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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: ulverston on March 24, 2021, 05:20:12 PM

Title: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 24, 2021, 05:20:12 PM: Hi Chaps,
I have four (well 5) of the old Corgi Landrovers which I think are roughly 1/48 scale. Having looked at pics from the middle east/Pakistan/India etc it seems they are still being used and most have some sort GPMG on a post at the front. Has anyone else used these old die cast models and where would be the best place to acquire an MG (or 4)?

Thanks for any help or tips... as soon as I get the guns I will strip the toys down for repainting and add some armour to a couple of them.
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: Will Bailie on March 24, 2021, 06:04:04 PM: Company B has Dushka with gunner: https://company-b-models-and-miniatures.myshopify.com/collections/crews-for-afvs/products/miniatures-post-war-dshk-and-crew

Eureka also has a Dushka, either by itself https://www.eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_150&products_id=11620

Or with ZANLA, Afghan or Soviet gunners
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 24, 2021, 06:16:16 PM: Oh thats the stuff I am looking for... I should have mentioned that I am in the UK.

Cant wait for that plastic set of moderns that someone will eventually make...
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: Will Bailie on March 24, 2021, 08:59:25 PM: Eureka has a UK stockist: https://www.eurekaminuk.com/

Looking forward to seeing how they turn out!
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 24, 2021, 09:37:07 PM: Thanks Will I will use that. I will also try and put some pics on here.
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: Will Bailie on March 24, 2021, 10:19:40 PM: My Afghans are still saving up for a Landrover, or Ford Ranger, or Toyota Hilux. For now, they follow the traditional Afghan way and make do with what they have:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O5OhhSSjV0Y/VxHW8zJV3yI/AAAAAAAAAu4/cOrHtN-YVVoUsDG345dfdCudJRXB4hVhgCLcB/s1600/IMG_4650.JPG)

;)
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 25, 2021, 07:11:56 AM: lol Hahaha
I love that model! They are actually nice figures, I have never seen that cart before, now I need one.
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: steders on March 25, 2021, 07:23:50 AM: The Assault Group do loads of modern weapons, very reasonably priced and great customer service
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 25, 2021, 01:46:28 PM: Yes I saw those this morning, at 45p each they are cheap as well.... the Landrovers may end up with an RPK each!
Having just watched Mosul (I found it excellent and well worth a watch) I would like to find some baseball bat heads to plop on figures to create the Iraqi SWAT team... Empress do Afghan heads with a cap which is similar.
Anyone out there doing this?
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on March 25, 2021, 06:48:16 PM: Quote from: ulverston on March 25, 2021, 01:46:28 PM
Having just watched Mosul (I found it excellent and well worth a watch) I would like to find some baseball bat heads to plop on figures to create the Iraqi SWAT team... Empress do Afghan heads with a cap which is similar.
Anyone out there doing this?
Crooked Dice.
(https://crooked-dice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Security-Guard-Heads.jpg)
https://crooked-dice.co.uk/product/security-guard-heads/ (https://crooked-dice.co.uk/product/security-guard-heads/)
They are an excellent match with Empress figures (I will dig out some bodyguard figures made from Empress Universal Soldier bodies with these heads).
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: Digits on March 25, 2021, 06:53:12 PM: Try Spectre miniatures, they have a range of support weapons for mounting in technicals.
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on March 25, 2021, 06:53:18 PM: Choose your scale carefully.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4YFm5EnWAgA/WYD19p4alZI/AAAAAAAACkY/VrRa2cn3E587dAtQXZDDM-kOVQDmfl7RgCEwYBhgL/s1600/autoinf2.png)
Clockwork Goblin Automated Infantry weapon Sprue (might be different to the current Warlord ones) compared with Empress ones.

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Now, a quick measure shows the M2 is about 35mm long, which at 1/56 is 1960mm

Now Wikipedia says the length is 1654mm, which gives a calculated scale ~1/47, so it is probably 1/48.

The Vickers is about 25mm, Wikipedia gives a length of 1120mm, which makes it about 1/45.
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 25, 2021, 08:09:23 PM: Ultravillain this is fantastic thank you. I literally just purchased some of the Empress Universal soldiers with Afghan police heads but the Crooked Dice will be so much better. My next click will be taking me to the Crooked dice site. I did find an interesting spot to purchase HMG's etc.

https://www.miniaturebuildingauthority.com/products.asp?cat=28mm+Modern+Figures

Sadly abroad but I may try an order on payday... I look forward to seeing your figures
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on March 25, 2021, 10:53:45 PM: (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eN_lfd24Kco/YF0T78HNSZI/AAAAAAAAHwM/yydyVRkcLZI7KROOhS3KLhHJgpR_Q2C9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/bodyguards-2.png)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8vidWt5gZoQ/YF0T79l-SSI/AAAAAAAAHwQ/Ms385dDNACMIe_iDY_SLKa3-7nDSuVD7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/bodyguards-1.png)

Crooked Dice heads and Empress Universal Soldier bodies.

Apologies for the poor photographs
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 26, 2021, 07:06:17 AM: Fantastic work Mr Smurf, the figures look perfect, the heads are a perfect match and exactly what I was hoping to achieve. To be honest without your pointer to Crooked Dice I would have used the Afghan heads and been forever disgruntled with them!
I had forgotten about Crooked dice, the air con units are really good value and I never seem to have enough of them. My defence budget is just not big enough!
Title: Re: HMG for a modern vehicle?
Post by: ulverston on March 27, 2021, 06:06:21 PM: I just saw Digits recommending Spectre (my favourite ruleset for moderns as well) I will look but often things are not in stock... I have been waiting for the rocket pod to plop on a truck for quite some time.

When my lottery win comes in or I sell my final kidney I will have one of everything from theu range, they are beautiful figures.