Landships II

eugene · Field Marshal

Pierce - Arrow armored car

Aleksandr · Captain

Hi, Eugene!

Which photo? I know 2 types of Pierce - Arrow:

1. Gun AC - was used by British divizion in Russia.

2. AC of Russian Navy Department. Was bilt 2 cars. One of them was used by Latvian Army, other was captured by German.

Tim R · Hero

Hello Eugene

Aleksandr is correct, on his on his analogy of his two photos, there were also other types, I can post photos, but it will have to be later this weekend. You also need to get Mr. Fletchers WAR CARS, its full of great information on these AC�S

All the Best

Tim R

PS Check your email in a few days, I will be sending you some great Beute stuff, I think you will like it.

eugene · Field Marshal

Tim R wrote:

Hello Eugene
Aleksandr is correct, on his on his analogy of his two photos, there were also other types, I can post photos, but it will have to be later this weekend. You also need to get Mr. Fletchers WAR CARS, its full of great information on these AC�S
All the Best
Tim R
PS Check your email in a few days, I will be sending you some great Beute stuff, I think you will like it.

Hi Tim and Aleksandr

thank you for the info on the Pierce Arrow!
the photo I saw was the gun version, its the 8 pounder right?
Ill definatly get the book War cars

ahh your beute tank photos are very interesting all the time!

also I have finally something novel to post on this forum, my father recently went to Ukraine and there he picked up some books for me, sadly though he couldnt find any of the books Alexandr recommended me,

BUT in one of the books he got me there is a photo of a German tank made in the twenties!
its a slightly bigger version of the ft-17 but is an indeginous German design which the book says only 2 were made due to the prohibitions against the Wimar republic

I still cant get to scanner but ill post them as soon as I can possibly do it!
(there are several other neat photos of tank dumies as well)

-- Edited by eugene at 20:00, 2006-04-05

Phil R · Captain

have you seen the model available from Matador Models?

http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/mat_pics/GWV03%20Pierce%20Arrow.jpg

Roger Todd · Legend

That looks like a nice little model, thanks for posting that Phil.

Here's a 1/35 kit of the Pierce-Arrow with the big turret:

http://panzermodelkit.valka.cz/pierceaj.htm

Eugene, I second Tim in highly recommending David Fletcher's 'War Cars', I've currently got it on loan from the library, and it features several photos of a variety of the blighters.

eugene · Field Marshal

the 1/35 kit looks nice, since its actually in the right scale for a change!

But were can one get major models kits?

Does any store here in the US carry them?

and what is the quality of the kit

and i am gonna get warcars but it looks as if its a bit hard to find, cant find it on amazon!

Roger Todd · Legend

I've had a quick look on www.bookfinder.com (the online book search service par excellence, IMHO), and it can get a bit pricey: anything from �10.59 from a shop in Cumbria (northern England) through �14.67 in Cincinatti (the first US seller listed) to �42.72, also in the US!

Does your library service not do interlibrary loans?

eugene · Field Marshal

yes the University library does do inter library loans but it is currently under renovation until September