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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: fastolfrus on 29 December 2014, 08:03:13 PM
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Poundland have some roughly 28mm clip-together tank kits in stock again.
Notionally Abrams or Challenger from a company called Grafix - the box even includes paint!
Not sure what to use them for, but they might be a good basis for conversions.
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Nothing Russian? Damn I passed a Poundland yesterday. I don't have much use for either of those tanks, but given the price I'd probably find one (this is coming from the guy who glutted himself buying those 1/48th Russian cars they sold, and well months later I have the perfect use for the things).
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There may be others in the range - they also make aircraft varying between a Spitfire(ish) WW2 fighter and a Mig
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If they're the same ones I'm thinking of, I got me some of those Spitfires last year. They set me back about €2,50 a piece at Action in the Netherlands and are quite good for what you pay for!
I'll check out a shop again to see if they are also carrying those tanks now. No immediate use yet, but you never know when they'll come in handy. ::)
But tanks at roughly 28mm will be quite huge compared to a Spitfire, so I suppose the boxes will be bigger?
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Boxes are roughly 24cm x 16cm x 4cm
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As far as I am aware there are only the 2 tanks and they are basic.
The Spitfire is dreadful as a model but useful a wrecked aircraft terrain piece! There is also a Mustang and a few modern jets. I bought some for my grandchildren and they enjoyed making and painting them. There are two sizes of aircraft - small ones about 1/100 scale and larger ones. The box size determines scale. The plane on the box art is not always the same as the model inside. Not ideal for a scale model but great for converting, using as terrain pieces or filling out a background.
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I visited the two Poundland stores in Worcester yesterday and could not find either the tanks or the planes. What I did find was more 1/43rd sports cars. These were in the older store and there were Aston Martins and Jaguars.
Tony
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Yeah all I saw in mine were those sports cars (which they've had in for a good while now oddly). As with the Russian stuff I suppose it varies as to when things are rolled out into shops. Personally I was just going to use one or two of them as wrecks or whatever, and well for the price I could certainly find something to do with them/ :)
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my poundland is rubbish, everytime someone gets a great find, I check mine for a couple of weeks, and they never have any :( unless of course lots of other LAF'ers live in my area without me knowing, hmmmmm :o
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Haven't checked locally since I found the first ones.
The tanks (hull) are about 16cm long.
The turrets don't turn.
But could still be a useful basis for something.