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 A French civilian car in army service, with a St. Etienne MG in the
fanciful scene, as they weren’t used in action like this! But they did rear compartment, circa 1904. Car is a die-cast 1904 Delauney-
pull wagons and heavy artillery pieces Bellville, 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 Russo-Balt on the Eastern Front, 1914. Resin and Metal model
by Scheltrum Miniatures. (‘Raised’ Rivets added by me). Figure by
Musketeer Miniatures.
A prototype Rolls Royce in Southwold, 1914, awaiting shipment to
Belgium. Copplestone Castings, heavily modified. Artizan figure.
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.
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 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.
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.
Italian Lancia IMZ, 1917. Model by Force of Arms. (completely
resin kit). Figures from Brigade Games.
Austrian Romfell, 1915. First Corps. Figures by Scarab Miniatures
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
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 Company B’s RR Tender. MG swopped for baggage provided. Driver
one!) Copplestone Castings with wire wheels from a die-cast model from Tradition, with Woodbine soft cap.

Austro-Hungarian Romfell 1918. Another Romfell by Black Army Company B late British Rols Royce with solid wheels. ‘Rivets’ added
Productions: this time in a late war setting. (Resin & metal). by me.
Figures by Scarab Miniatures

A huge Garford-Putilov armoured car, under the command of the A Russian Mgebrov twin-turret armoured car under the command
Red army in Moscow, 1919. Model by Copplestone Castings. of the Whites, 1919. Model by Copplestone Castings.
Figure is a converted Empress Miniatures SCW figure
An Austin-Putilov, with Red Army special armoured car troops A captured Izhorski-Fiat armoured car, in use by the Freikorps,
disgorging, 1920. Armoured car and figures by Studio Siberia, a Berlin, 1919. Model by Copplestone Castings. Figures by
Russian manufacturer. Hecker & Goros (converted 1/48th), Scarab (converted) and
Copplestone (converted)

A captured 1915 model Lancia being used by Freikorps troops in A Ford Model T in Polish service (c.1920). Model by Company B
1919 Berlin. Model by Copplestone Castings, with small turret and
front wheel covers added by me. Figures by GWM and Copplestone.

A Lancia armoured truck careers through Dublin, manned by tough An Irish Loyalist Model T Ford (c.1920), armed with a Colt MG.
‘Black & Tans’. Vehicle and figures by Musketeer Miniatures. Anti- Model T Roadster is a 1/48th scale white metal kit by Wiseman
missile cage is brass-etched mesh. 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,
 15mm
 10mm
 6mm
(1/300)
 3mm
(1/600)

(1/64,
1/56,
 1/72)
 (1/144)

1/55,
1/48)

Armoured
Trains
and
Trains
Suitable
for
Conversion
 


 Trumpeter
 Company
B
(RCW
 Unimodels
 Peter
Pig
 
 Irregular
 

&
Colonial)
 (Eastern
Europe)
 Miniatures


 
 Redoubt
 Five
Star
Model
 
 
 
 Oddzial
Osmy
of
Enterprises
(ACW
 kits
 Poland


 
 Dixon
Miniatures

&
Colonial)
 
 
 
 
 

(ACW)

Armoured
Cars
(including
Steam
Punk/Victorian
Sci­Fi)
 

Scale
Link
 Major
 First
Corps/
 IT
Figures
 Minifigs
 Pendraken
 Irregular
 

Models
 Curteys
Miniatures
 (Lancaster
 (Caliver
 Miniatures

King
&
 Roden

(Russia)
 Sloppy
Jaloppy
 Raventhorpe

Games)
 Irregular

Books)
 Wargames
 Scotia
 

Country
 Miniatures
 South

John
Jenkins
 Model
 Copplestone
 Reviresco
/
Tin
 
 
 Heroics
and
Ros
 

Designs
 Victoria
 Castings
 Soldier
(USA)


 Panzershop

(Italy)
 Scheltrum
 Second
City
 
 
 
 

(Czech)
 Miniatures
 Games


 Resicast
 Company
B
(USA)
 Reiver
Figures
 
 
 
 



 Recon
 Tobsen
77
 Convoy
Models
 
 
 
 


Models
 (Germany)


 Lou
Stener
 Black
Army
 Retrokit
 
 
 
 

Models
 Productions
(USA)


 Armo
Jadar
 Old
Glory
 Solfig
(France)
 
 
 
 

Models
 Corporation
(USA
 (Milicast)


 JMGT
 Siberia
Studio

/
UK)
 Matador
Models
 
 
 
 

(Russia)


 
 
 Five
Star
model
 
 
 
 

kits


 
 HLBSC
(A/Cs
No
 Planet
Models
 
 
 
 

longer
produced)


 
 
 Tracks
and
Troops
 
 
 
 



 
 Ironclad
 Brach
Models
(Ex
 
 
 
 

Miniatures
 Mr.
Panzer)


 
 Black
Pyramid

 MGM

(Europe)
 
 
 
 

(Steam
punk)


 
 
(Steam
punk)
 Wespe
Models
 
 
 
 



 
 Matchbox
die‐cast
 WD
models
 
 
 
 

(1/64
Rolls
Royce)


 
 De
Agostini
Criel
 AMC
 
 
 
 

Model
(1/43


 
 Moscow
Models

Lancia
IZM)
 Air
Czech
 
 
 
 

Die‐cast


 
 
 Model
Trans
 
 
 
 



 
 
 Den
Bels
 
 
 
 

(Holland)


 
 
 Model‐Krak
 
 
 
 

(Poland)


 
 
 Retrotracks
 
 
 
 



 
 
 Extra‐Tech
 
 
 
 



 
 
 B.U.M
(Spain)
 
 
 
 



 
 
 Il
Principe
Nero
 
 
 
 

(Giorgio
Briga)


 
 
 Cromwell
Models

(Italy)
 
 
 
 

(Rolls
Royce
A/C)

MANFACTURERS
OF
INTERWAR
PERIOD
RANGES
USEFUL
TO
EARLIER
PERIODS
 


 Plus
Model
 Force
of
Arms
 Frontline
 Flames
of
War
 
 
 

(Armoured


 
 Mutton
Chop
 Matador
Models
 
Train)
 
 
 

Miniatures


 
 Musketeer
 UM
Military
 
 
 
 

Miniatures
 Technics


 
 Empress
 Armageddon

(Ukraine)
 
 
 
 

Miniatures


 
 Reiver