WW1 theme 1922 bus mods

[GWR-fan]

While a little outside the timeframe and slightly overscale,  I decided to modify a couple of 1922 buses to go with my Ambulance train and WW1 figures from Bachmann.    I purchased a few buses in obscure liveries to modify.  The olive drab paint is from Tamiya and was a leftover from years ago when my son was heavily into military 1/35 scale models.  There was just enough paint to do the two buses.  While not prototypical,  I decided to convert one bus to a single deck troop carrier for variety and the second as a flatbed to perhaps cart coffins,  hence the black livery.   The flatbed shape was dictated by the scant amount of styrene that I had leftover from years ago.

[PhilJ W]

Rodin produce a 1/72 B type bus kit in both military and civilian guise.

[GWR-fan]

Thankyou, but for a few dollars each I will be happy with these to simplify matters.  A couple that I have are in "Manor Hospital" livery.  During the war I believe that the armed services would requisition stately homes to use as hospital/recovery wards so these also will be used.  The vehicles will be foreground models so the size discrepancy would not be so noticeable and the modified trucks could represent a larger vehicle to scale out close to "OO" standards.

[Jeremy Cumberland]

3 hours ago, GWR-fan said:

Thankyou, but for a few dollars each I will be happy with these to simplify matters.  A couple that I have are in "Manor Hospital" livery.  During the war I believe that the armed services would requisition stately homes to use as hospital/recovery wards so these also will be used.  The vehicles will be foreground models so the size discrepancy would not be so noticeable and the modified trucks could represent a larger vehicle to scale out close to "OO" standards.

I don't think any stately homes were requisitioned during the First World War - this is more a Second World War thing - but several were offered by their owners to be used as hospitals, including Highclere (where Downton Abbey was filmed).

[modelldoc]

Sometimes you can found the old Keilkraft kits for the Type B bus and the Dennis fire engine.

 

modelldoc

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, modelldoc said:

Sometimes you can found the old Keilkraft kits for the Type B bus and the Dennis fire engine.

 

modelldoc

And the Foden steam lorry that was used by the REME in WW1.

[otherplanet]

Technically the Kiel Kraft Foden is the C-type that wasn't launched until the 20s. The WW1 model is the 'Foden 5 ton'. Which has squarer panels down the side of the boiler rather than flared. Traction engine steering rather than Ackerman and a number of other differences.

But you may consider the differences small enough to suit your needs.

[phil_sutters]

These are not cheap, so may not suit your budget - http://www.wdmodels.com/page5.html

The assembly instructions which you can download as pdfs may be of use to you, though.

Edited September 26, 2022 by phil_sutters

[modelldoc]

Here are the bus and the fire engine from Keilkraft:

 

 

 

and the steam wagon:

 

 

modelldoc

[PhilJ W]

Yes, they are rather basic as kits go but with a bit of detailing can be made quite presentable.