Lanchester Armoured Car

Hello all, it has been quite a while since I wrote for this blog. You may remember my previous posts regarding my 28mm WW1 project. As a rekindling of that same project, I received a Lanchester armoured car from 1st Corps Miniatures as a gift from my father, Dave. I recently finished this lovely and slightly silly model, so I thought I would share the results.

As you can see, the armoured car has two turret weapons. On opposite sides of the turret it has a Hotchkiss heavy machine gun and 37mm cannon. In order to switch between the two the turret would need to be rotated through 180 degrees. Silly indeed!

I painted the vehicle in the colours (battleship grey!) of the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) who operated a large number of armoured cars on the Western Front during WW1. All I need to complete this model are RNAS decals and British rondel.

Since I already had the photobooth set up, I took some photos of various miniatures from my WW1 collection. They are all Old Glory, with the exception of my Canadian command staff who are Great War Miniatures.

US Marine Browning .30 cal HMG

US Marine Browning .30 cal HMG

US Marine 37mm trench gun

US Marine 37mm trench gun

US Marine light trench mortar

US Marine light trench mortar

US Marine light trench mortar

Canadian 18lbr field gun

Canadian 18lbr field gun

Canadian command staff

Canadian command staff

Canadian forward observation officer and party

Canadian forward observation officer and party

Canadian highlanders w/ piper

Canadian highlanders w/ piper

German heavy trench mortar

German heavy trench mortar

German heavy trench mortar

German MG08 HMG w/ custom gun shield

German MG08 HMG w/ custom gun shield

German reservist

I will endeavour to contribute to this blog more often in the future. Speaking of which, how does 28mm Second Boer War sound as a new project?