Plate 29:  A closer look at item number 0000000062
(This plate added FEB 2004)

HE manufacturer of this model, Britains Ltd., labeled the model simply as a British Scout Car.
The collector compared the model with photographs in various publications, and further determined that the model probably represents a British Army Daimler Mk. II Scout Car. The weapon protruding from the armored shield in front of the passenger appears to represent a Bren light machine gun. --more--
The Bren light machine gun is a gas-operated, air-cooled .303 caliber automatic weapon. The BR in the name Bren derives from the first two letters of Brno, a city in Czechoslovakia where the gun was designed. The EN derives from the first two letters of Enfield Lock on the Lea Navigation Canal in England, which was the location of the Royal Small Arms Factory when the Bren gun was produced in the 1930s. The photographer went to a lot of trouble to take this close-up picture. Mainly, he had to shorten the legs of his camera tripod in order to lower the camera lens to the level of the display's floor. After going through this exercise, he said to the collector: "Never again, do you hear me? No more close-up shots without a decent plinth to support the model! Do you think I have nothing else to do but lengthen and shorten the legs of the tripod?" The collector, startled by this outburst, replied: "Yes, by all means, get yourself a Decent Plinth, or perhaps two, if you insist. By the way, where does one find a Decent Plinth?" Go to top of page