space buggy

[dexter]

Found this in a toy shop ,it's made by Matchbox, cost £1.

I think it would make a good scifi scout buggy or perhaps the vehicles you find in an evil genius's lair. It would fit with 25 and 28mm figures.
they also make one in white
i hope someone finds this useful.
cheers
dex

[Inso]

I have two of those waiting to be chopped up. I would suggest that for 25/28mm you would need to make it a one-seater but apart from that, they are a very nice find (if you can get hold of them).

[Tacgnol]

Ideal minion vehicle!

[Commander Vyper]

A must for every moon base from Alpha to Omega.

[palaeomerus]

Those cost $.88 at Walmart. That's around 56p according to Google.

I bought a while bunch of them.

Sadly the huge off center jerrycan on the hood is solid steel which makes removing it a kind of file-related hell. I did manage to file the little shovel off. The crate in the back (also off center) is also solid.

I was going to try and turn them into compact infantry fighting vehicles both open topped and turreted for15mm. I will need a grinding wheel or grinding belt to do it though. My dremel really isn't up to it even with the carbide mill head and slow speed. I may have to take the additive approach and partially grind the unwanted features down and then putty over them.

Pretty cool though. Just not for what I had planned. I was SURE that the features would be hollow and stamped or even aluminum but they are a cast in a brittle steel.

[Overlord]

Ainsty Castings have just added some buggies to their Spy-Fi range:

http://ainstycastings.co.uk/index.php/cPath/59/sort/2a/page/2

http://ainstycastings.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/705/osCsid/464cbadd3fba90328a9f403fcff13f62
http://ainstycastings.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/704/osCsid/3b9c1777297d77e947c88e0c0a48eb26
http://ainstycastings.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/703/osCsid/6ddc82ae33e6150215f0eb728ae0f1a4

[dexter]

Couldn't you use milliput ,raise the height of the hood and hide the jerry can. might be easier than all that grinding.

[Doomsdave]

You can find a lot of those on ebay by searching for Matchbox 6X6.