Hi Everybody, I am new to the forum and have taken a new interest in WWI tanks due to a model project so I have many questions on a subject I know very little about! So here we go... I am building a model of a Mk IV tank from the Tamiya kit and I would like to mark it up as the famous preserved machine Lodestar II...
Asked the Airfix customer service about the release date of the announced new-tooled 1/72 WW1 sets: German field gun with crew, British field gun with crew, French early war infantry. The answer is: "These are due in December at the moment but maybe put off to next year." If we show interes...
Hi, I made some new snapshots of my last diorama of this year, hope you like it. Feel free to post a comment or some critism. Here we go. Thanks for watching. Cheers Michel [IMG]https:/...
http://vimeo.com/107454954 remarkable ! I just wonder the rhomboid (mkIV?) on stilts is meant to be ? (2mn09) Note that the tanks have been modified to fire what could be beam weapons. JCC
The November issue of the British Railroad Modeller (vol 22 No 8) has three articles on armoured trains . . . . a WW1 yard engine, a WW 2 armoured train, and suitable figures. Bosun Al
I've airbrushed Humbrol to my Emhar Mk.IV... but after two days since that, the tracks (and not the rest of the model) keep being sticky to touch. Has anyone had this trouble? Is it going to cure in due time? If not, how to fix this? TIA! D.
Hello, does anybody now the track width from Little Willie. It seems, that they are a little bit narrow than the tracks of Mark IV. ...could that be? Regards, Volker
Hello, today I got a Mark IV female from Takom in 1/35: The first step was to check its accuracy. I compared it to the data in the original drawings EOC 22097 20...
Hello I wanted to post today to let you all know about the WW1 centenary project I and my colleagues have recently launched. www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com has made the entire Illustrated London News 1914-1919 archives completely free for people to access. For those of you who don't know, Illu...
I know that Cron states that in August 1914, Fuss-Artillerie batteries had 4 guns. Was there a time after they changed from Kompanie to Batterie (1908) when Fuss-Artillerie batteries had 6 guns?
Has anyone changed altered the complete track unit suspension spring that is moulded as one piece. I have changed the plastic spring that supports the top row of bogie wheels to a real metal spring but really need to change the main spring track unit to something that looks more genuine. Anyone don...
I am grateful to a Monsieur Gerard Demaison for virtually nothing except this piece of information. The FT that stood outside the Renault offices at Boulogne-Billancourt fell into serious disrepair, with the idlers rotted away. When it was restored, the idlers were replaced by a French company th...
Posted a query in another thread. Not sure if anyone saw it since it was a specific topic about some specific photos. So, I think I'll repost the questions here, in case anyone can offer assistance. First off, I'm wondering how similar Little Willie's steering Carriage assembly is to the Mk.1 assembl...
Here is a press photo of a scrapyard in Baltimore. It is only 10 miles or so from my house. If only the tanks were still there. Regards, Marc -- Edited by MLW on Monday 20th of October 2014 01:54:56 AM
Hello, I scratch-built this little Japanese mountain gun about three years ago... I mainly used wood, but paper and some metal parts were also used. The reference materials are two surviving samples in China, and a beautiful set of plan kindly provided by Taki. Not really comparable to the works of...
I recently applied the kit decal on my 1/72 Mk. IV tank, making it as "FLIRT II" F.4 I see, however, that comparing my decals to other builds (in all scales) my FLIRT II font has a red "shadow" and a fancier type of "R" in it than most commonly used. Is this decal a kitmaker...
In the last few days I have imported from the UK a German 10,5cm lFH Limber box.?It had been used as a wine cabinet in a French cellar so?survived in fairly good condition.? I plan to rebuild the limber for service with my 10,5cm lFH "16.? In outward appearance and with different wheels?it should a...
Noticed this on the Milcast web site.It contains recoil Cocks, Bucket, Rammer, Handspikes & Cleaning Rods . This assessory set is for the 7.2" artillery but I wonder if it would be suitable fot the Strelet range of 6" artllery pieces. I know that the Strelet sets are 1/72 while this is 1...
If people are not aware of this website then they'll find a good resource for a lot of WW1 video archival footage from troops to aircraft to tanks. Home site: http://project.efg1914.eu/ Much of the fottage has been extensively restored For example; Schneider Tanks: http://www.cnc-aff.fr/in...
Had a browse today through "World War I" by H.P. Willmott, pub Dorling Kindersley, ISBN: 9781409376521. Mr. Willmott reveals that the Tank Mk I Male sported five machine guns, and the Female no fewer than seven. Our work is not yet done.
