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...
Hi there allI was wondering people’s opinions on the new PanzerShop Mk.I Supply tank conversion set:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mark-I-Mk-I-Supply-British-tank-WW1-1-35-PanzerShop-resin-conversion-PS260-TAKOM-/161985688287?hash=item25b71972df:g:w1UAAOSwG-1WyvT8To me the n...
)))) Many thanks to Valery Sorokin, as usual! Старик Прогулкин (Starik Progulkin) in Russian, starej Procházka in Czech - play of words ))))Franz-Iosif II
Hello Currently I am modelling the Takom MK1 Male C 19 "Clan Leslie" and I have some questions concerning the steering tail . I Hope someone can help me. - I am looking for a clear picture or diagram with the hydraulic connections of the tail lift actuator ( and also where they went int...
Hello again, My Takom MkI C19 is getting near completion, and as always at this time my mind begins to wander about a new project. A few weeks ago I posted a photograph of Mk1 (Ozatel) at the beach of Palestine. I like the Takom M1 kit and I like this photo , so this is at the top of my list. When I pos...
I've been meaning to do this for ages. I think I promised Helen a world exclusive a while back. Anyway here goes: The name Little Willie is said by, amongst others, David Fletcher to be a reference to Crown Prince Wilhelm, based on a German nickname for him. I think that's correct, but in a rather more cir...
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...
Witam wszystkich :)Nowy model z ośmioboczną wieżą i Hotchkiss ...Mam nadzieję, że to lubisz ...Pozdrawiam - Andy[Img] http://i.imgur.com/ZaH9ap8.jpg [/ img][Img] http://i.imgur.com/yU6p9d3.jpg [/ img][Img] http://i.imgur.com/U9aaDFY.jpg [/ img][Img] http://i.imgur.com/wKu...
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."
