It is always good to have some super speedy reconnaissance vehicles with machine guns. Like having sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. Also good. Zvezda produce a great little motorbike and sidecar for a few dollars. The kit is very simple and only a few parts, will go together in minutes. Just remember to keep the riders separate for painting as it is too tricky to paint them once they are glued in position. This does mean that you have to leave the front part of the sidecar off so you can fit the passenger in once he is painted. This was the only piece that was tricky to do and i had to do some surgery to get the last piece to fit in. I also dumped the plastic base it came with and made my own from MDF as usual. Great kit and great value. I might buy some more!
The Italeri kit comes in a larger pack with two single bikes and two motorbikes with sidecars. You get extra figures to make different options, with helmets or caps, and an LMG or SMG in the sidecar. So that’s nice you can vary how you build your bikes. Kits are again very simple and take minutes to put together. The only thing is i had to use super glue as the plastic rejected all my usual plastic cement. I also tossed the supplied bases away and made my own. Each passenger and rider has a bum toggle that i removed so positioning was easier. That way you are not trying to shove the toggle into the hole in the seat. Just glue the dudes on. Again another good kit and nice to have options. Great value as you get four bikes in each box.
I painted them all German grey and the figures field grey. Added some dust, but kept the process simple. I actually have the other two bikes from the Italeri kit I finished a few years back, and I may have to redo them in the same way.
Those are really nice, Will! 🙂 Look better in grey I think! I should maybe do some myself (used to have a motorbike in my younger days) but I find them even worse to paint than artillery, so well done!
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You should get some – the zvezda kit is a few dollars well worth it
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Those are superb- brings back fond memories of the Great Escape film.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Ah yes thats a great idea Pete to make a steve mcqueen figure!
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I saw them and thought you really need Indy and the Professor escaping from Berlin.
Great stuff.
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Them too!!! I need more bikes for sure!!
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Everyone loves motorcycles, and yours are particularly nice.
Regards, Chris.
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Great bikes!
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Sorry Will, so far behind !!These guys are really good, and like John said, difficult to paint ,so top marks mate!
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