Plasticville O Scale Cars

[NewEvolutionGames]

I have seen quite a few posts on the Plasticville O scale buildings and how they match up pretty well with 28mm and similar scales. How about the cars? I am think of picking up a Dinner and a trailer park but have seen several Ebay listing with the O Scale cars. Do those match up pretty well or are they overly large? If they match up, they could make great Mad Max/Apocolyptic cars or just general terrain pieces.

Otherwise does anyone have a good source for 1/43 or 1/48 vehicles that work well with 28mm(I know they range in size, primarily Hasslefree or 40k)?

[mysteriousbill]

Try Ertle.

[Sterling Moose]

Gisby did one:

http://combatzonechronicles.net/cozo8/pcar.htm

[Doomsdave]

The cars are best suited for burnt out wreck terrain.  If you want cars that will function as scale cars; try an ebay search for Maisto, or Matchbox Yesteryear, Solido, Corgi, Jada, or New-Ray.  In my experience the new ray cars are the cheapest and scale very well at 1/43-1/48.  I have tons of new ray, jada and maisto cheapies that I use for many games.  You can get most periods of car models as well.   I have some 50's American makes and some moderns as well as some old-timey gangster cars.  

[warrenss2]

I've found that the 1/43 scale works best for me.

A search for "1/43" and/or "O Scale" on Ebay will turn up all sorts of useful things for your game... not just cars.

Although I have not modified my vehicles into wasteland road warrior rides I have seen some articles, sadly no longer available, on the net where folks have done a fantastic job altering them to a Mad Max look. I seem to remember window screening, aluminum car repair screening, plastic card, and bamboo cooking skewers prominently used in the process.

But if you are going to transform they into busted up wrecks you might want to take a look at these two articles...

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page423.html
and
http://combatzonechronicles.net/cozoxb/plastrex.htm

[Pil]

I have seen quite a few posts on the Plasticville O scale buildings and how they match up pretty well with 28mm and similar scales. How about the cars? I am think of picking up a Dinner and a trailer park but have seen several Ebay listing with the O Scale cars. Do those match up pretty well or are they overly large? If they match up, they could make great Mad Max/Apocolyptic cars or just general terrain pieces.

Otherwise does anyone have a good source for 1/43 or 1/48 vehicles that work well with 28mm(I know they range in size, primarily Hasslefree or 40k)?

I think size-wise they are ok but they lack in detail. I myself stick to mostly 1:43 model cars from toy stores, outlet stores and cheap clothing stores.

[warrenss2]

NEG, you might want to take a look at some of Pil's post apocalyptic car posts...

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=14361.msg169057#msg169057
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=12948.msg149392#msg149392

Here are some of the wreaked vehicles using the methods in the links I provided above...
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=11432.msg131889#msg131889

I find his stuff inspiring.

Pil, I am still waiting for a Zombie report where Duke Nukem lives to tell the tale. 

[Pil]

Pil, I am still waiting for a Zombie report where Duke Nukem lives to tell the tale. 

We recently played another zombie game and just to be safe Duke Nukem didn't participate. It was probably for the best as everyone died in the end

[anevilgiraffe]

1/43 will be way too big for Hasslefree sized 28's... I bought a 1/43 police mini and it was shoulder height to a mini on a slotta... wayyyyy too big... I'd go with 1/48 or 1/50, not as easy to find but looks better...





the mini is 1/43, the Bedford OB Van is 1/48 and the Lanny is 1/48