Ewan dropped me a line to let me know that Simon and Mick have released two crew version's of the. Standard Beaverette
Since I replied I've had a few more e-mail's. Of a gentle rivet counting nature.
Asking why I gave it an armoured Visor over the driver's position ? Short Answer is I didn't.
I haven't spoken to Simon or Mick since it's release. But if was a modification added to several car's in several different formats either with hinges or simple horizontal sliding plate. Both methods could be inside the cab or external. It gave me a headache so Left theses options off the model.Simon and Mick have added an optional plate into the kit.
Another modification was the enlargement of the driver's observation slit.( visible in one of the pic's) and or an additional gunners port/vision slit.
I know most people only think of these being a short lived expediency in England. But they literally turned up all across the Commonwealth in the form of regional copies. So they'll work for Australian civil War games without much of push since there's photographs of them in Newzealand and Fiji .
Plus you can play fast an loose with German crew's too as one appears in the wartime movie' The Silver Fleet ' doubling for a German Armoured car in Holland.
( I no longer have a copy of any images of the Newzealand versions which were local builds rather than the Standard motor car chassis . However I did come across one image on a forum so out fairness I've included as a screen shot with the original post attached.)