The card models webpage doesn't seem to be working properly: when I click on any of the modeller's names, all that happens is that the name turns red - the drop-down menus do not appear. Has something changed, or is it just a glitch?
The card models webpage doesn't seem to be working properly: when I click on any of the modeller's names, all that happens is that the name turns red - the drop-down menus do not appear. Has something changed, or is it just a glitch?
I just tried the Models section of the website with Chrome/Firefox and Safari browsers - seems to be working ok with these. I use Mac OS X 10.11 - unfortunately
I don't have a Windows machine in the house.
The menu on the models page is a vertical accordion driven by CSS - I'd try clearing out your local cache so you get a clean copy of the CSS files from the server.
Regards,
Charlie
Edit: sorry "clearing out your local cache" is "remove temporary internet files" in Microsoft speak.
-- Edited by CharlieC on Wednesday 21st of September 2016 01:11:07 AM
Wayne McCullough's 6inch howitzer model has been uploaded to Landships II. The model can be built as a standalone artillery model or with some modifications as a howitzer carried by Wayne's Gun Carrier Mark I model. In addition the wheels can be built as standard wooden wheels, with extensions or with girdles.
The model is available in a number of colours and camouflage patterns: - Khaki - Light & Dark Brunswick Green - Light & Dark Brunswick Green with Ochre separators - Green & Brown - Light & Dark Brunswick Green & Ochre
Regards,
Charlie
-- Edited by CharlieC on Saturday 25th of February 2017 06:31:57 AM
Another Alexander Bondar model - this one is pretty obscure - the Dennis Armoured Car.
The Dennis armoured car was built in Hong Kong using the chassis of a Dennis truck about 1925 for the Hong Kong Volunteer force. It was funded by private donations and was used for policing and security until the Japanese invasion in 1941.
Regards,
Charlie
-- Edited by CharlieC on Sunday 22nd of October 2017 11:59:24 AM
Did you know there were two different Knox tractors made during WW1? The Model 35 - usually seen with a Schneider CD on a trailer and the
Model 36 which was optimised for artillery towing with a winch and sprung towing hook but no turntable on the rear deck.
There is also a new 1:50 cardmodel on the website of the Knox tractor/La Buire trailer by Sergey Kamotsky - this was in a bundle of WW1 models he designed but I hadn't
pulled it out of the bundle.
Regards,
Charlie
-- Edited by CharlieC on Sunday 20th of August 2023 05:40:57 AM
New article on the Holt 10-ton artillery tractor Model 1917.
Intended as the tow vehicle for heavy artillery, several hundred got to France before the Armistice and they were used to tow the 155mm GPF guns in US service.
New article on the Holt built Mark VII and Mark VIII Tractor Caissons.
Built in 1918 to answer criticisms of the purely towing tractors which were unable to carry men or ammunition. In effect the Mark VII was similar in conception to the French Schneider CD Artillery Tractor. The Mark VIII was somewhat larger.
New article on the 20-ton Artillery Tractor (Holt 120 hp)
Announced in 1914 and commenced production in 1915 most of the Holt 120s made were taken up by the US Army. Nowhere near as successful as the 15-ton Holt 75 hp only about 700 Holt 120s were built.
New artillery article on the French Mortier de 370 Mle 1914 Filloux which were built in a rush in 1914-15 and saw heavy use until the early part of 1917.
Like the German heavy siege guns it became of declining usefulness as the war progressed.
New artillery article - the Russian 152mm M1885 Field Mortar. This started out as a Krupp designed 152mm mortar but the Russians wanted a more mobile system than the Krupp platform mortar. It was produced by Obukhov and at Perm from 1887 to 1902 and wasn't removed from service until the 1920s.