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Posted by castelnuovo on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:02 PM

1921

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Posted by Cdn Colin on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:47 PM

I build 1/48 scale WW2 fighters.

Have fun.

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Posted by Cdn Colin on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:44 PM

How about Easter, 1917 instead?

www.warmuseum.ca/.../index_e.shtml

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Posted by bitbite on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:16 PM

Stik, sometimes I worry about you. Tongue Tied

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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:38 PM

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Posted by MikeyBugs95 on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:08 PM

1918 Hudson Phaeton

 In progress:

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1/35 SINCGARS ICOM/ASIP; 1/35 Flat screen TVs; 1/35 tactical light that I shall reveal later Devil

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1/35 DML M4A1 DV; AFV Club M18 Hellcat; DML StuG IV; DML Armored Jeep w/ .50 cal; Panda Cougar 4x4 MRAP; Academy M3A1 Stuart; 1/700 Midship Models USS Miami; 1/700 Skywave Rudderow Destroyer Escort

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:27 PM

1917 October Revolution

 

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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 7:25 AM

Some 1916 aircraft model kits

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Posted by castelnuovo on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:44 AM

Harley-Davidson from 1915

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:40 AM

Big Bertha Krupp Howitzer deployed in 1914.

Model in the Paris Army Museum.

Worth the read, from Wiki:

It had its genesis in the lessons learned by the Germans (and Austrians) from the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. During the war, the Japanese had dismounted some of their coastal defence 28-cm howitzers and used them to help break their siege of the fortified Russian naval base at Port Arthur. This was a complete novelty as, until that time, it had been assumed by military experts that the largest transportable siege guns were around 20 cm in calibre. Nevertheless, most Europeans completely failed to draw the lessons the Japanese had taught — apart from, as mentioned, the Germans and Austrians (the latter also developed a series of road-mobile superheavy guns, including the 30.5-cm Schlanke Emma howitzer, the 38-cm Barbara and Gudrun howitzers, and their own 42-cm howitzer).[7]

During the early 1900s, therefore, Krupp began to develop a series of road-mobile heavy mortars and howitzers, ranging from 28 cm calibre to 30.5 cm. These, in turn, built upon Krupp's experience with building coastal defence mortars (Küstenmörser), such as the 30.5-cm Beta-Gerät, the first model of which had been introduced in 1897 (though other nations, including Britain and the United States, also built similar weapons).[6]

A new version of the 39.5-cm Beta-Gerät howitzer, vastly superior to the 1897 model, was developed in 1908, but finding it wanting in offensive power, the APK (Artillerieprüfungskommission, or "artillery testing committee") asked Krupp to build a larger gun capable of smashing modern fortifications. Krupp first investigated the possibility of building a 35-cm weapon, but instead jumped to 42-cm as this was the smallest shell that could carry the large bursting charge required to fulfil the APK's requirements. The first 42-cm design was the massive L/16 (the barrel was 16 calibres in length) Gamma-Gerät howitzer, which was basically a scaled-up version of the Beta-Gerät.[6] Unusually for Krupp, both the Beta and Gamma weapons eschewed the usual sliding-wedge Breech mechanism in favour of a screw-type breech, after the practice common in Britain and France.

Gamma fired shells weighing up to 1,160 kg. It weighed 150 tons, and was what the Germans called a Bettungsgeschütz, or "bedding gun", i.e., it was mounted on a stationary carriage that was emplaced in a concrete foundation, which took days to prepare. It had to be transported in sections on ten railway cars — six for the gun and another four for the bedding.

