Building the Borsetshire Brigade - The Fencibles (05.11.24 VBCW)

[Doug ex-em4]

After intensive training, including gruelling manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, Chief Superintendent Ronald Biggsworth-Hill is satisfied that his new command has reached a state of high efficiency and is ready for action.

A colourful parade is organised at the new unit’s secret Wiltshire HQ, Chief Superintendent Biggsworth-Hill himself taking the salute




Here we see The Chief (as his men affectionately call him) saluting his favourite unit, the Motorcycle Fast Reaction Section



The climax of the parade was the complete Flying Column arrayed on the nearby sports ground. A brave sight indeed, guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of all who may oppose good order in Wiltshire and beyond



And with that, Passing Out was completed, the beer was on The Chief and passing out could commence.


Doug

[Roo]

Great stuff Doug!

[Capt Troy Tempest]

Very nice. What scale?
Building great as well, are they scratch made.

[Doug ex-em4]

Great stuff Doug!

Thanks, Roo. I have to confess that these lads have appeared some years ago at Hereford but I’d never got round to mentioning them here.

Very nice. What scale?
Building great as well, are they scratch made.

Thank you.

26mm - motorcycles from Bob March’s Pulp range.

The building on the left is a Plasticville and the one on the right is scratch built but not by me.


Doug

[mikos khan]

Very cool.  I really like the wanna be Mussolini figure that you used for The Chief.  Who makes it?

[Doug ex-em4]

Very cool.  I really like the wanna be Mussolini figure that you used for The Chief.  Who makes it?

https://forlornhopegames.co.uk/category/future-warriors/cops

Doug

[leadboy]

Lovely stuff Doug, but aren't the motorcycles sold by RAFM, rather than Pulp Figures ?
Although I think they were originally sculpted by Bob Murch !
Sorry to nit pick.....

[Doug ex-em4]

Lovely stuff Doug, but aren't the motorcycles sold by RAFM, rather than Pulp Figures ?
Although I think they were originally sculpted by Bob Murch !
Sorry to nit pick.....

No harm in nit-picking; nasty little buggers need disposing of anyway. Howsomever, I got the motorbikes from Bob. I think he sells/sold in sets of one bike and rider with one combination and crew (not sure exactly, it’s a while since I got them). I wanted 10 bikes and 1 combination so I got a friend of mine in Canada (who knows Bob) to see if he would supply them as a special order. Which he did.

As regards their current availability, I don’t doubt that you’re right and thanks for putting the record straight

Doug

[Vagabond]

The Flying Column are a stirring sight. I bet they put the fear of God into the Wiltshire poachers.

[Metternich]

  "To Protect and Serve" (motto of the LAPD - Los Angeles Police Dept.)

[syrinx0]

That is a great looking fast response bike unit. No doubt it was quite a passing out after all that training.

[Doug ex-em4]

The Flying Column are a stirring sight. I bet they put the fear of God into the Wiltshire poachers.

They certainly put the fear of God into Wiltshire pedestrians 

  "To Protect and Serve" (motto of the LAPD - Los Angeles Police Dept.)

WPFC -haven’t got a motto yet but it’ll probably be along the lines of "To Ruthlessly Crush Oposition to How The Chief Constable Things Should Be" but it’ll be in Latin and look quite reassuring.

That is a great looking fast response bike unit. No doubt it was quite a passing out after all that training.

Thank you. Yes, The Chief was very generous with the beer.

Coming up, an insight as to how the column came to be so well equipped, considering the upheaval caused by the Civil War.

Doug

[Overlord]

WPFC -haven’t got a motto yet but it’ll probably be along the lines of "To Ruthlessly Crush Oposition to How The Chief Constable Things Should Be" but it’ll be in Latin and look quite reassuring.

"United we stand or Devizes will fall" - "Stemus unita aut Devizat cadet"

[Doug ex-em4]

"United we stand or Devizes will fall" - "Stemus unita aut Devizat cadet"

Brilliant, mate - that’s a real contender👍

Doug

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

"United we stand or Devizes will fall" - "Stemus unita aut Devizat cadet"

Love it, a work of genius!