"Part of the park was originally in the parish of Walsoken. This was known as Marsh Fields and owned by the Church Commissioners. It was rented out as market garden land and grazing". 1919 "Came the tank, another feature in the park and given to the town in recognition of its war sav...
Hot on the heels of the news about Tamiya's new motorized offering comes this nice tidbit from Takom. Looks like they're including just about anything we might wish for, except maybe a bigger decal sheet.
My son, who lives in Riga, sent these photos that he took at Cinevilla, a backlot in Tukums, Latvia. It was created for the outdoor shootings of the feature film Defenders of Riga.
The primary journal of French artillery Revue d'Artillerie ceased publication during WW1. I've always wondered if there were other artillery publications which were published during WW1. There were - and one of them is on the Gallica archive - it's the "Bulletin de Renseignements de l'Art...
While doing a search for publications dealing with WW1 vehicles, I came across the following gem: Author : Wolfgang Fleischer Title : Militarfahrzeuge des deutshen Heeres 1905 - 1918 Publisher : Typenkompass / MotorbuchVerlag ISBN : 978-3-613-03358-0 Pages : 127 I think I got it through Amazon or...
Hi Everyone, Let me preface this by saying that I know nothing of the following vehicle, rather, I hoped that it might be of some interest to any Landships members in the UK and France when it arrives for a tour later this month (May 2014). This is a clipping from my local rag (in Worcester, MA, USA) w...
There is a photo of Gretchen allegedly in a place called Sainte Cecile. The location turns out to be in southern Belgium, not very near anywhere, and well behind the Armistice line. Now there's a claim that she was "lost" there. I can't see that she was lost in action there - it's nearly in Lux...
Currently on their site there is a discussion about the artillery pieces. A couple of pieces of information have been given out by the company. The 9.2" and the German howitzer that have previously been flagged up are pencilled in for the summer. Certainly the figures for these two sets look...
OH BOY!? I'm there!? Metal replacement tracks from Friulmodel? are always a pleasure to work with.? For those of you who haven't seen or handled anything from them yet, you're missing out. The tracks for the Mk.IV and Whippet come with idlers and drive sprockets like most of their offerings.? I hope t...
I have a couple of resin model figures I want to remove the paint from, having already been overbrushed a couple of times I do not want to obscure the details, any ideas how to remove the paint, I have seen Dettol suggested on Youtube, but that is for plastics Any ideas please
Hallo everybody. My name is Luca Cingolani, I am a new member from Italy (proud Roman )and my English is really poor.. I am a modellist ( modeller? ) and interested in history. I hope to become an active member of this forum, building many WWI tank models.. Buon modellismo a tutti!
The drivers canopy on my emhar mk v hermaphrodite doesn't fit properly. It has a false front across the top and doesn't seem to go back far enough in the hull to meet the rivet strap. I don't know if this has been previously addressed. I can come up with my own solution if necessary. I'm building a second he...
I have just started working on 3 emhar kits that I originally purchased for converting in to tanks for a sci-fi game. I have always had a thing for the rhomboid tank and with the centenary of the great war I thought I would finish them as intended. This site has been a blessing to that end.
I notice the last cardmodel A/C didn't elicit any comments - so here's another one... The model was designed by Andriy Romanchuk - downloaded from Landships II. I used the white model supplied by Andriy's model and rescaled it from 1/43 to 1/50. The model is intended to represent an Austin-Putilov...
http://www.exchange3d.com/3D-Model-of-Flying-Pig-mortar/prod_35164.htmlWhatis the model- Mk I (1.30-m barell lenght) or 1.73-m barell Mk II-Mk-IV? Best regards!...
After reading several accounts of 301st Heavy Tank Bn officers "laying the tape" markings up to the starting line on September 29, 1918, I began to wonder just what this involved. Was it some sort of cloth tape line laid on the ground or was it on wire posts? How exactly did one "lay the...
Has anyone any info on the above.They were originally built for the Boer War,introduced in 1899 but served till the end of WW1. They were also called Bristol wagons.
Folks, ? I've been given the OK to run this notice by the site moderator.? I'm a military historian and have turned to producing translations of a wide variety of French military works.?? I have just completed the translation of a number of French histories of their armored units and operations in WWI...
There have been some posts in various topics questioning the fitting od track extensions to rhomboid tanks. Now, we all know that the extensions (doohickeys) could be fitted to Mk 2 tanks onwards but there has been a general acceptance that it was not possible to fit grousers/spuds/track extensio...
So far all the models of 18 pdr I've seen in 1/72 - 1/76 seem to be the first version - are there any of the later ones (particularly the loop / split trail ones)?
A large and impressive volume (400+ pages) from a Mr. Jack Alexander. Read it here. There's a lot of stuff on the contact between Holt and Hornsby, etc,and Chapter 5 covers 1914-18. Much that I hadn't read before, but, as always, not error-free. E.g. p274: at least he doesn't claim that Holts were buil...
If you are planning on building A13 then you would do well to look at the thread on the Mk1 tank - Grenade Canopy. This tank, like A17 was equipped with the extension to the rear. -- Edited by TeeELL on Thursday 3rd of April 2014 08:40:41 PM
Recently I finished my build of Roman Vasilyev's (der kampfflieger) Izorski-FIAT. The model is scaled to 1/72, but I printed mine at 150% to yield a 1/48 version. I did a lot of extra layering of hatches, wheels, etc for a better look in the larger scale. The original model has no markings, and looked a l...
)and my English is really poor.. I am a modellist ( modeller? ) and interested in history. I hope to become an active member of this forum, building many WWI tank models.. Buon modellismo a tutti! 