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Wolseley CP armoured car


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Greetings All,

 

Here is my 1/35 scratchbuilt Wolseley armoured car.

 

I chose to model this as it seemed to be a fairly easy shape (albeit using pretty scant reference material given it's rarity) and I'd found an excellent card model template on the Landships II website - a wonderful source for this sort of thing. It's all plastic card and scraps - see the WIP if you're interested in reading further...

The scene is Ashtead in Surrey, just after the great war. Our intrepid armoured car crew have been on manouvres, but their not-so-trusty conveance has let them down, overheating and dropping oil on this warm summer's day. They requisition a brace of horses and use them to tow the car back to base. The AA have just set up their network of roadside assistance boxes, but this one is unfortunately unmanned, and the officer has foolishly allowed his membership to lapse.....

 

Thanks to everyone who commented on the WIP - it's been a wonderful journey!

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20 hours ago, Stevejj said:

The only thing i can critique is the lack of harness on the horses. Pulling with just the straps would cut and chaff. The rest however absolutly supurb

Yes - I was keen to keep the harnesses as simple as possible, just because I didn't fancy making up a full set. I found details of the "Dutch harness" online together with the simplest form of halter and went with that - more for my benefit than the poor horses I'm afraid!

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