Pulp Cars - pilots added - updated 4/11/17

[Rich H]

Cool
Mine are a little more uncomfortable I reckon!

[Mason]

You could be right, but those cushioned chairs wont be doing my drivers much good when they get some lead flying in their direction.
 

[Rich H]

This one is a bit mad even by my standards:
A land skiff for the Royal Navy

Its armed with a Hotchkiss 1pdr revolving cannon.

Need to add a few more details but it's almost there.

I'll stat all my creations up for Pulp Alley and Maximillian.

[von Lucky]

Mad, but beautiful.

[FramFramson]

Oh lord, someone stop him... he's gone full barmy.

[Rich H]

Gunbird
Following the breakdown of law and order over large areas of the globe only pockets of law enforcement remain.  In order to ensure what law remains can be enforced the powers that be turned to local garages to build them vehicles from whatever was available.  This often meant recycling existing vehicles.  Fighters provide a sturdy structure and an impressive if fragile engine.  They also come with armament and armour....  

In this case a crashed prototype Bf-109 has been rebuilt as an interceptor.  The 1400 horsepower V12 has been fitted with a transmission from a race car and the cannon moved from the nose to a blister on the side of the fuselage. Wheels and tyres were acquired from unknown vehicles.  

The resultant vehicle is extremely quick but unstable at high speed and incredibly uncomfortable as the suspension is almost non-existent.  It's also very difficult for the 'pilot' to clear jams while on the move and the reduction of the wingspan has reduced the fuel capacity resulting in an operational range of under 100miles.  

The resulting vehicle has proved itself invaluable when countering blockade runners and bootleggers as few vehicles can outrun the Gunbird.

Pulp Alley
Gunbird - size 2, armour 2, Light Gun, Fixed mount, Racer, Death Ray.  6 points.

[Mason]

 

Lunacy, I tell ya!

Inspired, inventive lunacy, but lunacy all the same.
 

[Rich H]

The Brown Streak
With the breakdown of law and order came the opportunists.  There was a lot of profits to be made moving goods that the powers that be frown upon.  In a similar manner to the authorities local garages made use of what they could find.  

In the case of the 'Brown Streak' this was a damaged Bolton-Paul Defiant.  The obvious reason for this choice was the turret mounted .303 machine guns.  The Merlin engine provided 1000hp which when coupled with the chassis from a lorry provided 'adequate' power.  The resulting machine is pretty crude but capable to outrunning all but the fastest vehicles.  The turret mounted guns also provide a nasty surprise for anything daft enough to get close...  

Pulp Alley
Brown Streak  - size 3, armour 2, Medium Gun, Rapid Fire, Turret mount, Reinforced, Anti-Aircraft.  8 points.

[Rich H]

Lunacy, I tell ya!

Inspired, inventive lunacy, but lunacy all the same.
 

Going to try and get some paint on them now....  I'll try not to build more...

[Rich H]

Matelot's Mallet
The Royal Navy quickly realised that given the large body of armed men and reasonable discipline they could enforce control over quite a bit of the area near the remaining naval bases.  To enable this the shipyards were pressed into making suitable patrol vehicles.  Being unfamiliar with land vehicles they stuck to what they knew - boats.

The Matelot's Mallet started out as a fast launch but was re purposed with parts found in a scrapyard.  To ensure this ungainly vehicle could asset suitable control they fitted the nastiest gun they could get their hands on - a Hotchkiss revolving cannon.

The Mallet is a lumbering beast which handles much like the original...  badly... wallowing around and struggling with the pathetic car engine.  However, this is more than made up for by the devastating firepower available from the Hotchkiss.

Pulp Alley
Matelot's Mallet Size 3, armour 1, Open, Medium Gun, turret mount, Rapid Fire, Anti Aircraft, slow, amphibious.  7 points.

[Rich H]

Bit of varnish and paint

[Rich H]

The Sloppy Jalopy

While not strictly road legal a number of private citizens have constructed vehicles for their own personal protection.

The Sloppy Jalopy is one such vehicle constructed on a car chassis and fitted with a rather large, if heavy, water cooled engine.  The Jalopy is armed with two rigidly mounted Coventry Ordinance Works auto-cannons and a pintle mounted Bren gun.  The driver at the rear and the loader/Bren gunner in the front.   

Pulp Alley:
Sloppy Jalopy - Size 2, Armour 1, Light Gun, Hull mount, Rapid fire - 5 points.

[Rich H]

Piece Maker
The Piece Maker was built by an inspired but unhinged genius from an air cooled racecar.  The gun was built around a tank main gun barrel and a home made autoloader.  The snail magazine holds 15 rounds but firing it on anything but semi-auto is not advised.  Even cocking the thing takes a very strong driver!  

Pulp Alley
Piece Maker Size 2, Armour 1, Medium Gun, fixed, Piercing - 5 points.

[FramFramson]

...and then I spent 40 minutes reading about Bolton-Paul Defiants. 

[Rich H]

...and then I spent 40 minutes reading about Bolton-Paul Defiants. 

I wanted a turret...  but didn't want to pay for a 1/48 Lancaster!