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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Strange Aeons => Topic started by: styx on 25 October 2012, 12:50:47 AM

Title: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 12:50:47 AM
I shall let the picture to the talking... :o

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Lot-5-Matchbox-Cars-Models-Yesteryear-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqJ,!hwFBdfwCisDBQgcTNf63g~~60_57.JPG)

Now post up that damm weathering tutorial!

Going to have to post a new picture later...this one is small!

Here is the list!

Models of Yesteryear No. Y-19
Auburn 851 Supercharged Speedster
1935
1979 Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.
Made in England

Models of Yesteryear No. Y-4
1930 Model "J" Duesenberg Town Car
1975 Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.
Made in England

Models of Yesteryear "Matchbox" No. Y-10
1906 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Made in England By Lesney
1969 Lesney Prod & Co. Ltd.

Matchbox
Models of Yesteryear No. Y-16
1928 Mercedes Benz "SS"
1972
Lesney Prod & Co Ltd.
Made in England

Matchbox
Models of Yesteryear
1969 Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.
No. Y-15 1930 Packard Victoria

Now, I just need a few trucks...I love the beer trucks, the gas tankers and the coke truck.
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: aggro84 on 25 October 2012, 03:01:27 AM
You should only "blame" people when they are a bad influence on you.  ;D
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 04:52:14 AM
You should only "blame" people when they are a bad influence on you.  ;D

Just ask my wife.  lol
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Mason on 25 October 2012, 09:01:44 AM
 lol

Thanks, mate!

I do hope your wife isn't the vengeful type!
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 01:02:31 PM
lol

Thanks, mate!

I do hope your wife isn't the vengeful type!


She is half Cuban and half Canadian....you do the math.... lol
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Mason on 25 October 2012, 01:03:26 PM
She is half Cuban and half Canadian....you do the math.... lol

Now I'm scared!
 :o
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 01:03:46 PM
Posted a better image...
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 01:04:44 PM
Now I'm scared!
 :o


Yea, I am just a majority Irish and Native American....so just don't get me mad when I am drunk.  lol
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: superflytnt on 25 October 2012, 03:29:12 PM
Can you put a 28mm model next to one so I have an idea of scale?

Thanks!
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 03:35:38 PM
Can you put a 28mm model next to one so I have an idea of scale?

Thanks!

I will when I get them in the mail. Just paid for them last night. They should be just like the ones Mason has...
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Mason on 25 October 2012, 03:38:32 PM
Can you put a 28mm model next to one so I have an idea of scale?

Thanks!


I will when I get them in the mail. Just paid for them last night. They should be just like the ones Mason has...

Here you go.
I feel styx may have his hands full packing for that, oh-so-terrible cruise... ;)


This car is the same one as the green one in styx picture.

(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/carsandplant015.jpg)

28mm Pulp Figures miniature for scale comparison.
This is the longest car that I have.
Take a look at those on my thread for more pics with different cars.

Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: superflytnt on 25 October 2012, 04:28:59 PM
Ah, there's a good lad. That's what I was hoping. I bought one of these cars, but it was 1:64 scale and you can imagine my deep disappointment.

I'm going to have to get some of these!

Thanks to you both!
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Burnt65 on 25 October 2012, 04:39:55 PM
If she is half Canadian, at least she will say sorry
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 04:49:51 PM

Here you go.
I feel styx may have his hands full packing for that, oh-so-terrible cruise... ;)


This car is the same one as the green one in styx picture.

(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/carsandplant015.jpg)

28mm Pulp Figures miniature for scale comparison.
This is the longest car that I have.
Take a look at those on my thread for more pics with different cars.



Need a painting tutorial for weathering!

Mason, did you do a total repaint to the green one?
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 04:51:46 PM
If she is half Canadian, at least she will say sorry

Her mother is from the New Brunswick area (if I recall the French side), from my experience with Canadians they can hold a grudge like no other....(wife, her mother and one of my good friends was born in England and grew up in Canada)....

I think they only say sorry when they are proven wrong... ;)
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Mason on 25 October 2012, 04:59:29 PM
Need a painting tutorial for weathering!

Mason, did you do a total repaint to the green one?

No repaint, it was blue and silver when I bought it.
In fact, other than a little drybrushing of 'mud', there is no real painting involved.
I used a product made by Modelmates to weather all of them.

I have one left, so I will do a little tutorial showing the various stages when I do it.

Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: superflytnt on 25 October 2012, 05:39:12 PM
I wonder about weathering them too much, though...other than maybe some mud in the wheel wells.  I've, unfortunately, had government cars parked at my home and I can testify that they were spotless.

