Bothe the motorcycles are from 1st Corp Miniatures in the 20cth century range under WW1.
They will of course be used for A Very British Civil War, but they could equally well be used for anything WW1-WW2 from Irish civil war to Chinese warlords in the back of beyond.
They were not however easy to put together. There were no instructions so I was just forced to study the pictures on the First Corp web site and jump wildly to conclusions. Worse yet the casting had filled in any holes for the plugs to fit and there was no indication of where the holes should be. So some head scratching later I did finally assemble them both. I cannot say that everything is proper and correct as I do not know motorbikes of this period well enough to judge but they look right to my uneducated eyes and at the end of the day what else can you do.
Obviously they are intended as WW1 vehicles so have been painted to reflect that. The gun shield seems very small and does not offer very much protection to the operator and none at all for the bike rider so I suspect it is only really of psychological use as I do not see it being any good in a battle what so ever! The other version carries a very uncomfortable looking senior officer. And in truth I imagine he would be as I do not think the suspension would be very good at all. As an interesting side note. I have not seen any motorcycle/sidecar combinations in England for at least 10 year. Not that I have been looking for them, just that they have not been noticed by me.
The metal was OK and the casting was Ok (except where noted above) but I would not relish doing any more of these. But if you do get them and do them I do wish you the very best of luck and I would love to see how they should turn out if properly modelled.
That's it for today. Another post on Sunday and I will try to get back to a more normal schedule soon after that.
All the best Clint
Well, for all the hard work putting them together, they look blooming well good! Nice paint work and I love the basing
ReplyDeleteThanks Roy. They were a struggle to put together but they came out OK. Luckily I have no more to do.
DeleteLooking good old boy wot! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Gobbo. They were both a right pain to do.
DeleteGreat looking figures - nice photography too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dean. If you take enough photos 1 or 2 do come out.
DeleteI rather like the bikes but not the figures. Sorry, but WW1 doesn't interest me at all. I would be wondering about finding riders for them for a post apocalypse setting. By the way, I love your blog picture at the top of the page!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bryan. Glad you like the new banner. WW1 is not to everyones tastes and If Matt had not paid me to I would not have painted these. But some days money is money.
DeleteThey turned ot well in the end!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mate. Yes all's well that ends well.
DeleteGreat models and nifty photography!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathon They were also a right pain to assemble. So Glad I will be doing no more.
DeleteWow these are fab!
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon we all like something a bit different on the game table.
DeleteAll the effort you've put into these has brought just rewards as they look great. The bikes seema bit lengthy, but hwat do I know ?
ReplyDeleteThey would make great bikes for 1920's games and with a bit of effort the passengerscould be turned into cops (beyond my skill level though).
Thanks Joe. What a great idea, cops and Gagsters would be so cool.
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