When Early War Miniatures first showed their up and coming Italian trikes I was drawn to them (as I often am to odd stuff). Then due to a mix up (well the boys are awful busy), I ended up with a mix of kits, some of which i hadn't ordered - d`oh! Not to make a fuss I decided to re-write my Italian orbat for Tunisia and enlarge the recce element to make use of the odd trikes I had`nt originally wanted. So my second order arrives early last week, great just what I wanted but - oh ho - I`m still short of a few bits and now realise I need some extra bits too. So I shoot off an order to Raventhorpe and as usual they turned my tiny (less than £20 order around in 2 days - brilliant).
So after much stopping and starting I finished all these this morning.
Armoured cars
The AB43 (right) is a re-painted di-cast, the AB41 is a very old Skytrex model a gift from Jon Sutherland
Raventhorpe bikes and combinations
EWM bikes
EWM trikes
Comms vehicle and MG carrier
Deployed Breda (Raventhorpe)
RTO - Raventhorpe
More EWM trikes
Supply trailer & transport
EWM staff car
EWM trike towing 47mm AT
Deployed EWM 47mm w/crew
EWM Italian colonials
Converted with plasterscene into regulars
I love the wierd little trikes too. They look like they would be more suited to a rural delivery service to me for some reason.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
My alex said they were ride-on lawnmowers :)
ReplyDeleteNow extremely tempted by the EWM Italian trikes
ReplyDeleteThey do have that "oooh shiny, shiny" appeal :)
ReplyDeleteThese look great! Tempting...
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul :)
ReplyDeleteAs soon as Paul Thompson showed me the first casts I knew i had to buy a few - just for fun :)