We are collecting materials about the Estonian armored car called "Vanapagan" that fought in the Estonian War of Independence 1919-1920.The goal is to build a moving copy of an armored car. The machine was built in 1919. It took part in battles in Southern Estonia and Latvia.Question - old Estonian...
At first glance, I assumed these were French mechanics at work. I have not been able to identify the vehicle. When I was looking close at the photo, I saw a cap hanging on the hand brake lever. The insignia makes me think these might be GERMAN mechanics! What do you think? Thanks for your input, Joh...
Greetings, At first glance, this stateside ambulance would appear to be a GMC. But, looking at the hood (bonnet), it clearly is not a GMC. Can anyone help me identify what chassis was used for this ambulance? Thank you, John A-G
Hello! I hope this thread is the right one... I´ve got several questions about some markings.Maybe someone is able to help, please. 1) A circle with a horizontal stripe. Could it be 208th. Inf.Div. ("Stripe-Division; in german: Strich-Division)? Note, the soldiers of that division wore those mar...
Hello! I just received this A7V photo. We see a tank 2nd edition (continuous ventilation slots), and only one cross at the side. So it will have been taken before June 1918. Any ideas, which tank it is? Thanks a lot in advance.
I could have sworn I'd already followed this up, but it would seem not. The film The Patent Leather Kidhttps://archive.org/details/ThePatentLeatherKid1927.3gp
I am looking to restore an American 75mm projectile that had been turned into a lamp.It would have been a yellow colour as was standard for Army HE projectiles and grenadesuntil the ww2 change to OD. Does any one know what oil based paint to use or where to get it.G.S.
Since I found a 1920 article on the manufacturing process of the French 75's recoil system by Singer, I decided to clean it up a bit (removing typos and converting units to metric) and post it, which will be on this thread. But in order to understand the significance of this, it is important to know how t...
Again, only tangentially connected with our hobby, but I feel that peripheral topics have their place. I hope you find these little anecdotes entertaining. The story begins with a visit to Warwick Castle , a few miles away from where we now live.. I was surprised to see that Warwick is not a city , merel...
Disponibile/AvailableKit 72091 – PONTONE ARMATO Classe “Martora” con cannoni da 76/40..............€. 40,00Kit 72092 – CANNONE da 76/40 Mod. 1916 R.M. con sistema di mira “San Giorgio” ..........€. 15,00
The sFH 13 was originally designed using a fairly conventional hydro-spring recoil system but, like the British 18-pdr field gun, heavy use at the start of WW1 resulted in the recuperator springs breaking. In both case, a hydro-pneumatic recoil system was introduced to solve the problem which, in...
I'm sure I don't need to translate that. I stumbled across the site of Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, which was founded in 1939 and has HQ in Paris. Then found a collection of videos of French tanks, softskins, experimental models, and all sorts, from WWI until 1919. At the risk of app...
Austin Mk.III built almost out of the box. The stays for the machine gun protections were solid triangles in the kit so I replaced them with plastic strips. It became a German car. Austin Mk.IV This one was built out of the box
I've been reminded of the suggestion that some Mark IVs were captured by the Germans and later recaptured and used against them. Is that the case? Asking for a friend. No, I really am asking for a friend.
Found this pic of the above. Caption says they are for the East African campaign. They seem to have an armoured cupola, and the searchlight is interesting. Anyone any info?
This is wildly off-topic, but I hope you will tolerate it. When we have been to the Western Front, we have stayed with a remarkable couple. Indescribably hospitable. They are utterly charming, and treat you like a member of the family. (It happens that Alain went to school with President Macron.) The...
Recently came across an episode of a miniseries called "The First Modern War." This one "Armoured Beasts." It isn't too bad. Several American historians, plus David Willey from Bovington (Tank Museum) and Christy Campbell (author of Band of Brigands). Swinton gets too much credit, as usual. Flee...
To go along with my German 9cm Kanone 1873, I have gotten a Limber (Protze) Box for the 9cm Kanone 1873/88. It is quite different from the standard 73 model Limber (protze). I am looking for the limber frame, axle, wheels, projectile baskets, original photos, and technical drawings for this 73/88 Typ...
I'm sure we're all familiar with the story of how, at d'Eyncourt's suggestion, the 6 pounders came to be fitted in sponsons on the side of the early rhomboids. I've read it many times. Then it occured to me that I'd never actually seen one in situ on a ship. It was a real struggle to find one on a British ship...
I am going to build a model of the CMK 30.5cm M11 Morsler what color would a WW I KUK Armee one be painted. In the pictures on this site it looks like a green color. Were any painted Brown H62?
How good are 3D scanners, are they good to get precise accurate measurements, whats the error margin etc, are there thing they cant do. I was thinking of using a 3D scanner to measure up a vehicle, maybe hire someone to do the job than buy one. Measuring by hand with a tape measure pen and pencil can be such...
Hi, WWI noob here. working on a Takom Mk.IV female and was wondering on painting practices. - what did the painting process look like? was it Plate > Parkerizing > Primer > Paint? - How was the paint applied? was the Mk.IV brush or spray painted? I have seen pics of ladies hand paintin...