Moving Gamma and preparing it to fire required significant resources. Consequently, the APK asked Krupp for a more mobile version, and ordered one gun on 15 July 1912.[6] Even before it was delivered in December 1913, the APK went ahead and ordered a second example in February 1913. The first howitzer was demonstrated to Kaiser Wilhelm II in March 1914, who was greatly taken by the new weapon, and the second was delivered in June 1914.[6]

The new howitzer was a road-mobile weapon mounted on a two-wheeled field type carriage of conventional, if massive, construction. It was a completely different weapon from the Gamma-Gerät. The barrel was shorter than Gamma's by 4 calibres length, and reverted to the conventional Krupp sliding-wedge breech. With thinner walls, the barrel was of generally lighter construction than Gamma's and fired lighter shells of around 830 kg. Fully assembled it weighed 43 tons, much less than Gamma, and did not have to be emplaced in concrete. Special steel "mats" were developed, onto which the wheels were driven, with a steel aiming arc at the rear of the carriage that allowed limited traverse. This aiming arc was fitted with a massive "spade" that was buried in the ground and which helped anchor the weapon. To prevent the weapon bogging down in muddy roads the wheels were equipped with Radgürteln, pedrail bands with feet to spread the load. Krupp and Daimler developed a tractor for the Bertha, though Podeus motorploughs were also used to tow the guns, which were broken down into five loads when on the road.[6]

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Posted by castelnuovo on Monday, November 11, 2013 11:46 PM

Indian Twin from 1913

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Posted by subfixer on Monday, November 11, 2013 6:12 PM

April 15,1912

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Posted by gregbale on Monday, November 11, 2013 7:12 AM

LS 1:1 scale Model 1911 Colt 45

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Posted by castelnuovo on Monday, November 11, 2013 1:19 AM

1910 Solvang FN motorcycle

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Posted by castelnuovo on Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:47 PM

1909 Ford model T Mk1

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Posted by subfixer on Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:46 AM

HMS Agamemnon, 1908   resin kit

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Posted by castelnuovo on Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:00 AM

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Posted by castelnuovo on Saturday, November 9, 2013 7:08 PM

HMS Dreadnought (1906)

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Posted by gregbale on Saturday, November 9, 2013 12:21 PM

Entex 1/16 Rolls Royce 1905 Touring car

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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, November 9, 2013 9:58 AM

Hungarian Mig-21  #1904

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Posted by castelnuovo on Saturday, November 9, 2013 2:01 AM

Kitty Hawk, NC (North Carolina), December 17, 1903. Orville Wright's famous first airplane flight.

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Posted by Stage_Left on Friday, November 8, 2013 11:58 PM

With apologies to the non-train people, Union Pacific GP60 #1902

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Posted by castelnuovo on Friday, November 8, 2013 10:05 PM

Wellcome to the 20th century numbers Smile.  I think there will be some great pictures to come, especially from war years.

Mercedes-Benz from 1901

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Posted by Stage_Left on Friday, November 8, 2013 6:18 PM

Wright unpowered glider, 1900

and from the rear:

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Posted by GMorrison on Friday, November 8, 2013 5:32 PM

Alfred Hitchcock, born August 13, 1899.

1/8 resin figure by Fantasy World Studios.

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, November 8, 2013 7:57 AM

Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill, Cuba in 1898

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_Hill

 

  Andrea Miniatures

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Posted by castelnuovo on Friday, November 8, 2013 1:57 AM

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, November 7, 2013 11:14 PM

1896 Ford Motor Carriage

 

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Posted by castelnuovo on Thursday, November 7, 2013 11:02 PM

This could be a nice dio.

“The Gare Montparnasse became famous for the derailment on 22 October 1895 of the Granville–Paris Express, which overran the buffer stop. The engine careered across the station concourse, crashed through a thick wall, shot across a terrace and smashed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes. Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries, along with the fireman and two conductors. A woman on the street below was killed by falling masonry. A conductor was given a 25-franc fine and the engine driver a 50-franc fine.”

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Posted by subfixer on Thursday, November 7, 2013 3:14 PM

Hiram Maxim's Aeroplane of 1894   

 Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) designed and built this flying machine in 1893-1894. He had previously found fame by inventing the machine gun. This was the largest aeroplane to lift off briefly from the ground in the 19th century, having a 104-foot wingspan and weighing 8000 lbs. Powered by two 180 hp steam engines to drive propellers, the biplane was launched from a broad gauge railway track. Maxim did numerous trials on this aeroplane at Baldwin's Park, Bexleyheath, Kent, and this photograph probably shows it on its final test run on 31st July 1894. Later that day, the aeroplane briefly took to the air before crashing.

Model of the craft's steam engine:

The aircraft itself:

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