A British dispatch rider inspecting his machine. A separate figure in 1:32 scale for scenes beside a country road.
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The British signal service built its motorcycle arm on the Triumph Model H, which the men nicknamed the Trusty. Over thirty thousand of them were made, it was driven by a single cylinder of about five hundred fifty cubic centimeters, it had three speeds and the power went to the rear wheel by belt. The nickname was not meant mockingly, because compared with the rest of the machinery of the day the machine really did last.
A stop at a motorcycle was not usually a rest. Tension the belt, top up the oil with a hand pump, clean the carburetor clogged with dust, look over the tires and top up the carbide in the lamp. Anyone who neglected this came off badly out on a road where there was nobody to help. The casting catches a rider at just such an inspection, bent over his machine with a hand at one of the parts being checked.
In the autumn of 1914 the army recruited dispatch riders among others from the ranks of students and young men who came with motorcycles of their own. It was a service both independent and dangerous, because a rider was out on the road alone and conspicuous. Losses among them were keenly felt and could not be made good at once, as few people could ride in those days.
The figure is cast in 1:32 scale and stands on its own, without a machine. Remove the remains of the sprue nubs with a fine saw, level the area and rid the surface of grease before spraying. Cyanoacrylate will serve for the joint, and on a larger mating face an epoxy is better.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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