Articles
Here you can find a number of articles and other material, all related in some way to WW1 AFV or Military modelling, or WW1-era AFV:s
Excellent walk around photos, taken by Eric Gallaud, of the restored S:t Chamond, the only surviving sample in the whole world, that is now kept in the Armour museum in Saumur in France.
A big article on this, the best AFV of the Great War, including a walk-around, interior plans and notes on camouflage and markings.
Colour Photos (most of them courtesy of Philippe Massin and Brown Hawkins) of some surviving MkIV:s.
The founding father of the French Tank Force, and one of the men behind the famous Renault FT-17 is portrayed here.
On the four men of the Tank Corps who won this supreme decoration during WW1.
In this small but very eloquent article, Steve Zaloga explains why his become interested in this small scale again!
Information and photos of this, the very first Italian tank, and also plans and other things, as a part of a long-running project of scratch building a 1/72 scale model of this unique AFV.
In eager anticipation of EMHAR:s announced 1/72 kit, here you have a big article on this important WW1 Tank, written by Peter Kempf and including some truly amazing detail photos of a surviving vehivicle, taken by Philippe Massin.
A small but very interesting article by WW1 German AFV expert Rainer Strasheim, containing some interesting pieces of information about the German Mk IV:s.
Here you have an article on this, surely the most bizarre AFV design ever.
New Section on the HMG:s of WW1, with articles on the French Hotchkiss, Austro-Hungarian Schwarzlose and others.
A big article by Gary Ian Zimmer, on how to build the different A7V-variants, using the excellent EMHAR kit
An article on the difficult question of what colours to use, including photos of surviving pieces of equipment.
An article by Tom Hillman.
Big collection of photos, showing details of a surviving Mk V, including shots of the beautifully restored interior!
Some simple notes, regadring both the different Camo schemes, and the Marking systems: Serials, Call Signs, Nicknames etc.
A simple article, outlining the camouflage schems of German, French, British, Russian and other nations AFV:s. With colour illustrations.
New facts on this famous AFV, presented by Tom Hillman
David Maynard has made the first list of all WW1 Tanks that are still in existence today. And there is actually quite a number of vehicles still around, some of them runners.
David Maynard on the differences between the FT17 and the US m1917. And what about the Soviet KS?
A collection of pictures of the Worlds first Fully-tracked Self-propelled gun, the British Gun Carrier Mk1.
Are you baffled by the sheer variety? This article might help you out!
A small article by myself on this strange looking variant, used in the German unrest after the War.
David Maynard discussing a previously unnoticed problem in Airfix Mk1.
OK, so there isn't the plethora of references available for WW2 AFV:s, but there are still quite a number around.
Here is a collection of Links and pictures, that can help those wanting to detail the interior of their Tanks.
Check in here for a listing of helpful articles that can be found in different Magazines. There is more than you think!
Just some special advice, aimed at the WW1 modeller, the Braille Scale Modeller, or both.
A eye-wintess report on that famous encounter outside Villers-Brettonaux in August 1918.
Some suggestions for those who contemplate moving into small scale WW1 AFV modelling.
A contemporary text, outlining the action on August 8 1918, of that famous "Whippet".
A simple compilation of photos, that might help someone.
Another simple compilation of photos from the Great War, that might help someone.