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Author Topic: Some Dinky Toys and Matchbox Recce vehicles for 28mm wargames  (Read 1257 times)

Offline dadlamassu

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Some Dinky Toys and Matchbox Recce vehicles for 28mm wargames
« on: September 19, 2020, 06:39:18 PM »
I have been increasing our collection of vehicles for our 28mm Bolt S=Action games with my son and his mates:

Some British recce vehicles - the Daimler Armoured Cara are old Dinky Toys and the Dingoes are Matchbox Scout Cars.  Both are very slightly the wrong size but very close, perfectly serviceable and certainly a lot cheaper than kits as they are old toys of mine and kids.
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Re: Some Dinky Toys and Matchbox Recce vehicles for 28mm wargames
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2020, 11:06:18 PM »
Great idea!
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Re: More (updated) Dinky Toys and Matchbox Recce vehicles for 28mm wargames
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2020, 09:31:41 AM »
For some upcoming games that were planned before we were "Borised" again, that I had decided were to be recce based rather than an attack/defence or delaying action, advance to contact etc I have been scouring the old boxes.  All in all a massive saving on the price of plastic or resin models.

The Poundland Jeeps are also very close to 1/56 (I have added scratch built MMGs)


This one is of indeterminate scale but fits nicely for size and look

 

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