Landships II

Josh,

I really do not now much about this subject but I will tell you what I know.  A tentcloth/greatcoat was rolled into one and strapped to the front of the handlebar stem.  The handlebars went out in a straight shape in the outward directions about a foot, then suddenly curved backwards to form the hand grips.  There was a thin fender on the rear wheel to prevent mud and dirt to be flung onto an unfortunate soldier's back, to make this I would suggest aluminium foil.  When the tent-cloth/greatcoat roll was not carried, a headlight about as big around as an big orange was carried, perhaps you could make this out of a very small shotgun shell pellet.  The seat was in a rounded triangular shape, there were two springs attached to the underside of it to absorb the shock, to make the seat I would just form one using putty or flour and water dough, but you have to give it a rather thick coat of paint after it tries, for it tend to have a gritty texture, this would also work for the tent-cloth roll and the later to be explained rifle carrying sock. I should think the pedals would be wood, not sure though.  A leather ( I think) rifle sock or sleeve was carried (strapped) to the side of the frame rod between the seat and handlebar stem. 

To make the frame itself, I would suggest very thin paper clip wire.  For the wheels, perhaps some very small rubber gaskets from a machine of some sort, diary milking equipment might some of these.  For the spokes, very, very, very thin fishing line super-glued criss-cross across the diameter of the wheels.   For the frame color I would suggest Tamiya Field Gray, seat leather or semi-gloss black, spokes aluminium, tires gray, and for the chain a metalic grey.

Thank you very much for your time!!

Hi Josh,

Go to this photo and go through the answers, best I've found.... german World War One pushbikes are hard to find photos of. 

The bike in the photo is a Seidel & Naumann bicycle

Helen x