Links

These are some of my favourite links. (Any one wanting more should of course visit Tony Mattelianos huge Home Page where he has gathered over 3.000 links to Model related sites. You can find everything there.)


 

 
 
Then, first:
INFORMATION LINKS
 

Interested in the early French AFV:s?
Then go to Blindés Francais. This is a truly excellent French site that contains some really SUPER material on the early French Tanks, especially the S:t Chamond and the Schneider, but also with material on Armoured Cars, the FT-17, the FCM 2C etc. Not to be missed for anyone building French Tanks. It's quite simply the best you can find, with colour profiles, huge numbers of contemporary pics, photos of survivors etc. DONT MISS IT!

Interested in WW1 Artillery?
Then you must go to "Canons 14-18", a very interesting and ambitious site, aiming to document all surviving WW1 Artillery Pieces. Many intersting comments as well. Don't miss it! Also, Vyacheslav Ryzhenkov has built up Tankmaster, an impressive site, one of the best when it comes to collections of photos of surviving guns and tanks. Most of it is WW2 stuff, but there is also plenty of hardware from the Great War, especially Russian Artillery. You will find photos of guns here, that you won't find anywhere else! Both are very highly recommended! And in Australia a team led by Robin Maslen is doing a wonderful job restoring a German 10.5cm Howitzer: you can follow their work here! (See under "Articles".)

Also for the Artillery Buff
Leon and Ralph Lovett’s collection must surely be one of the finest private collections of Artillery in the world. The range is impressive, as is the the care and knowledge shown. Very good on WW1-era artillery, especially German.

 

 

Interested in the A7V?
Well, then you have some special links to check. First of course Tank Clubs excellent page on the A7V. Another must is the Panzer Museum in Münster, who have a replica of that tank. The only real, surviving A7V, "Mephisto" can now be found Down Under, in a Museum in Queensland; see these photos, courtesy AMPS New Zealand. The old myth that the Poles used the A7V in their War against the Soviet union in the early 20-ies, is discussed at this site. (For more on this subject, see also this home page.)
There is also an excellent collection of photos of "Mephisto" on the WW1.org-site, courtesy of Shane Weier.

 

Interested in the FT-17?
You can find detailed photos of two preserved FT-17, to be found in the US of A, on the site of the Washington Armor Club courtesy of Jim Hensley. Excellent photos of the interior of a FT-17 preserved in Belgium, taken by Jack Mueller, can be found here. A whole site dedicated to the FT-17 can be found here.
A fine French page with comparisons between different survivors can be accessed by clicking here.
And this Australian site has excellent walk-arounds of two different FT-17's.
 

 

Interested in WW1 British Armour?
Well, the you really should check out this site by Stuart Grombridge. The last time I checked it was a bit quirky HTML-wise, but never mind, as it contains loads of useful stuff, not least on organization, tactics, equipment and markings.
Graham Matthews homepage is dedicated to the history of British tanks, and they contain much useful WW1-stuff, including a number of photos of surviving vehicles. For information and photos of the Mk IV found buried in the ground at Flesquières, near Cambrai, see
this French site. If you read Danish (or any other Scandinavian languge) you can find an interesting article on the British Tanks used in the Gaza Battles if you click here! And this Australian site has excellent walk-arounds of a Mk IV Female and the "Little Willie".
 

 

Interested in the Whippet or the Mk IV?
Photos of the Mk A "Whippet" preserved at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, USA, can be found on the same site again courtesy of Jim Hensley. Some nice Colour Profiles of the Whippet can be found here. (But I would not bet my life on that green colour used in some...) Photos of a preserved Mk IV can be seen if you click here.

 

 

Interested in Tanks in general?
Tank 2 Scale is a special site contains excellent collections of colour photos of surviving Tanks, found in different museums of the World, like Aberdeen, Bovington, Münster etc. It goes without saying that this is first rate reference material. Here you can find the following WW1 Tanks: the FT-17, the Whippet, the Mk IV, the US M1917 and M1918. (There is also the option to contribute to the description of the different photos, so if you feel like an expert, it's easy to pitch in!) Highly recommended.

And on the big Tanks! site you can find lots of photos of the Real Things, including a special section on WW1.
 

 

Interested in Fortifications?
Then Site O is the place to go. Most of it is NOT related to WW1, but there is enough Great War-stuff to make you want to go there!
 

 

Interested in WW1-era Softskin vehicles?
On this site you can find lots of photos of trucks etc, identified. Not much general info, but very helpful just the same - softskin vehicles of the Great War is a pretty neglected subject.
 

 

Images of a Forgotten War
This is a first rate site, where you can find a great number of films (and photos) of the Canadian Expditionary Force in WW1. The value is increased by the fact, that most clips are unedited, not the MTV-cut stuff you often see on TV. Search the category "Films"
 

 

Museum Sites
Two useful sites for WW1 AFV Modellers are, of course, the Tank Museum in Bovington and the Panzer Museum in Münster. The Museum in Queensland - home of "Mephisto" - also have their own home page. And for anyone interested in WW1, there is of course the Imperial War Museum in London. And this Link Collection will give you access to almost all of the best WW1-realted museums.

And if you, like me, hunt around for surviving pieces of military hardware, or just like museums, then War Museums of Europe is a site not to be missed. They give you info of museums, rate them, how to find them, opening hours, pictures, maps etc. Excellent! A nice French site, showing the astounding number of traces from the Great War, that can still be found on the old Battlefields, can be found here!
 

Information on Early Armoured Cars
can be found on Warwheels - a pretty new site showing promise. And they try to cater for modellers as well. Tomas Jakls article on Czechoslovak Armoured Cars in Russia 1918-1920 is in Czech, but has a lot of interesting pics!
 

