Pals will have seen my input on Mark I tanks and their crews who served at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on Friday 15 September 1916. I am very pleased to be able to announce that my book on the subject is to be published shortly. Several forum members have borne a part in its completion and I would like t...
The Tank Museum is opening a new exhibition called Tank Men; it features eight officers and crewmen who served in tanks between 1916 and 1918. Details are here; http://www.tankmuseum.org/year-news/bovnews53534
Okay, an out-of-box build, warts and all [cab!]... I'm not sure the modeller was that familiar with fitments & details common to Gaza tanks, but really nice paint effects & well worth linking here to refer back to. Loving the 'warm' metal tones, all dulled and darkened. http://www.themod...
A Mark IV (Male) tank H45 ‘Hyacinth’ of H Battalion ditched in a German trench while supporting the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, one mile west of Ribecourt. Some men of the battalion are resting in the trench, 20 November 1917. Commanded by 2nd Lt. Jackson, H Btn, 24 Coy, 10 Sec. During the...
Mk.V tank 9038 of C Coy, 8th Battalion, loaded with wooden bridging material and a specially built contrivance for crossing trenches, stranded in a trench near Cologne Farm, in the Bellicourt section of the Hindenburg Defences, Aisne, Picardie on October 4th. 1918. 9038 was later retrieved and in...
A carrier pigeon being released from a port-hole in the side of a tank near Albert, 9 August 1918. It’s a Mark V tank of the 10th Battalion, Tank Corps attached to the III Corps during the Battle of Amiens. #CarrierPigeons #BirdofPeace Carrier pigeons were used extensively during the First World War t...
A Mauser T-Gewehr – German anti-tank rifle, being admired by some Canadian soldiers and the crew of a RTC Mk.V tank during the Battle of Amiens. August 1918 (Photo source – Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3395388) (Colorised by Paul Kerestes from Romania) https://www.facebook.com/j...
Hello all, found a pic of a tank (obviously WWI - at least it was named as such) in a news article today. I have never seen such a vehicle, does anyone have an idea what this is? Source of the picture (with article in German) is: http://orf.at/stories/2323154/2225557/ regards Herbert
Hello I've been a long time follower of the forum and thought it's time to start asking some of my questions I've carried for years. Does anyone have a schematic, drawing or clear photo that shows the lay out of the roof bolts designed to hold the burst plates on Mark 1 tanks? I've seen the tanks with just t...
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Hello I am busy with the Takom 1/35 MK1 male tankOn the instruction you have to install the armoured plates around the tail lifting actuator on the back plate (part T 27) there is a part that looks light a tail light ( part T 15)I am going for C 19 Clan Leslie which according to the photographs did n...
Hello all, I am wondering if anyone (individuals scratch building or a company) makes military models in 1/12th scale? In particular WW1 of course. Michael
You might recall the discussion about the above, here. I have had some information for a little while and was hoping to pool it with another source, but that hasn't proved possible so I'll explain what I have. I'm very grateful to Dr. Lawrence Napper, author of The Great War in Popular British Cinema of...
Hello All I am a new member of the forum and look forward to getting involved in some of the discussions. Last year I purchased this BM Tank brassard. I assume it is Brigade Major. Can anybody shed any light on it's origin/era? Thanks Dennis
From a review on Abebooks of Ernest Swinton's second autobiography, Over My Shoulder: "His autobiography takes the reader to India, South Africa, and America, and of course depicts the author’s life in England. Sadly Swinton died shortly before completing this book."
Have received this encouraging news from a journalist in Luhansk: Tanks should be fine, there were no fighting anywhere close to them... In fact some Russian soldiers were identified because they took photos in front of those tanks... see report here https://informnapalm.org/en/russian-ser...
Please forgive me,- I post very little here and build even less *BUT* with a pair of Takom Mk.I tanks in the stash and MR Modelbau correction sets being ordered at the weekend, my mind is turning towards building a Gaza Female - either the relatively photogenic Kia-Ora or the seemingly less-so Tiger...
?I have just joined this site today and I am very impressed .Last October I had the opportunity to visit the remains of the WW1 tank Deborah in France close to where it was found. It is stored in a barn at present. We arranged to meet a representative of the owner outside the barn one morning, he spoke no Eng...
As discussed in this old thread, a website has been built for Convoy Models. It appears to be still under construction because parts of it are not working, but it does list all their models that might be of interest to us, and their price list is there as well. Here it is: http://convoymodels.co.uk/
Hi there, I came across some nice brass barrels for the Takom 1/35 MK1 Tank. Just thought I would put a link here for anyone with the kit. Magic Models Helen x
Hi, I live in Australia and am in the process of building a WW1 themed model railway set in 1917/1918 when Australia contributed some Railway Operating Company's. As I am working in 00 Gauge for this, I would like to convert the Airfix MkI's to Mk IV's, rather than using 1/72 kits. I have tried to contact...
Having spent the last few weeks working with Wayne's MkI paper model, redrawing and redesigning it into a number of different guises (see my earlier post), I was really wanting to try and have a go at designing something from scratch - nothing do complex, just something to cut my teeth on! Having been...
Good afternoon all. Have spent the last few weeks completing the first part of a long term project that I'd been thinking about for some time - the modeling of the MkI in all her guises, in paper, at 1/48. Using Wayne's original model (which in turn is based on Helen's amazing plans) I started with a redr...
