I just completed this conversion. The idea was to use the Takom St Chamond M1 to built a "char caisson" used to carry ammunition and supply for the regular tanks. The Takom kit is definitively a great model, but considering the pics avaliable, the conversion was a bit more complicated than...
One of the things I find a struggle is how to get good looking scale rivets and bolt heads. I tend to work in 1:35 scale. Just wondered if anyone has suggestions or tips for these?
I have used Grant Line products, and am jow on the airship tug, but the size range is limited.
Was wondering if anyone can tell me of the first known instance of a tank running over a soldier? Most of the machines used in WWI weren't very fast and nimble.
To call the rails a travesty is putting it mildly, so I decided to replace them with more accurate ones. I referred to George Bradford's 1914-1938 AFVs, but found that inaccurate as wel in both position and shapel, so I started looking in detail at the Brussels MkIV - Max had sent me detailed pictures o...
Concerning the above,I am planning 2016 for new figure sets for the W^D Models figure sets .I would like to bring out some Italian figures but am having great difficulty in finding good pictures etc. If anyone could help me I would be really grateful. Cheers.
Trying to find a little information on Reserve Artillery Regiments, what guns they possessed. ?I know that regular army divisions had a brigade of two regiments. ?One regiment had 7.7cm field guns, the other often was mixed between 7.7cm and 10.5 cm. ? What about reserve divisions which had only one...
I have been the last year building the WWI tank kits as they become available, (and I have the funds to spare) So far I have built the Meng (post war) Char2C, the Tamiya Mark IV (as a static model) The Takom early St Chamond, The Meng FT 17 (rivet) and am currently working on the Takom Mark IV female. Some o...
Hey Guys , 2016 will make the 100th aniversery of the stalhelm. So next I will mark this with a possible line of 1/18th figures planes and yes armor. My plan is to start with the A7V As most of you know most making and come were done in the field and were not too symmetrical . Should this be carried out or d...
We're truly in the golden age for modeling WWI British Heavy Tanks in 1/35th ... I'm amazed and thankful that we have so many kits to choose from right now. What's available today is so much better than the "ancient" (circa'1991) Emhar offerings, which were the only game! Has anyone done a...
The Osprey book of German World War 1 Panzers mentioned that "Schnuck" was taken to Britain as a war trophy, put on display, and later scrapped with only its cannon surviving. I wondered where it was displayed, and how. I thought of how British Marks III and IV tanks were similarly put on d...
Yes, it was an European building construction method dating from medieval times and probably before that. But I wondered when that method of construction became obsolete and replaced by more modern ones? (Excluding renovation and replications of ancient buildings of course.)
Guys, I'm new to WWI armor and this website. I just got the meng Mk V and the instructions call out for a white interior color. is that correct? I've seen a Russian site about refurb a Mk V and the interior color on their example looks to be silver. Thanks, Dan
I'm not sure if anyone has had a look through the Getty Images recently. I had a quick look just using 'WW1 Tanks' as a search and found a few I haven't seen before. Here's the search result I did... Getty Images
Two new guns by Strelets are now available at Hannants (I know they've been available for about two weeks from other suppliers) Here are the boxes: 6in Mark VII (strangely, this is listed as 8in Mark VII on Hannants and Strelets sites, despite the box art): http://media.hannants.co.uk/pics/STRA0...
I am only an occasional visitor here these days, as I model across 3 different genres, so please forgive me if the answers are buried somewhere else in the forum... My question is regarding the rear storage bin between the track horns. Has a consensus ever been reached about how it was loaded / unloaded...
Ciao Disponibile/available Kit 72042 - Cannone 102/35 Schneider-Ansaldo (master from GZ) €. 15,00 gio -- Edited by giorgio on Monday 16th of November 2015 12:51:18 PM
Hi, please excuse me if this isn't the right place for this, I'm a bit out of touch with forum ettiquete these days. I'm a freelance designer and have completed a range of kits for the British 13 and 18pdr guns with attached carriage limbers, as well as a common artillery limber/wagon combo to suit both....
While researching WWI photographs at the US National Archives I found these two interesting photos. Captions for the photos are: The French-built 75mm field gun used to fire the first US artillery shot against the Germans on 23 October 1917. According to the inscription on the blast shield, the g...
I'm seeking information about this photograph which I have inherited. It shows my great-grandfather (on the right) in front of what I believe is a vehicle from Ruston Hornsby near Lincoln, UK. It is labelled as being an early development of a tank and is dated as circa 1910. Any more specific informat...
