Any of you folks out there know of a site/place where I can buy a 1/35 French Renault tank for WWI? Plenty of 1/72 stuff. but nothing larger. Thanks in advance. Dr B
RPM Kit Number 35061, 35062 French Renault FT-17 RPM 1/35 French Renault FT-17 Tank RPM's 1/35 Renault FT-17
This is the full 1/35 scale WW1 kit list from the ever excellent Landships site. It should be your first port of call for WW1 armour.
Afternoon folks, I'm looking for a simple guide to British armour markings WWII, something on the level of an Osprey book would be about right. I have tried navigating the Osprey website but it is very difficult to search. Can anybody recommend a simple source for me? Thanks, CS
Webwise you could do worse than armoured acorn H: Armoured_Acorn_British_Markings Armoured_acorn Or is it more the tactical markings you're after? If so, those Histoire Collections 'British Soldier in Normandy' are pretty clear and go into some depth (though only for '44 onwards). BT White's 'British Tank Markings' is pretty good, if somewhat long in the tooth and fetching slightly silly prices for a slim volume.
Thanks, A, those are useful. To put it in context, I am looking for info on the markings and colours of lend-lease Matildas and Valentines. Most photos of the subjects are monochrome but many show what appear to be WD numbers where the usual T prefix number would normally be seen on the hull side. H
Capt Sensible - " a lend lease Matilda or Valentine " - I learn something new every day for which I am truly thankful - sorry don't have anything like that - all I have is the Tank markings of units in the Italian campaign which might help Chedrs Hobby
I'm guessing you've already tried it H, but that 'Engines of the Red Army' lend-lease site is usually pretty accurate & has some nice illustrations of those 2 under 'foreign armour'. Engines of the Red Army in WW2 There's some good figures on there too Tom, if your interest in Russian Matildas and Valentines is piqued: Numbers sent - tanks.
VP - It was the Churchill's that we gave away which rankled - it's no wonder we didn't have enough of them !
The sheer quantity of equipment amazes me. I wonder if they were grateful at the time ? They certainly haven't shown it much since. What are the 'WD' numbers that H. refers to ? Would they just be shipping identification ?
I picked up a copy of Warpaint at Beltring. And very good it is too. It includes a full list of the 'T', 'F', 'D' and 'S' prefix numbers, so if anyone needs a suitable census number for their AFV let me know. The War Dept. number is the same number as the T prefix census number, some manufacturers did apply the full "W.D. No. T.123456" and others had different and partial combinations of the letters, but all universally applied the numbers.
Thanks to all who have contributed on the lend-lease markings issue. Bod, is there any sign of Vol.2 of Warpaint yet? H
Thanks to all who have contributed on the lend-lease markings issue. Bod, is there any sign of Vol.2 of Warpaint yet? H I've not seen anything yet mate. Bod