Armour of the Chaco War
If you want to know more of the armour used in this often forgotten War between Bolivia and Paraguay during the early 30-ies, this is the site to visit. Another site, not strictly WW1, is this very informative one on the 2nd Boer War. And so is this one.
 

Interested in the Austro-Hungarian Army?
Anyone interested in the Austro-Hungarian Army in WW1 - another neglected subject - should not miss this site:
The Austro-Hungarian Army. It also includes an excellent discussion forum, where you will find help with even your toughest questions. There is also a new Ukrainian site that will be useful, even if you dont read ukrainian, because it contains some pretty good picture material. Also very interesting with high quality historical content and good links is the Austrian site "Doppeladler". Also, don't miss the site Weltkriege.at, by Karl Pollak, which contains much unique material on the K.u.K. Armed Forces.



General info on the Great War
There are of course lots and lots of sites out there, and many good, but I want to recommend some, either because they have material on the other fronts (like the Italian or Eastern) or other aspects than the usual
, or simply because they are indespensible:

 
 
Then, secondly:
MODELLING LINKS
Discussion Groups
The "Missing Links" site (see below) have some really good discussion groups, although it's too darn tricky to participate (the reason why a New WW1 Forum has been started here on Landships). The most interesting one, in my book anyway, is dedicated solely
to Braille Scale, that is 1/72 scale, Military Modelling.
 
Minitracks
This is the site for the French bilingual magazine "Minitracks", dedicated solely to 1/72-76 Scale AFV Modelling. And that alone makes it worth reading and supporting. In addition to this, it covers WW1 Military subjects better than any other magazine on the market. So get it!
 
Andrew Dextras "Missing Links"
Perhaps the best Resource site, that aims to "provide AFV model builders and historians with an opportunity to exchange information in an open, friendly and easy to use environment". Here you can among other things find a discussion group for 1/72-76-scale AFV modellers.
 
Hans van Oerles "1/76 AFV Workshop"
This fine site contains, among other things, good tips on construction and casting techniques, plus some useful notes on the conversion of 1/76 scale Mk I and Mk IV.
 
Track-Link
A very good AFV modelling site. It contains reviews, references and articles and much more.
 
Diorama 1914
A new and very promising site, in Spanish, by José Chinchilla, concentrating on 1/35  WW1 Military Modelling, and looking very good. Even if you don't read Spanish it contains model galleries that will water your mouth. 
 
Armorama
Another very fine AFV modelling site. One of the very best. Besides reviews, references, forum and articles it also has a fine link library.
 
Henk of Holland
Very nice small scale AFV site by a master modeller, in every sense of the word: Henk is the man who has built many of the masters used to produce a number of well-known resin kits


Sandman & Overlords Smallscale AFV pages
A fine Czech site (English spoken) with, among others , a very big section of reviews, flea market and a number of useful things. Don't miss it!
 

Doug Chaltrys "On The Way!"
This is a fine site for all us small (1/72) scale armor modellers, and contain among other things kit reviews, helpful articles and a simply amazing list of manufacturers: you will not believe your eyes, that there are so many who produces AFV:s in 1/72 scale.
 
The WW1 Modelling Page
OK, this one contains mainly things for the aero enthusiast, but still it's a good site for people interested in modelling things from the Great War.
And there IS fine military material to be found, for example in the big Photo Archives!
 
Military Miniatures
This site is aimed at small scale figures modelling but has a lot of interests for other modellers as well: their modelling department has a number of very good articles on different subjects like resin casting, how to make camouflage netting etc.

 
Doppeladler
is a very interesting general site for military historians and model builders interested in the Austrian military history. They have a lot of info on Austro-Hungarian subjects, land, naval and air. They also have a range of WW1 models, mostly naval, but some military. (I hope they will move into 1/72 soon...)
 
Robin Bucklands "Small Scale Scene"
This is the site of Robin Buckland, of "Military Modelling" fame, and here you can find stuff like News and Reviews, plus a very good list of Manufacturers
 
Björn Bäcklunds "The 72 Scale Page"
A small scale site, including a hefty kit list and a small gallery with WW1 vehicles.
 
MAFVA
is the oldest club around for AFV Modellers - it was founded in 1965 - and they have a little magazine called "The Tankette", which is a very useful indeed. On their site you can apply for membership, and also search through the content files of this magazine.
 
The Australian Military Modelling Society
has just started a very professional and well designed site, that shows much promise. This one is going to be good!
 
Internet Modeler
is probably the best Internet magazine for Modellers. There is a new issue out every month. Not to be missed. (You could also visit the great paper magazines Military Modelling and Fine Scale Modeler, but their sites are mainly for general information and promotion, and does not contain that much material really.)
 
Plastic Soldier Review
is a very nice site, for news and information on 1:72 scale plastic soldiers. Besides reviews of all released sets, a summary of all planned sets is to be found on the Future Releases page. A must for anyone interested in the world of 1:72 scale plastic soldiers.
 
Overalwagens 
is a very nice website by A.F. Nuyt and dedicated to the research of military, commercial and improvised vehicles as used in the Netherlands East and West Indies before 1945. The website derives its name from the so called Overvalwagens (literally "assault vehicles") designed, built and used in the Netherlands East Indies by the Dutch East Indies Army (K.N.I.L.) and its auxiliary forces.

David's Small Worms 
David Bileks site for 1/72 scale AFV:s. Just WW2 stuff right now, but his models are very nice.


And here are some tips on books on the Great War:
 


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