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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Trencher on December 15, 2007, 10:23:09 PM
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This AC was called 'Panzerwagen "Leninpanzer"', collectors number 100, in the GDR. It was made by ESPEWE, a model car producer of the GDR. Nowadays they are hard to get, but pop up on ebay Germany from time to time.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/shufti/AustinPutilov1.jpg)
Qualitywise it is very close to the older Matchbox MoY-cars of the late 1960s. The overal detail is nicely done. The paintjob is a little bit grainy. The turrets were made of the notoriously hard (and probably brittle...) GDR-plastic, surprisingly with the cover for the non-existent Maxim machine guns. Maybe this has something to do with the deficiency disease of the GDR economy. Inserting new barrels shouldn't be that difficult.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/shufti/AustinPutilov2.jpg)
The front lights suffer from some nasty sink holes and should be filled and repainted.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/shufti/AustinPutilov3.jpg)
The cover of the rear axle is made of a rather soft green plastic. And so is also the cardan shaft which should be replaced with a length of brass wire.
When I looked at it for a closer examination, the AC fell apart. The rivets which held the upper hull were a little bit weary...
That was something which I didn't mind as I plan to strip off the paint anyway but it revealed some interesting insights.
All in all, if you should have the the chance to get one for a reasonable price (but certainly not more than 30 Euros...), get it by all means. It's nice.
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Thanks Trencher !
I need one :)
Björn
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It would be great if you could take a profile shot with a miniature for scale next to it.
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It would be great if you could take a profile shot with a miniature for scale next to it.
Yep, here you are:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/shufti/Austin_EI.jpg)
Comparison shot with an older England Invaded miniature, which is a rather "larger" 28mm miniature.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/shufti/Austin_WZ.jpg)
This time with a 28mm Warzone figure.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/shufti/Austin_WM2.jpg)
And now with a Warmachine miniature, which is dubbed by PP as 30mm.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t255/shufti/Austin_Quar.jpg)
Well, if you like it a little bit odd...
Some pics may look a little strange, but I never base my vehicles. Since I've got neither a suitable RCW/BoB miniature at hand, I hope this might help at least a little bit.
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An armoured Quar! :lol:
Sorry, couldn´t let that one pass.
Looks great, and right in scale, too. The phrase must be used with caution, but "it wasn´t ALL bad back in the GDR".
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An armoured Quar! :lol:".
:lol: 8) :lol:
You're right, too good to give it a miss.
Nice collection of scale pics too - thanks. 8)
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Thanks for the scale pictures. I LOVE the Qwar shot; it's completely appropriate. In fact, if I owned any of those Qwar I'd now feel that I absolutely MUST have one of these armored trucks.
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I'm glad you like the Quar pics, as I've chosen to go further down that way. Fluffwise, you've got tons of opportunities and conversion potential there... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Love the Quars, too. They are high on my 'forget they exist' list for armies I don't need but will eventually buy...