As we all know, the German offensives of March to June 1918 swept throgh the British and French lines, capturing huge quantities of men and matériel. This was achieved without tanks (in any quantity), but using the "new" stormtroop tactics. It seems, though, that the stormtroop tactics...
Dear All, I am trying to get a piece of 'boiler-plate' from a Mk II Tank. Doesn't have to be huge. Large enough to get a metallurgy test done, which will hopefully lead to a ballistics test. If any of you remember the test done by a TV company a few years ago on armour plate at Cranfield, especially on the rev...
Did the Germans actually modify captured Mark IV's beyond remarking and repainting? Which would seem rather surprising with tanks being little used by them anyway.
http://www.sciplus.com/ They sell science-relatde surplus, tools, etc. But I've bought hobby-related supplies and tools from them, such as tiny drill bits. I think some of you can use stuff they sell too.
The Germans used the chassis of the A7V tank for a simple carry cart vehicle to supply the front lines. The French used converted St. Chamond tanks while the British used converted Mark tanks. Why didn't the Allied forces resort to using their own tank chassis to make carry carts, which should have b...
I've been intimidated by the sheer size and parts count of Takom's Female Mark IV tank, but finally elected to start on it. The British color for the tank is listed in the instructions as Tamiya XF-49. Would that be accurate?
Anyone know of the Weald Foundation (former SDKFZ Foundation) they were the ones who had access to have the FT-17 at Bovington tank museum? wheel/ track section, which was ?removed. Not sure if they are building a replica or are restoring an original. Any one know much about them, where they are based...
It came late to the war, and I wondered at that stage how either side reacted to it. It didn't do too well in battle, and I wondered if the soldiers who happened to see it, especially those knowledgeable about tanks, thought it would be a new hope for the German army, or a waste of materials.
In latest issue of French model railway magazine Voie Libre there is a short article about building a model of the French narrow gauge Pechot bogie wagon converted to carry FT17s. Model is in approx 1/72nd scale, and actually uses one of my 3D printed models. I only found out when I got my copy of magazin...
Does anybody have any other photos of Eclipse II. This was my cousins tank. Research undertaken by another cousin has given the following information. On 23rd November, 1917, Lieutenant Alfred King Tripe, my cousin, was killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai. Alfred, commissioned as a Lieutena...
A scratchbuild to fill some spare time while on holiday. I did some 3-view drawings based on published dimensions and photos on the internet. The tracks were modified from the Emhar Mk IV kit, everything else is plastic sheet, strip and rod. The hatch on the top is speculative, as I haven't found any pi...
Hello knowledgeable people, Forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong place. Can anyone please help me identify the markings on this old shell? I have searched the net for one with similar markings but have had no luck. At first I thought the "LANK" was supposed to be "BLANK" b...
Does anybody have pictures of the WW1 US Army mobile workshop trailer? Poor pictures of them exist in the FWD article in Old Motor magazine and in "America Car and Foundry" company history (as they built some of them). The reason being is that this trailer has turned up in the USA and i wonder...
Can anyone recommend a good work on the Battle of Soissons, July 18 - 26, 1918? The more I read about it, the more interesting it becomes. Quite a few sources describe it as the true turning point on the Western Front, but things are a bit more complicated than that. Jones, Rarey, & Icks, and our own Ti...
As part of my masochism project (translating Russian starts to feel like that after a while) I'm trying to sort out the 152mm howitzers used by the Russian Army in WW1. There were two Schneider designs which differed in small details which were accepted by the Russians as the M09 fortress gun and M10...
Hello forum - I hope someone can help me out!I'm a researcher on a TV-doc on First World War. Among many other things we talk about Dicke Bertha. Therefore we need photos to show in the program. I'm been all around google and also the great article here "42cm M-Gerät L/12 Howitzer (Dicke Bertha)&q...
Hi I'm new here, hunting for information on Peugeot vehicles as I have a 1915 type 153A which circumstantial evidence would suggest saw some sort of military service during WWI, seemingly as an ambulance (or not!) Cheers Tony
Hello, I recently purchased the GB Modelli 1/72 Krupp-Daimler Kw.19 kit. Received it several days ago and was wondering about the enclosed camouflage scheme. Does anyone know if the scheme is correct? I love the colors but have never seen them together on a post WWI German vehicle. Any guidan...
Centurion's very interesting article on the Tank Projects 1917 - 1919 mentions a V* tadpole - do any drawings exist of this beast? As there were changes in position for internal stuff, it would be reasonable to assume that some of the external detail would also have altered in some minor way. Scream...
