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Title: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: colin_baillie on December 02, 2011, 12:04:49 PM

As we all love a discount store bargain I need to mention that Poundland, in the UK, have a few diecast military vehicles in stock that are suitable for 15mm scifi.

I picked up two of these APCs yesterday for £1 each and repainted one last night. I may very well be getting more of these as the repainted one turned out quite nice.

There's also a little tank and a cross terrain car, but the tank is a little small and the other a bit too large for 15mm.

Here's the APC, with more pics at http://eclipsingbinaries15mm.blogspot.com/

(http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac270/C_Baillie/GAK-89510APC001.jpg)
(http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac270/C_Baillie/GAK-89510APC003.jpg)

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: joroas on December 02, 2011, 12:27:18 PM

I bought the car to go with my BEVO USMC, they are around 20mm.

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: Bergil on December 02, 2011, 01:47:32 PM

Good find and good call!

Cheers for that.

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: Elwood P Dowd on December 02, 2011, 04:41:09 PM

Very nice .
It looks like the French VAB 6 wheel chassis. 

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: jprp on December 02, 2011, 06:00:37 PM

Well done, could also be converted into an Ork battlefortress for Epic (6mm).

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: No Such Agency on December 03, 2011, 05:06:51 PM

Reminds me of the old (4") GI Joe APC that could hold all the figures, and float.  A nice find and for dirt cheap too.  The scale is perfect and the design is universal enough to use for a lot of different factions.

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: VoodooInk on December 03, 2011, 06:40:43 PM

Quote from: jprp on December 02, 2011, 06:00:37 PM

Well done, could also be converted into an Ork battlefortress for Epic (6mm).

Good call!

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: basaint on December 04, 2011, 06:45:09 AM

Man, thats nice AND spot on!

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: john Hollyoak on December 05, 2011, 10:01:40 AM

Many thanks for this. For once I saw a post and got to the cheap shop while they were still in stock. Painted one in green at the weekend as a test piece. Wonder if I should have stripped the original paint off first but it is coming along nicely. I have removed the launcher thing on the top (it is held on by a small screw) and will eventually replace. My skirmish force for Tomorrow's War is off to a good (cheap) start!
John

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: colin_baillie on December 05, 2011, 01:18:50 PM

Great to know you managed to get some of these. I'd love to see what you've done with yours.

Title: Re: 15mm APC from Poundland
Post by: Snowdogs on December 29, 2011, 11:30:40 PM

Poundshops and the like are always worth a look....

http://www.displacedminiatures.com/Stormwalker/gallery/1102/

http://www.displacedminiatures.com/Stormwalker/gallery/1049/

I got some of my best stuff for a quid  ;)