponson. As well known the main differences betwe...
Fort de Douaumont February 1916 a hundred years ago. The adversity and tension between France and Germany created a line of fortifications along their borders. Fort de Douaumont was the strongest French fort along this line, located to the North East of Verdun. Designed by the French military a...
Apart from the title no clues (which is probably a give away) ?but here's the progress so far... A 43mm diameter quarter sphere was a required starting point but after hours spent fruitlessly searching the net I scoured the house with my vernier looking for something the right size. It's amazing what...
On haititrust.org they now have Military operations Togoland and The Cameroons 1914-1916 by F.J. Moberly the British official history and while armor and motor vehicles didn't play much of a role in the campaign they are mentioned see pages: 139 armored truck 159 armored train 164 12 pounder on rai...
Can anyone tell me if any Mk Vs ended up anywhere other than museums, the scrapyard, or the Soviet Union (and Berlin)? Any left in France as monuments/presentation tanks?
Some weeks ago I started to convert a Takom Mk IV Female into a Cambrai Wire Puller. My first idea was to convert her into a Mk II Male but when I saw the new Mk I has all parts to do that I prefear to built this interesting version. This is also my last Mk IV model beeing nest project a Mk II or a Supply Mk I. The sta...
Hello all, I think I know the answer to the question I'm about to ask, (bear with me please), but I'm not sure. Did any Commonwealth Countries, (other than Great Britain), use tanks in WWI? This question not only covers the rhomboids, but the FT-17, Schneider and St. Chamond tanks. I think the answer i...
