From ClintB - 28mm Get Your Motors Running.(40 points)

Clint's 2nd entry of the day...

Well continuing the VBCW/WW1 theme I have been pursuing. Here are 2 28mm Motorcycles and sidecars. The models are by 1st Corps but come with no instructions and with the need to create holes that need to be plugged in order to hold them together.  You may get the impression that I am not overly impressed with these models and truth to be told I have had MUCH better. Still they do have a web site so you can check to see how they should look and as my first order from the company there might be instructions in other orders. So whinge over as the service was quite good and I have managed to complete the models even without instructions with the minimum of pieces left over at the end!

Do not feel bad for me as I am happy with the final result. I will be the first to admit that my knowledge of early motorbikes is minimal, In fact it is probably less than minimal so if you see anything wrong, well done but please do not point it out as I will not be rectifying it! Let me continue in ignorant bliss!

So one Motorcycle has a machine gun, while the other carries an officer. Each driver has a different head for variety which I like as it breaks them up quite nicely. The Machinegun is a real ar*e to fit as it has to be painted first and then cut to fit, or else it extends well beyond the mount the cooling tube also needs to be trimmed but without instruction you would never know! As for the gun shield, not that it would protect anyone that is also a b*gger to fit! Please do not let my frustrations put you off the models but do realise that unexpected work will need to be done on each of them.

The riders fit nicely though but the passengers do not! The senior officer seems most uncomfortably perched and not at all enjoying the ride. The machine gunner has the shortest legs imaginable in fact he looks deformed when not in the sidecar. But eventually it all goes together you grab a cold beer and relax as you type this up. And all is well with the world, at least in my miniatures kingdom.

Now that they are done I am happy with them. But I will not be ordering any more in the near future.

At least it is something a little different in the challenge and on the table top and we all like a little different in a wargame. Thanks for looking and that should be it for this week. And I am no longer rocking back and forth as I know I will be painting some socialist Kent Miners next week.

All the best Clint

...head out on the highway...
Lovely jubbly Clint! Hmm, how to score these? You know what, I'm going to score each of these infernal machines as 2 cavalry figures, so that will give you another 40 points.