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...
Came across an interesting pic the other day of a MkIV adapted to push mine rollers ahead of itself. Got very little joy from Bovington other than "we appear to have very little other than a copy of the Mark IV Invicta mine roller at Dollis Hill that you already". The Live Steam guys have got qu...
I have an article in this month's Military Modelling. I've made some micro dioramas in 1:285 scale and the article explains how. I have credited this site for some of the information that helped me to create them. THANKS!
Hi everyone, my name is Clark Ward, and I am volunteering at the National Armor and Cavalry Museum's armor restoration shop, documenting the M1917 tank that we have there (which is the version with the 37mm M1916 cannon). There are no blueprints for this tank (which is what I'm doing), and we found re...
Don't know how long these have been available, but Wings of the Great War have two tank models available; A7V and MkIV Male. http://wingsofthegreatwar.com/ These aren't kits, they are supplied assembled and painted. Not sure about the accuracy of the MkIV, both the paint scheme and rear armour det...
. . . on seeing a quiz question in the paper yesterday: "Why would a Russian use a Sokol suit?" Years of arguing that there was no such thing, gun, inventor, company, or anything at all called Sokol flashed before my eyes. Fortunately , it turns out that a Sokol suit is worn by cosmonauts. And...
The Polish company First to Fight have released their set 033, including two kits of this gun without crew. I take it IBG are involved in their kits. You can see an unboxing video here. A review in English with photos is to be found here. This looks really good to me. The number of spokes is correct for a Fre...
We have now ready for sale correction sets for Takom kits of Mark I Male and Female tanks as well as two stowage sets with typical British boxes, cartes and cans. The Mark I cab superstructure has been reworked and features now the correct arrangements of bolts and rivets.For more information look he...
Hi, bought a pile of Manchester Guardian WW1 Mags. found this dummy tank made in Canada for recruting purposes. any one know more on it. must have been fun making it, as it is way larger than than an actual tank. Regards, Sandy -- Edited by nurgle on Tuesday 2nd of February 2016 06:56:36 AM-- Edited by nu...
Hello! I need an identification of the towed gun on the photo. Is a cylinder on the left of the barrel symply а case for swab or some kind of the antirecoil system?
Greg's French 75 mm French Artillery Model1. Preparing for the build, design process, first parts Introduction:In early April, I joined Landships, announcing my plan to scratch build a scale model of the French 75 mm Canon de 1897. I selected this because of my grandfather's participation in a hi...
Obviously tanks have to be moved to the front and the most usual way of long distance movement is by rail for a variety of reasons.During some research I have had constant mention of rail gauge being the limiting factor for a tank design and that the British Army in WW2 (certainly early on) were not happy...
Quick shot of the WD Models GS Wagon - just needs the rear door fixing (once I find it that is) and painting and it's done, have decided to leave the horses off and have it being loaded/unloaded. Nice straightforward model that builds similar to the real thing, having climbed over a 1915 example ? [IMG]h...
Found these bolt holes on the Brussels Mk. IV. Initially thought that they might have been for the additional rail put on the top towers, but they are too far back - any ideas? Tony
I have a Hotchkiss portative in 303 British. In all the research I have done on the weapon I have never seen what the mount looked like that used in a tank. Any help in this regard would be appreciated.
So with the supply tank finished, the Mk.IV Male close to finished, the Mk.IV female progressing nicely and the A7V done it's time to start something else. Contrary to my post on RCD's thread about the warped track frames on Emhar's Tadpole, so long as they're held square while the whole assembly drie...
