The Spyker in the Pekin to Paris was not 40hp, The Italia was, I suspect either confusion or nationalism has inveigeled it's way into this caption. Also, "dustless" , as per the advertisement, is unlikely in the extreme.
Well, the "General's" staff car just arrived...super quickly. It is more 1/48 than 1/32 scale, but that works fine as I intentionally use underscale accessories for toy soldier games and set ups...they take up less room. I'll convert a driver, ADC and general from BMC figures, and paint it similar to this one from the Phillipines.
The Army Quartermaster book recommends a cocktail of 9 prts lead white, to 1 part raw umber, and some thinner and japan dryer. Using acrylics titanium white and raw umber cut with alcohol should do the trick. Nez pas?
most modern concrete constructions are expected to go 50 years before they collapse, fail, or crumble away. The Romans did better, and some Roman concrete structures are still perfectly useable after 2000 years. How?
