M is for More Mini Military Machines

I only posted Bren Gun/Universal carriers the other day, but I was also posting them elsewhere, then a Lone Star one turned-up, and I had a separate shot of the Tudor Rose one, to which I've added a couple of comparison shots to give the post some originality!

So, the new member of the team first, it's not a particularly fine example, and it could have done with a clean before I shot it! But as a sample it does what is needed.

 

Lone Star, die-cast mazac/zamak early version, also came in sand paint, often with German markings, not inaccurate as the Germans captured a fair few during the run to Dunkirk, and would also press them into service when they captured them in the Western Desert. [Oooh! Just avoided a 'dessert' typo there; I wonder how many of them there are on the blog, Doh!]

Some more shots of the recently seen here, Marx Battery operated late version carrier, not much to add to whatever waffle I appointed it with last time, needs comparing to the Timpo one, I think they are a similar size - biggish?

 

The Tudor Rose version on the right, also a late pattern, with the Dibro tinplate novelty push-and-go tank to the left, the both, trundling down a French country lane, lined with Lombardy Poplars, still on the Cofalu card - possibly aimed at the Tour De France line, or the farm?

 

The trees are hard polystyrene, the tank is quite common and must have been very popular at one point, probably due to its cheapness, maybe one of the first, affordable toys, mass-available after the war? The carrier has both Bren-guns intact, which is uncommon for this model, they are both easily damaged.

Comparing Marx, French composition, Lone Star and Tudor Rose mini military machines! I still need a Britain's slush-cast one to compare with the TAT's, and when that happens I'll try to remember to dig-out the Timpo one!