:)
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 05:47:20 PM
May have to check out this modelmates stuff if it is in the US...I have inks and washes (GW) and been toying with the GW (rough texture paints) for basing...thought the mud stuff would be good to add some gummed up mud around the tires and fender since roads was not great back then.
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Mason on 25 October 2012, 06:00:21 PM
I wonder about weathering them too much, though...other than maybe some mud in the wheel wells.  I've, unfortunately, had government cars parked at my home and I can testify that they were spotless.

:)

Unless you weather them, they will look exactly what they are: Die-cast toys!

It is a must, as far as I am concerned...


Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 06:57:38 PM
I wonder about weathering them too much, though...other than maybe some mud in the wheel wells.  I've, unfortunately, had government cars parked at my home and I can testify that they were spotless.

:)

We tease our General Services to wash their cars here....so not all government cars are spotless...hell some of ours is piles of junk with an engine...the body just happens to look ok.  lol
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: superflytnt on 25 October 2012, 07:15:03 PM
I collect older and antique firearms (an advantage of living in the US) and some of them are quite rare. Well, there was a murder or some such act of villainy in California 12 years ago, when I was living there in the state, about 20 miles or so from where I lived, done with a pistol that has a not-common caliber. Add to that the fact that the barrel that the murder weapon had was a custom barrel, only perhaps 4000 of which were ever made. So, the fact that I had that pistol, and the barrel, AND that I lived near the area put me on a very short list. The irony is that I had never installed the barrel as doing so would have potentially damaged the receiver, thereby making the gun far less valuable.

So, one day, two black Chevrolet Impalas show up at my house. Immaculate. Two men (one white, one black) wearing identical sunglasses and with an utterly humorless expression show up at the house. They ask about my gun, I tell them I don't know a bloody thing about the situation, and hand over my gun and the barrel. I explain I never installed it, and that if their crime lab can do so without actually damaging my gun, I'd be appreciative if they'd leave the new barrel in.

Again, humorless bastards.

A year later, I get my gun back. They didn't even clean it after test firing. :(
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 25 October 2012, 07:57:05 PM
Got to love the Feds!

I work for the State, so things are different...but well we have a gov that looks like Voldermort (From Harry Potter) or Skeletor from He-man.

Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 08 November 2012, 08:49:11 PM
Do you glue the wheels in place to keep them from rolling around or do you not mess with them?
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Mason on 09 November 2012, 09:51:32 AM
Do you glue the wheels in place to keep them from rolling around or do you not mess with them?

I dont bother.
Playing on a flat table should mean they do not move too much.
Some people do glue them, or base them, but I prefer a vehicle without a base so it blends in better with the tabletop.

Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 09 November 2012, 01:03:44 PM
I dont bother.
Playing on a flat table should mean they do not move too much.
Some people do glue them, or base them, but I prefer a vehicle without a base so it blends in better with the tabletop.



I think PVA glue will be the answer...I was curious, we had a few get bumped by dice and such last night. I thought this may happen...

Post something on how you weather...I also bought some of that GW gummy paint that looks like mud to add to the lower edges and fenders...curious how you wash yours to look dirty..
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: dinohunterpoa on 13 November 2012, 05:07:59 PM
Greetings!

Nice collection, Stix!

I've recently discovered that collecting vehicle models for Call of Cthulhu/Strange Aeons games may turn into a hobby by itself!

Two recent acquisitions of mine: a lovely Ford Model T 1915 (1960's Corgi Toys) and the 1926 Hispano-suiza limousine from the James Bond Car Collection, both in 1:43 scale (pictures from elsewhere in the net).  

(http://www.brinquedosraros.com.br/img_520/E_200912720857.jpg)
(http://img2.mlstatic.com/james-bond-hispano26-limousine-007-moonraker-ford-mercedes_MLB-O-201000210_9276.jpg)

As I am planning a CoC RPG game inspired by the movie The Great Race (1965), these models will be of great use!

 :)
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 13 November 2012, 06:11:11 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: Mason on 13 November 2012, 08:05:38 PM
Very nice.
I love the Limo!
 :-*

Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: obsidian3d on 13 November 2012, 08:22:01 PM
Has anyone found stuff like this in Canada? I have been looking for a while and can't find suitable vehicles to put on my game tables.
Title: Re: I blame Mason....
Post by: styx on 13 November 2012, 08:56:38 PM
Has anyone found stuff like this in Canada? I have been looking for a while and can't find suitable vehicles to put on my game tables.

Try US Ebay, that is where I got my goodies...