To Armoured - Flames Of War

Scale Comparison! Austin/Austin-Putilovs (two in Russian service and one belonging to the Royal Tank Regiment)
Left: HLBS Co. model (1/64th), middle: Copplestone Castings model (1/55th) right: Sloppy Jalopy model (1/48th)
From Armed
Amoured Car Models
By Nick Buxey
To Armoured
As part of our Evolution of the Tank series, we asked Nick Buxey to dig deeper into armoured trains and cars.
Nick went wild and ended up modeling and painting more than 30 armoured cars, and compiling an extensive
list of manufacturers. We didn’t have room to fit everything in the magazine, but here they all are, just for you!
A US Army ‘Duryea-type’ quadricycle, circa 1898, set against
the Military Academy in Wisconsin. It mounts a Colt MG. Car is
actually a converted De Dion Bouton by the French firm Huilor and
bought via Ebay France. Figures are Clive Knight seated French
Drivers from Tradition and converted with Old Glory heads.
Frederick Simms on his ‘Motor Scout’ of 1899. Quadricycle is based
on Paul Hicks’s ‘Croydon Crusher, but with wire wheels from a
Models of Yesteryear 1911 Daimler. Vickers-Maxim is scratch-built,
replacing the kit’s original Vickers. Figure is from a Lledo ‘Day’s
Gone horse-drawn vehicle driver.
An armoured Fowler B5 traction engine in South Africa, 1900. A
fanciful scene, as they weren’t used in action like this! But they did
pull wagons and heavy artillery pieces
A French civilian car in army service, with a St. Etienne MG in the
rear compartment, circa 1904. Car is a die-cast 1904 DelauneyBellville, made by French firm JMK Rami.
A French-made Hotchkiss armoured car in Turkish service in 1909.
The civilian car is showing the first attempts at true ‘armouring’.
Another die-cast Delauney-Bellville, made by French firm JMK
Rami, purchased via Ebay-France, but converted. Rear turret is
plastic card. Hotchkiss MG from Ebor Miniatures, with plasticard
shield added. Figures from Tiger Miniatures’ Balkan Wars range,
but converted.
A British Army Model T Ford scout car of 1912, adapted to be an
MG carrier. Car by Company B, but with some ‘surgery’ to lengthen
the wheel-base. Figures adapted from Great War Miniatures
& Tradition.
A Russo-Balt on the Eastern Front, 1914. Resin and Metal model
by Scheltrum Miniatures. (‘Raised’ Rivets added by me). Figure by
Musketeer Miniatures.
Belgian Minerva, painted in early war blue/grey.. Crew are also
in early Belgian uniform. First Corps model with original wheels
exchanged with wire wheels from a Die-cast model. Crew converted
using Brigade Models’ and Woodbine Miniatures’heads and joined
by a Brigade Models officer in sidecap.
A prototype Rolls Royce in Southwold, 1914, awaiting shipment to
Belgium. Copplestone Castings, heavily modified. Artizan figure.
A Lanchester in RNAS service, 1915. Resin and metal model from
the old HLBS range. Models are nice, but fit better with ‘true’ 25mm
figures, as they equate to 1/64th scale.
Austro-Hungarian Junovicz, 1915. Resin and metal model by
Tobsen77 of Germany.
Austrian Romfell, 1915. First Corps. Figures by Scarab Miniatures
A 1915 model Ehrhardt armoured car in Imperial German service.
It had a crew of 10! I just included 6 to give the idea! Model is from
Black Army Productions. Crew mostly conversions, using figures by
Artizan, Brigade Games and Copplestone.
French White armoured car, 1916. Resin and metal model by
Scheltrum Miniatures. Great to see one in 28mm and part of
Scheltrum’s new ‘November revolution 1919’ range. I like ‘raised’
rivets, so these were added by me. Crew converted from Empress
Spanish Civil War range, with Woodbine heads
Italian Lancia IMZ, 1917. Model by Force of Arms. (completely
resin kit). Figures from Brigade Games.
British Rolls Royce, 1917. First Corps’ model of a late war RR,
complete with chains on the wheels to cope with the mud!
Lawrence leads his Bedouins into action atop a RR (‘had to do that
one!) Copplestone Castings with wire wheels from a die-cast model
Company B’s RR Tender. MG swopped for baggage provided. Driver
from Tradition, with Woodbine soft cap.
Austro-Hungarian Romfell 1918. Another Romfell by Black Army
Productions: this time in a late war setting. (Resin & metal).
Figures by Scarab Miniatures
Company B late British Rols Royce with solid wheels. ‘Rivets’ added
by me.
