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Miniatures Adventure => Other Adventures => Topic started by: Fjodin on November 27, 2011, 02:15:41 AM

Title: 15mm Matchbox motorhome
Post by: Fjodin on November 27, 2011, 02:15:41 AM

(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091216020533/matchbox/images/thumb/3/31/Mbx_motorhome_2008.jpg/284px-Mbx_motorhome_2008.jpg)
http://matchbox.wikia.com/wiki/MBX_Motor_Home
Just bought this 1/87 scale Matchbox Motorhome.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090901062840/matchbox/images/thumb/2/29/Matchbox_MBX_Motorhome_5-Pack_-_1308ef.jpg/640px-Matchbox_MBX_Motorhome_5-Pack_-_1308ef.jpg)

(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6703/187857lg.jpg)
Why do I think its 1/87? Well, here is photo of real (not Matchbox) 1/87 motorhome and car.

(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/1516/motorhome.jpg)
Now have a look at these photos
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7060/motorhome1.jpg)

(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2409/motorhome2.jpg)
I wish Matchbox to make truck based on this Motorhome, so I can place car in there. This Motorhome have some furniture inside wich block my car from getting in. Of course I alway can make a conversion :)

(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9332/motorhome3.jpg)
I need to repaint right car…

Title: Re: 15mm Matchbox motorhome
Post by: aecurtis on November 27, 2011, 02:34:59 AM

The reason it won't hold an automobile is that the real-world versions that the model is based on aren't *designed* to hold an automobile.  An enclosed auto-hauling trailer is a very different thing.

These vicious machines are called "toy haulers", and they're intended to carry a couple of dirt bikes (motorcycles) or perhaps an all-terrain vehicle (little four-wheeled horrors whose only virtue is that, occasionally, they remove their foolish owners from this plane of existence). 

The "furniture" provides a basic self-contained living space that allows the owners of said toys to drive out into remote areas (like the desert around here) and tear up the fragile ecosystem, while providing a place to sleep and keep the beer cold.

I recommend that the reasonably-armed figures in your photos engage and destroy the darned thing before it can be used as a base to to terrorize innocent wildlife.

Allen

Title: Re: 15mm Matchbox motorhome
Post by: darthfozzywig on November 30, 2011, 12:46:27 AM

With a little effort, this could be the centerpiece of a "The Walking Dead" convoy.

Title: Re: 15mm Matchbox motorhome
Post by: aecurtis on November 30, 2011, 01:24:15 AM

I'd get a proper Class A RV model for that.

Allen