Chris' Fallout Project

[Westfalia Chris]

Wow that bomb is smashing! Consider the idea looted!

Copying the idea of a CHINESE nuke! Hilarity ensues!

[Dr. The Viking]

Wow that bomb is smashing! Consider the idea looted!

Copying the idea of a CHINESE nuke! Hilarity ensues!

Hahaha... I didn't even see that coming! But yes!

[Grimmnar]

Ok, so back on the nuke. A Kinder brand egg. Questions on that. Where is "Kinder" from? Is it a German company? Cant say i have heard of em before, or the secret egg. Is it an Easter thing or an all year round thing? Just me being curious.  :-)

Grimm

[Plynkes]

Kinder Surprise are actually Italian (despite the German-sounding name), but seem to be available all over Europe (we've had them here in Blighty since I was a nipper).

Basically a chocolate egg (brown chocolate on the outside, white on the inside: Some of the nicest chocolate I've ever had that wasn't the posh Belgian sort). Inside is a little plastic 40s atom bomb-shaped egg with a surprise toy in it (often some kind of snap-together kit).





The toys inside change over time, and they sometimes have themed ones. Not seasonal, available all year round.

The plastic inners are great for scratch building. While I loved the chocolate, my response to the toys was usually "Ah, a shitty plastic toy, that's the surprise" (which is paraphrasing the old advertisements for the product).

[Col.Stone]

Great chocolate, and now i have an excuse to buy one too

[Westfalia Chris]

But a word of warning! Those yellow plastic capsules (the old ones, haven´t yet worked on a new one) use a polyethylen plastic which is rather difficult to glue and paint. Using those pieces works best if you can place them where they won´t get touched or scratched (I used one for a steam engine on a Landship, for example). Otherwise, roughen up the surface, or maybe cover with some thinned-down model filler prior to painting. The plastic shell I used for the bomb was easily base-coated using clear varnish.

You may wish to try competitor´s offers (ie, knockoffs of the Ferrero/Kinder eggs), if you can find them, that is. I once got a shell which was 8-sided, perfect for VSF boilers.

[Grimmnar]

Yeppers, i would have thought a German company from the name and the source of this group.
But explains why i have never seen em being here in the States.
Shame though, look real useful.  And i dont mean about eating da chocolate  :-)

Grimm

[Westfalia Chris]

Yeppers, i would have thought a German company from the name and the source of this group.
But explains why i have never seen em being here in the States.
Shame though, look real useful.  And i dont mean about eating da chocolate  :-)

Grimm

The Kinder Surprise stuff is available in Canada, but not in the US, probably to avoid lawsuits from kids eating the eggs whole and choking on the capsules.

[Argonor]

The Kinder Surprise stuff is available in Canada, but not in the US, probably to avoid lawsuits from kids eating the eggs whole and choking on the capsules.

 

[commissarmoody]

yeah, they would have to have warning prented on the side.

[joroas]

Duh!!!!! 

[area23]

 

Some of the toy bits are very useful too for post apocalyptic rubble.
http://www.displacedminiatures.com/Area23/gallery/1944/
Car tires, bits of furniture, teddybears and other useless crap can be recycled for post-urban barricades.

[Col.Stone]

 

[Westfalia Chris]

S´more terrain!

Storage Shack:



Dwelling:



McCarthy´s Saloon:



Cheers!

[Col.Stone]

ooh just the style of the game

I'm looking at these for New california republic, but i think i have to play the game again first
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/spacepor.htm