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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: The Gray Ghost on January 13, 2012, 10:09:39 PM

Title: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: The Gray Ghost on January 13, 2012, 10:09:39 PM
does anyone make German motorcycles and sidecars in 28mm?
Title: Re: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: Johnnytodd on January 13, 2012, 10:21:23 PM
Warlord (Bolt Action) make a nice BMW R75 with sidecar.  Foundry make a BMW R35 that's a wee small (though to scale) that comes in sidecar or solo configuration.  Black Tree make a nice sidecar rig as well but its pretty large (IMHO).  Westwind makes one as does Battle Honors - but theirs are not particularly nice
Title: Re: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: Johnnytodd on January 13, 2012, 10:23:30 PM
Artisan makes one too - strange proportions
Title: Re: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: starkadder on January 13, 2012, 10:29:05 PM
Hongwell make some really cheap but not bad quality BMWs

(http://www.apason.com/hongwell/31bmwbike1.jpg)
Title: Re: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: Weird WWII on January 13, 2012, 10:52:28 PM
I think Honeywell makes the R75 side car in Afrika Corps markings.  I got two and the eBay a while back and they are really nice and hold up well in gamin'

Brian
Title: Re: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: starkadder on January 13, 2012, 11:20:11 PM
Yep, they do, 3W11.

It's Hongwell not Honeywell, by the way. They're also known as Cararama.

I couldn't find them on the site: http://www.hongwell.com/index1.htm (http://www.hongwell.com/index1.htm) but I have a few of them and I know that's where they came from.

(http://www.apason.com/hongwell/31bmwbike.jpg)
Title: Re: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: Johnnytodd on January 14, 2012, 12:30:01 AM
What scale are these Hongwell?  BTW the black bike represents a postwar R25 - not WW2
Title: Re: German motorcycles in 28mm
Post by: Weird WWII on January 14, 2012, 02:22:54 AM
Yep, that's them.  I believe they are 1/48 or 1/43.  They really fit well with the stuff I have which is heroic 28mm. 

Brian