Posted 3 years ago
fortapache
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Finally got my motorcycle with sidecar unboxed, set up and fully manned. It comes with one figure which is the driver but has seats for three. The sidecar being one and there is a jump seat behind the driver. In the first photo I have the jump seat in the up position which is where it would be with no rider. Note in photo #2 where it shows the spring plus the spring for the driver's seat. It has actual functional suspension.
The main feature of the side car in the machine gun which I think is the MG34 although it could be the MG42. Both would be what was called Hitler's buzz saw due to the high rate of fire. It has the bipod so it can be used dismounted. The passenger is luckily also in a German motorcycle uniform. He came in quite handy.
Finally I added a third rider. The bike is looking pretty crowded but they will be dropping him off at his anti-tank gun which will we coming soon!
Nice! And that buzzsaw was a scary, fierce weapon! The noise scared troops from all around..
Interesting. I didn't expect it to be a thumper....
The absolute coolest!! They left nothing out on the details of this motorcycle. It's simply awesome!!
Thank you very much dav2mo1. It was indeed!
Thank you very much kwqd. Perhaps I should compare it to my GI Joe Harley.
Thank you very much Scott. It even has handbrake cables. They went all out on this.
It is supposed to be a German bike, right? There were BMW thumpers, a single upright cylinder motor. It looks like a thumper from the pictures and I only see one exhaust. This bike doesn't look like a BMW or Zundapp, though, and the largest BMW thumper I am aware of is the R27. Not up on my WWII German motorcycles, however, but I thought they were all opposed twin cylinder motors...
MG-34 or MG-42, I would take either one, but I think this one is an MG-34.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MXb-zdXhM
Awesome model, so much detail.
It would be a bit slow with three men, a gun, and gear, but better than a push bike!
Ah, I see in the boxed post that there are dual exhausts, so not a thumper. Does the box say what kind of motorcycle this is? Just curious as I didn't know there were WWII German motorcycles besides the BMW and Zundapp..... I found a few images of the box on line but can't find any that show detailed information about the contents.
kwqd yes it does have dual exhaust and 2 cylinders. It does not appear to be an R-12. Not sure what type it is. Someone on FB thinks it is DKW which apparently is close to an R75.
As Ultimate Soldier only made the MG 34 that would be the MG 34. I just looked that up.
Thank you very much racer4four. Guy #3 will be dropped off soon.