There is a fairly well known postcard from WW1 entitled "A British heavy gun in action" (attached). By chance I found the images the postcard is based on in the Gallica archive - there were 3 images of the Mark VII gun and crew (also attached). Regards, Charlie -- Edited by CharlieC on Tuesd...
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While browsing my pic folder before starting to paint my rendition of Lusitania, I came across a pic that I haven't seen related to this specific thank.
Note the ruined buildings o...
Has anyone found a way of scratchbuilding MkI to Mk VIII tracks in 1/35 scale to produce something that looks reasonable without spending years on it?
Keep up the good work, gentlemen, this is the best forum that I've come across - active yet without a whole lot of meaningless chatter or bickering...
In the last week and a half I nearly completed the restoration work on the 10,5cm lFH 98 Limber. It is made up of original parts found in France, Germany, Poland, and Russia, along with new footboards/trace chain hooks, and arm rest. It has been an eight year restoration project that pulls together t...
Apologies if this has been settled before; I thought it had but I can't find the thread. The MkIV female tank sent out to Gaza, bearing the name "Revenge". Did she become War Baby II, or Lady Wingate? Or have I got it the wrong way around; did War Baby II or Lady Wingate become Revenge? Was there...
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, so: according to scalemates and perth military modelling, Takom is going to extend it's range of Mk IV tanks by releasing a 1/35 Tadpole with 6" mortar, kit number TAK2015. The promo banner for the kit states that it will have the glue-free workable tr...
Gentlemen, Depending on source 99, 100 or around 100 Erinnerungsabzeichen f?r die ehemaligen Besatzungen deutscher Kampfwagen were awarded. However I know names of only 4 owners: Joseph "Sepp" Dietrich (proof: numerous photos) Ernst Volckheim (proof: photos) Theodor Larsen (pro...
Can be found on Gallica Here: 155mm Mle 77/14 complete manual with drawings 155mm Mle 1877 notes with Drawings 75mm Mle1897 lithograph of colour drawings Brandt 60mm Pneumatic Morter complete manual with drawings ? More to follow ? Cheers ?
Greetings, I am trying to find the post author & pictures that I can only find on Web.archive.org where an Individual was attempting to scratch build a Holt Gas-Electric Tank prototype. Can anyone offer assistance in finding the author or the content? LINK: http://web.archive.org/web/2005...
on youtube there is the Great War Channel a week by week history of WW I. having watched most of the episodes out so far I can say it is partly informative, partly funny, partly junvenile and greatly in need of some better historical research. No pictures of any AFVs as of yet, but he does mention in week 34...
Hi I am hoping someone might be able to help me. I am slowly restoring a 1915 Peugeot type 153A and I am 98% sure it was a military vehicle, and most likely an ambulance during the war. What I do know is it has a 1915 engine and chassis number. It also had a 1918 date stamp on the bottom of the sump, and it arrived...
Hello everyone, ? I have attached a photo scanned from "From the Home front to the Front line- images from the Great war", edited by J. Mahony. I guess the image exists in AWM data base somewhere. The scan is not a good copy but the image in the book can be made out to be a Mark V male named "ME...
In the past, sketches have shown the size and position of the White-Red-White stripes on the tanks. However, the official notification (attached) only refers to the top stripes and not the side or rear stripes. Did these come in on a different date and for a different purpose? Tony
Hello all you fellow modellers out there. Please check out my posting on the Modelling Forum page as I'm trying to find a new home for my almost finished massive Mk1 Male tank modeol. All the best from France. -- Edited by Ginge1959 on Tuesday 22nd of September 2015 05:33:37 PM
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I had some bizarre idea that I might be able to convert (hack to bits) the Airfix and make some semblance of a Mark V and Mark V*.
I rather like the proportions of the V*, so I want one (especially the female).
Anyway, I checked over what was available online and was surprised to find Model Tra...
Dear all, Please see below pictures of my new model of the Master Box Austin 4 series. I did not used photo etched set because have only one of them and will use for the Russian one with Maxim machine guns. On this model I used 0.3 mm wire for the handles and made font hatсh in open position with plastic. Hop...
Obviously post war there was a surplus of armoured vehicles around which got scrapped, sent for static display or just got used for target practice. Found these shots of some later firing trials described only as 'against 'Renault type tanks' conducted in the United States in or about 1933. Fig:22...
Learn how Ernest Swinton invented the tank in time for the Battle of the River Soma, and much more: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DLKXJLeIZLg And the French get the treatment. Badly translated script read by someone who doesn't care. Voice sounds familiar. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A...
I don't remember reading anything about this car in this forum; apologies if I am mistaken. HMAC Ajax at the RAF Regiment Museum http://www.rafregiment.net/RAF_Regt_Museum.htm It's not WW1 vintage, but it's close.
As part of the King's College/British Film Institute fact-finding tour, I paid a visit to the Imperial War Museum, my first since the £49,000,000 refit. I had in the back of my mind that a regular contributor to the Forum - Rob? - had said something very uncomplimentary about it, so I was keen to see it fo...
Apologies for delay in reporting. This film exists in the basement of the British Film Institute in London, and is on VHS. We've discussed it a few times before, and managed to confirm that this clip is from the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TSfFYfk49k The detailed synopsis that, unfort...