A huge Garford-Putilov armoured car, under the command of the
Red army in Moscow, 1919. Model by Copplestone Castings.
Figure is a converted Empress Miniatures SCW figure
A Russian Mgebrov twin-turret armoured car under the command
of the Whites, 1919. Model by Copplestone Castings.
An Austin-Putilov, with Red Army special armoured car troops
disgorging, 1920. Armoured car and figures by Studio Siberia, a
Russian manufacturer.
A captured Izhorski-Fiat armoured car, in use by the Freikorps,
Berlin, 1919. Model by Copplestone Castings. Figures by
Hecker & Goros (converted 1/48th), Scarab (converted) and
Copplestone (converted)
A captured 1915 model Lancia being used by Freikorps troops in
1919 Berlin. Model by Copplestone Castings, with small turret and
front wheel covers added by me. Figures by GWM and Copplestone.
A Ford Model T in Polish service (c.1920). Model by Company B
A Lancia armoured truck careers through Dublin, manned by tough
‘Black & Tans’. Vehicle and figures by Musketeer Miniatures. Antimissile cage is brass-etched mesh.
An Irish Loyalist Model T Ford (c.1920), armed with a Colt MG.
Model T Roadster is a 1/48th scale white metal kit by Wiseman
Model Services from the USA. (Ebay) Figures converted from
Musketeer Miniatures. Colt MG from Tiger Miniatures
MANUFACTURERS
OF
EARLY
ARMOURED
TRAINS
AND
ARMOURED
CARS
UP
TO
1920,
BY
SCALE
1/32
1/35
25­28mm
20mm
(1/76,
(1/64,
1/56,
1/55,
1/48)
1/72)
15mm
10mm
(1/144)
6mm
(1/300)
3mm
(1/600)
Armoured
Trains
and
Trains
Suitable
for
Conversion
Trumpeter
Company
B
(RCW
&
Colonial)
Redoubt
Enterprises
(ACW
Dixon
Miniatures
&
Colonial)
(ACW)
Unimodels
(Eastern
Europe)
Five
Star
Model
kits
Scale
Link
Major
Models
Roden
(Russia)
First
Corps/
Curteys
Miniatures
Sloppy
Jaloppy
IT
Figures
(Lancaster
Raventhorpe
Games)
Model
Victoria
Panzershop
(Italy)
(Czech)
Resicast
Copplestone
Castings
Scheltrum
Miniatures
Company
B
(USA)
Reviresco
/
Tin
Soldier
(USA)
Second
City
Games
Reiver
Figures
Recon
Models
Lou
Stener
Models
Armo
Jadar
Models
JMGT
Tobsen
77
(Germany)
Black
Army
Productions
(USA)
Old
Glory
Corporation
(USA
/
UK)
Siberia
Studio
(Russia)
HLBSC
(A/Cs
No
longer
produced)
Peter
Pig
Irregular
Miniatures
Oddzial
Osmy
of
Poland
Armoured
Cars
(including
Steam
Punk/Victorian
Sci­Fi)
Heroics
and
Ros
Convoy
Models
Retrokit
Solfig
(France)
(Milicast)
Matador
Models
Five
Star
model
kits
Planet
Models
Tracks
and
Troops
Ironclad
Miniatures
Black
Pyramid
(Steam
punk)
(Steam
punk)
Brach
Models
(Ex
Mr.
Panzer)
MGM
(Europe)
Wespe
Models
WD
models
AMC
Air
Czech
Matchbox
die‐cast
(1/64
Rolls
Royce)
De
Agostini
Criel
Model
(1/43
Lancia
IZM)
Moscow
Models
Die‐cast
Model
Trans
Den
Bels
(Holland)
Model‐Krak
(Poland)
Retrotracks
Extra‐Tech
B.U.M
(Spain)
Il
Principe
Nero
(Giorgio
Briga)
(Italy)
Cromwell
Models
(Rolls
Royce
A/C)
Pendraken
Irregular
Miniatures
Scotia
King
&
Country
John
Jenkins
Designs
Minifigs
(Caliver
Irregular
Books)
Miniatures
Wargames
South
MANFACTURERS
OF
INTERWAR
PERIOD
RANGES
USEFUL
TO
EARLIER
PERIODS
Plus
Model
Force
of
Arms
Frontline
Flames
of
War
Matador
Models
(Armoured
Train)
UM
Military
Technics
(Ukraine)
Armageddon
Mutton
Chop
Miniatures
Musketeer
Miniatures
Empress
Miniatures
Reiver