These two guns on either side of the Clan McCrae memorial at Eilan Donan Castle, Scotland are well known but I've not seen their serials reported. The guns are in bad condition, the wheels have been replaced with agricultural al metal wheels, one has the end of the trail and the spade detached through r...
I did get Osprey's book on the French Tanks Of World War One and it mentioned the St. Chamond as "an elephant on the legs of a gazelle", and how when it was designed, it was deliberately overdone with a lot of machine guns and a big cannon in front-and its powertrain design was akin to a modern di...
Hi, Discussing stencils of railways, I read about the firm of Thevenon & Cie. who produced sets of letters and numerals for industrial purposes, and by the period pictures, could be also seen in most of the French Army properties. Check the article here (in Spanish) to see the application:https...
Hi allThe French manufacturer Blitz Models has released info on their new line of French narrow gauge in 1:35. A Campagne locotracteur is already available. Coming up will be Pechot wagons in several versions, a Decauville wagon, a mine skip and a steel sleepered track system. All made in resin. See...
There is ony one beer to drink on such a sombre centenary as this... I raise my tankard in rememberence of the many millions - from all nations, both military & civilian, who served or died in the Great War and the millions more whose lives were utterly shattered by it.
Hi all, I'm currently going through the 2nd Salvage company's war diary and found that a few tanks might have been referred to, but they don't have the usual Letter and number code. 31st July 1917 - "no. 56 ditched at D.25" and also "Nos. 52, 58, 59 ditched near Wild Wood". I'm a...
An interesting collection here, mostly stored outdoor, inside a fascinating location. The info panels here are the worst I've seen so far, I am still not 100% sure about proper identification of many pieces, I hope people here will double check them and provide feedback. Just like in Sofia and Bucha...
http://www.hat.com/currentL.html On this list we can see 3 new Italian infantry sets. 8221 WWI Italian Arditi* 8222 WWI Italian Heavy Weapons* 8223 WWI Italian Infantry* I wonder will they be early or late? Sadly the WWI Artillery Limber is still far, far from finishing
Please, help resolve a discussion: I believe I know the answer to this question (being "No"), but is anyone aware of a German FussArtillerie piece "schwere Feldhaubitze 96"? The only German gun with model 1896 that I know (or can find in Kosar et al) is the well known 7.7cm Feldk...
I bought an Emhar Mark V tank kit long ago, along with a Panzershop resin track kit. I decided that I'm too scared to try to build it. Anybody want it? (My plan is to tackle the Takom early St. Chamond kit-which suits the idea I have far better anyway.)
It's located in front of the local cemetery, surrounded by soldier's graves. It contains two very interesting artillery pieces, unfortunately they are both rusting away (together with an Italian Semovente da 75/18 from WW II): 75 mm mod. 1912. Italian Army first acquired 75 mm guns from Krupp (mod...
Witam To mój pierwszy post , więc się przedstawię , nazywam się Krzysztof i mieszkam w Polsce , moje zainteresowanie jest dokładnie te modele i artyleria beczkę , doceniam to forum , bo dowiedziałem się dużo tutaj i zebrałem materiały I tu moje pytanie , czy strona z archiwalnych rysunków broni Skoda...
If you want that vehicle 1/72 in styrene or resin kit form from Minairons, you might want to support this. Minairons usually produce their kits in more than one scale. The thread shows images of the currently available Raventhorpe (metal) and Ready to Roll (resin) kits, too. Regards, Pat
In the GBM – Histore de Guerre, Blindés & Matériel, octobre-novembre-decembre 2013, n° 106, Paris, page 40, in the article Les Maxi-Chars first part, the author mentions Paul Malmassari a tank Little Willie II! It should be a connected by joints tank, consisting of several vehicles. I have...
At first this may seem to be an easy question. But I still wonder. The Paris Gun's carriage was a railway gun design. Its components were transported by rail, but it had to be emplaced and assembled before firing. The gun did not fire directly from rails, but rather was mounted on a turntable. Also...
Hello all, I would like to know if anyone here can help me with understanding the suspension on the Schneider CA series tanks. The rear part makes some sense to me, but the front section leaves me baffled. Where are the springs? what supports the forward section? I have watched as many videos as I can bu...
Bachmann have just announced their new models for WW1 era narrow gauge in OO9, http://www.bachmann.co.uk/details.php?id=188 So many new r2r models being released in this scale, almost tempted to build a WW1 themed layout in this scale.
I have the Tamiya Mk IV on the way from HLJ. Total cost is $75 Cdn including Shipping. So much for the fears that it would cost well over $100 plus. Not a bad price since I see new Trumpeter JS-4 is going for around the same price. dave
Am I right in thinking that Mk.IV supply tanks had a hatch in the cab roof? If so does anyone have a decent picture of one or the dimensions? This is the only picture I can find showing (sort of) the cab roof. Thanks a lot Bernie
One is the HäT kit, but with two new turrets / guns and decals for the Spanish Civil War, made by Minairons. The other is an all-new tooling by First To Fight. Regards, Pat
http://jeffgusky.com/ "Hidden under the former battlefields of WWI lie hundreds of forgotten rock quarries that were transformed into underground cities beneath the trenches, sheltering armies on both sides of the Great War from mass destruction. Cloaked in darkness under private land...
