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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

You've done a good job there Rob, it looks just like the photo

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

Have you road tested it yet Rob?...

I'd be interested to know how the engine pulls on lower gearing and with Barry in the chair..err..I mean the additional weight of a sidecar....Ian

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

Well done Rob,superb looking outfit. Dont suppose youve got a spare Lewis gun ?

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

No road test yes, I'm still fiddling with the fittings and painting.

The gearing will probably have to be adjusted, I can't remember which front sprocket is on at the moment, its either a 20 or 21.

I would really like an aircraft Lewis, there was one at Stoneleigh for nearly 5k, but I would have to sell the outfit to afford it. Rob

email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk

Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations


You should have snapped it up Rob, there is an Aircraft Pattern Lewis on Gunstar at the moment for just under £8000!! If you want the standard Lewis Gun, there is also one of those at £8,950!

Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

Took the outfit for a ride up the lane today, I had forgotten how much fun they can be.

Now for some experiments in camouflage, green and brown would seem to be the best option for the Home Guard but I'm probably basing that assumption on the Dads Army episode with the two Rolls Royce staff cars. Rob

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

And because curio minds need to know.
Are they Lewis guns sans cooling schrouds fitted or was there another LMG that used the round Lewis type magazine.

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

They are a WW1 aircraft version of the Lewis, often fitted above the top wing, they were issued to the Home Guard with various bipods and front wooden grips added on, originally they had a deeper, larger capacity magazine but the standard narrow magazine seemed to be used more in the second war.

And of course they were made by BSA.

Rob

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

96 and 48 rounds respectively I believe.

Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

It just seems curious that they were not fitted with the schrods which i was always led to believe was a vital part of the barrel cooling mechanism.

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

I think the standard Lewis with the steel "chimney" and alloy fins was more suited to the infantry role, the idea being that the barrel stayed cooler and didn't have to be swapped on a regular basis like other air cooled machine guns such as the later Bren or MG34, as an aircraft gun the Lewis was being air cooled by the motion of the plane and the "chimney" probably caught the wind with unpleasant side effects.

When it came to issuing guns to the Home Guard cooling may not have been considered such a problem, firstly they weren't given enough ammo to get the gun hot, secondly any gun is better than no gun?

Rob

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

In the early days at least it was just a scam, or 'whistling in the dark'..

The government giving the impression they were doing something meaningful about our dire situation...

Same thing with the 'inter channel stop line' and other defensive lines constructed around that time...

If the Germans had actually invaded those defensive lines (and the Home Guard) would have held them up for about 5 minutes...

By the time the Home Guard became a fully equipped and trained force the threat of invasion had past anyway...Ian

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

We'll have none of that bolshy defeatist talk here! Take that man's name Sarn't Wilson! A Fifth Columnist I shouldn't wonder......you can tell by those shifty eyes.

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

A work in progress.

Bit of a mix of colours

Bike - SCC Brown No.2 (mixed myself matched to original headlamp)
Sidecar chassis/mudguard - Khaki Green No.3 (Frank Burbery paints)
Sidecar body - Cobbaton Dark Olive Drab Green & Jeep parts Dark Camo Brown

No. "4" I picked at random, there were alleged to be 4 outfits and "2" was an Ariel.

Now I'm trying to decide if I should paint on the grey Home Guard Diamond marking which was officially only for Military Vehicles loaned to the Home Guard, whereas this is a Civilian vehicle locally procured.

Rob

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

And a little hinge up windscreen if you really want to spoil Barry! Ron

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Re: Ariel Home Guard Combinations

['And a little hinge up windscreen if you really want to spoil Barry! Ron']


I'd make him wear the cape he lent me in Normandy!.. .... ...Ian

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