(Gnome Wars) The Swiss Bicycle Tank is (Finally) Complete?

 Last month I had begun the process of doing more than just futilely straightening up the painting bench and shelves:  A complete reorganization of the paints and bits that are strewn here and there.  I'll eventually post about the new arrangement and it's efficiency, but one of the bits I uncovered was a wind-up key, something you would use for a wind-up toy.

And the the last piece of my Swiss Park Ranger Bicycle Tank that I "finished" back in 2010. 

First ever picture with the wind-up key (and new lower gun)

Let's be honest, the Eureka Miniatures Hartlebepanzerhochrad has always been the default Bicycle Tank for Gnome Wars.  I had painted mine up for the Swiss Park Rangers so they had some vehicle just in case some of the park visitors were a bit stubborn.

I first mention the completed model in October 2010, but the first picture of it doesn't appear until I finally finished the entire Swiss Park Ranger unit back in July, 2011! 

Of course, after 15 years and countless conventions, the Bicycle Tank has seen better days.  I had removed the Picklehaube from the original model, of course, but over the years I lost the lower gun.  Every part I hard was either way too big or way to thin, so I simply clipped off some of the metal guard of a ruined paint brush.  Not pretty at all, but better than the hole.