Revamped Dinky Saracens

[carlos marighela]

Well impressed, especially as you are doing them for me.
I had a hankering for the toys of my youth & my friend (Vodkafan)
has done all the work.
Now I am starting to think how best to use them in a wargaming setting.
Possibles (so far) are:-
Northern Ireland (anti IRA); West Germany (cold war gone hot); UNIT (Dr Who);
Winter of Discontent (Civil unrest) or Zombie fighting.
Has anyone got any other ideas?

Aden and the Radfan. Perfect accompaniment to the Eureka range and the Dinky Saladin.

[vodkafan]

resin kits for the desert Saracens? Tell me more.

I am sure someone on LAF was selling the 1/48 resin Saracen and Saladin at this very moment....

[tin shed gamer]

I really like the look you've achived subtle and simple. Most of all not high gloss(more a personal bug bear with toy cars on tables.)

I'd been toying with Idea of using the utility car for my home guards but got sidetracked actually sculpting them. So you've just reminded me .

Buying the well loved ones is definitely the way to go. If your getting the ones with just the wheel hubs . Then just put Dinky replacement tyres in your ebay search. There's literal dozens of them.( it's actually cheaper than buying a kit for the wheels to use.plus there great for barricades.and supply dumps)
Have you considered using the well love ones to represent burnt out soft skins?

Mark.

[Harry Faversham]

I am sure someone on LAF was selling the 1/48 resin Saracen and Saladin at this very moment....

Stalwart and Saladin for sale here...

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74868.0

 

[Ultravanillasmurf]

This has reminded me to dig out my Dinky Daimler Armoured Car.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=114679.0

[vodkafan]

Buying the well loved ones is definitely the way to go. If your getting the ones with just the wheel hubs . Then just put Dinky replacement tyres in your ebay search. There's literal dozens of them.( it's actually cheaper than buying a kit for the wheels to use.plus there great for barricades.and supply dumps)
Have you considered using the well love ones to represent burnt out soft skins?

Mark.

Hi Mark thanks for the encouraging comments. I have bought a load of the replacement Dinky and Corgi rubber tyres early on, but for my own diecasts now I tend to prefer to replace the whole wheel with resin wheels because I can paint them without worrying about the effect on the rubber.
About the idea to use the knackered ones as wrecks, yes my mind goes all over the place, much quicker than my hands can get stuff done unfortunately 

[has.been]

Surely 'value' depends on what you value.
I value highly Vodkafan's work.
The chance of playing with loved old Dinky toys, this time on a wargaming front
is, to me, worth far more than them sitting in a box ignored.
It is an added advantage that he works his magic with the bashed about examples.

[Doug ex-em4]

* For the uneducated among us I will translate... a pinwash is a black/dark brown wash that brings out all the nice detail you can see on vodkafan's excellently painted, but now totally worthless, toy APCs!

 ;)thanks for the info although I prefer to think of myself as uninformed rather than uneducated

Doug