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Offline Admiral Benbow

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2011, 10:28:01 PM »
Sorry, is not mine and I caanot help you more. I remember that somewhere there was some more details.
Anuhow, the model is done by Michael Immig and  more about him:
http://www.ths-wargames.de/profile.html
http://www.mini-universe.de/

OK, Folks, if I can be of any help, just ask ...  :D

I did the wheels for Metal Magic a loooong time ago, they are no longer available.

The cart is scratchbuild and the roof is just a copper wire frame covered with printed paper, fixed with some thinned white glue. Really easy.
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Offline Ettrick

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2011, 11:49:44 PM »
I found dimensions which measure (in real life) 11 feet long, 8 feet tall and 7 feet wide for the cabin part.  I imagine with the wheels it would be taller.  How would that convert to 28mm dimensions?
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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2011, 12:37:03 AM »
I found dimensions which measure (in real life) 11 feet long, 8 feet tall and 7 feet wide for the cabin part.  I imagine with the wheels it would be taller.  How would that convert to 28mm dimensions?

Assuming 1/56th scale or thereabouts, about 2 1/3 inches long, 1 3/4 inches tall and 1 1/2 inches wide.

((<distance in feet> x <12 to get us inches>) divided by <56 to get us scale sizes in (real) inches>)

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2011, 12:42:20 AM »
 :? That's wee.  Cheers, Wirelizard.

If I were building my own I think I'd want it a bit bigger.  What do you think of 3 inches by 2 inches by 2 inches?  Is that too big, Geckilian?

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2011, 07:56:36 AM »
:? That's wee.  Cheers, Wirelizard.

If I were building my own I think I'd want it a bit bigger.  What do you think of 3 inches by 2 inches by 2 inches?  Is that too big, Geckilian?

Generally I would steer towards smaller vehicles, largely because all game table space is precious.

However, if you really want large, a fantasy setting can explain away the overly large vehicle.

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2011, 01:43:42 PM »
After posting the above, I threw together a mock-up and that was too big, clearly too big.

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2011, 12:57:15 AM »
Considering it'll be used as essentially a mobile house, 3" by 2" by 2" looks quite alright when I mocked it up. I think I'll put it together bearing that in mind, cheers.

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2011, 01:46:39 AM »
My thought was that as the traveling folk use the caravans to carry possessions from place to place but do cooking and living in the out-of-doors when they've stopped, I didn't think it would need to be as large as a modern caravan.

Whatever size it ends up, we expect to see your photos soon.

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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2011, 06:28:40 AM »
Don't Westwind make a 28mm Gypsy Caravan in white metal?
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Re: Looking for a 28mm Gypsy Wagon
« Reply #24 on: February 10, 2011, 09:05:22 AM »
Don't Westwind make a 28mm Gypsy Caravan in white metal?

You are the third or fourth person pointing this out and Geckilian already stated he was aware of it in his first post.  lol

 

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