Bersaglieri motorcycles?

[Johnnytodd]

Nice work!  Those wheels look great

[Rich H]

Thanks!

I believe they will be initially part of a kickstarter.

[Truscott Trotter]

Have been looking for a bike combo suitable for Soviet use for ages keep us posted Rich.

[carlos marighela]

Have been looking for a bike combo suitable for Soviet use for ages keep us posted Rich.

1) Take one German motorcycle combination of your choice

2) Paint green

3) (optional) change the muffler arrangement using plastic rod/sprue.

The M-72 was a licensed copy of the BMW R-71.In fact, BMW supplied the dies and tooling. If you can tell the difference between  the M-72 and the BMW R-75 in 28mm then you are blessed with a very keen eye for detail.

Oddly enough, nobody seems to do the Zundapp in 28mm. That has a distinctively different frame.

[Sinewgrab]

Wow.  If that is what we get for previews, I am glad I asked about Bersaglieri!

[Rich H]

I can't sculpt the riders but I'm happy to take on a commission for the bikes

[FramFramson]

I dearly wish Tamiya or another model maker had another 1:48 bike, be it from a Britain, France, the US or anywhere besides Germany. It's bloody impossible to find 28mm 30's/40's-era bikes that aren't that same Wehrmacht-use BMW.

[Truscott Trotter]

I can't sculpt the riders but I'm happy to take on a commission for the bikes

Sorry Rich the lack of riders is the main reason I do not convert German bikes myself.
I looked at the German crew and with my limited greenstuff skills went nah 

[Rich H]

If there is a demand for them then commission the masters, get them cast and make your fortune...

[carlos marighela]

Sorry Rich the lack of riders is the main reason I do not convert German bikes myself.
I looked at the German crew and with my limited greenstuff skills went nah 

Honestly, it's not that tricky. The Tamiya crew are easy to convert. Carve off any excess and paint as greatcoat. You only need to add an appropriate head and the Tamiya bodies will fit most 28mm heads.

Option 2. Paint them as wearing the camouflage oversuit. Just add a blob of green stuff around the collar to represent the hood. I did this to create some 1980s era Soviets.

[FramFramson]

Here's my own conversion, waiting for paint:

[Truscott Trotter]

Very good Carlos - what make are those figures next to the bike?
I have to admit the bike model looks better than any of the existing 28mm metal stuff I have seen

[carlos marighela]

Eureka's Soviet Motor Rifles. Apols for the shitty camera pic. The rider and gunner are just conversions of the Tamiya crew with Eureka and PSC heads and some spare weapons I picked up at Eureka. Paint them as the amoeba pattern rather than KMLK and they would work for WW2.

The bike is a lot better than anything out there in metal at the moment. Tamiya kits are pleasant to build and at around $18 AUD it's around half of what a metal bike retails for here. Due to the issue with scale 1/56 wheels And 28mm figures it also looks better scaled.

[Truscott Trotter]

Thanks for the tip Carlos I will have a look online here in Oz for some

EDIT Just got one on ebay AU$14 inc postage - bargain

[FramFramson]

I discovered that there's a reasonable-looking O-scale Harley or Indian (technically postwar, but it could easily pass for prewar, especially given Harley's typically laggard development) and I believe it's 1:48th O-scale



Anyone try this one?