As a kid, back in the fifties, I always wanted the Centurion. Far too expensive. And the tank transporter? Way out of reach.
Anyone know what scale those two items are? I could use some Centurions in imagi-nations Africa.
Love these Saracens.....they look the biz.....daft question but what’s a pinwash?
Doug
Yep, just got a couple in the mail today done as "African" generic.
Where did you source gun barrels?
I gleaned five of those Dinky Saracens off fleabay. Two were going to be tickled up like vodkafan's, the other three, sprayed sand and brown for our 'Wild Geese' games.
"I purposely buy the beat up/missing /bent wheels broken crap ones."
That's wot I thought I was doing with mine!
Yet, when No.1 son's father in law spotted the stick on transfers he nearly laid an egg... "You never see them these days with the original decals," he trilled (decals, they're gummed stickers!!!). I've got that paranoid about wrecking these priceless artefacts I've bought a couple of resin kits for the desert Saracens I need... there's just something about the Saracen that just looks so right.:-*
The way I look at it...when I gleefully destroy the value of the ones I repaint and cut about, I actually increase the value of the pristine examples that collectors just want to keep in a box.
Well impressed, especially as you are doing them for me.
I had a hankering for the toys of my youth & my friend (Vodkafan)
has done all the work.
Now I am starting to think how best to use them in a wargaming setting.
Possibles (so far) are:-
Northern Ireland (anti IRA); West Germany (cold war gone hot); UNIT (Dr Who);
Winter of Discontent (Civil unrest) or Zombie fighting.
Has anyone got any other ideas?
resin kits for the desert Saracens? Tell me more.
I am sure someone on LAF was selling the 1/48 resin Saracen and Saladin at this very moment....
Buying the well loved ones is definitely the way to go. If your getting the ones with just the wheel hubs . Then just put Dinky replacement tyres in your ebay search. There's literal dozens of them.( it's actually cheaper than buying a kit for the wheels to use.plus there great for barricades.and supply dumps)
Have you considered using the well love ones to represent burnt out soft skins?
Mark.
* For the uneducated among us I will translate... a pinwash is a black/dark brown wash that brings out all the nice detail you can see on vodkafan's excellently painted, but now totally worthless, toy APCs!:P