I'm starting to realise that I have a bit of a "thing" for machine guns mounted in wagons, sadly this pic dosen't quite do justice to this rather nice piece seen at the London Toy Soldier Show last weekend. I believe it is made by Urugayian firm Hirart and depicts a yeomanry unit of the City Imperial Volunteers from the Boer War, there was another one painted up in the uniform of the Boer Staatsartillerie (I think - note to self, must make more effort to ask questions next time)Thursday, 30 June 2011
Boer War limber mounted machine gun
I'm starting to realise that I have a bit of a "thing" for machine guns mounted in wagons, sadly this pic dosen't quite do justice to this rather nice piece seen at the London Toy Soldier Show last weekend. I believe it is made by Urugayian firm Hirart and depicts a yeomanry unit of the City Imperial Volunteers from the Boer War, there was another one painted up in the uniform of the Boer Staatsartillerie (I think - note to self, must make more effort to ask questions next time)
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Not Hiriart.
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This gun carriage would haven made a nice addition to my intended Boerwar British column. Never saw it anywhere else. You have a clue in the meantime?
ReplyDeleteSorry Marcel, never saw it before or since, maybe it was scratchbuilt or some sort of conversion, shouldn't be too difficult to make something similar though.
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