Indian Motorcycle 1:32 Standard to WWII Military Conversion

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Grunt
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Indian Motorcycle 1:32 Standard to WWII Military Conversion

Post by Grunt » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:53 pm

This has to be one of the easiest conversions out there.

Found three different models of Indians at a local WM in 1:32 scale.

Did some research and found that all three models were used in WWII to some extent (various) at:

http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/reprint ... ndians.htm

Nice photo's here:

http://www.photos.indianmotorbikes.com/military/

Anyway, I converted this base unit:
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To the military version:
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Based on this photo:
http://www.photos.indianmotorbikes.com/ ... mil041.jpg

Rider is an FOV Airborne soldier. Found him in my parts bucket, not sure which vehicle he came from originally. Plan to re-work the bandage stuck to his helmet into some goggles.

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