Olyreeds 7tv thread

[olyreed]

Taking a break from historicals for a moment,  well except the Cape war stuff, I bought quite a bit from the Crooked Dice stall at Colours last weekend to go with my existing 7tv stuff, first up is a test paint on some extras, bases to finish

[OSHIROmodels]

Looking good so far 

Quite the butterfly 

cheers

James

[Brummie Thug]

Looking awesome so far

[uti long smile]

Nice start.

[olyreed]

Thanks for the comments, anyone point me in the right direction for some vehicles, unfortunately I don't do eBay so anywhere else would be great

[OSHIROmodels]

Ainsty do a good selection. It also depends on what you're after?

cheers

James

[olyreed]

Was looking at diecast lorry's, cars,vans and stuff not much in 1/48 or 1/56 out there

Would I get away with N gauge railway stuff?

[monkeylite]

Was looking at diecast lorry's, cars,vans and stuff not much in 1/48 or 1/56 out there

Would I get away with N gauge railway stuff?

My table is full of 1:43 stuff . It's cheap and easy to get. I realise it's supposed to be about 20% too big, but I've genuinely never looked at my table and thought, 'that looks a bit big.'

Nice colour scheme for your minions, too, btw.

[OSHIROmodels]

There is a Japanese company called Tomica and they do all sorts of die cast vehicles. Only two problems, the vast majority are of Japanese vehicles and the other is they are generally made 'box scale' which can range from anything from 1:144 to 1:35 depending on the vehicle type.

I got a load of 1:56 ish last time I was over and can take a picture for you if you're interested?

cheers

James

[olyreed]

That would be great if you could post a pic,

The 1/43 stuff looks handy as well, thanks for the tip monkeylite

[Steve F]

I'm in the same boat as olyreed: [I think I misrepresented olyreed there.]  I want as close to 1/55 as possible, if I can get it.  1/43 looks enormous to me - the vehicles swamp the figures.  But 1/64 looks implausibly small - I can't see how anyone 28-32 mm high could fit in the vehicle.  Obviously, tastes vary.

For diecasts, some possibilities are:

Siku.  1/55 is one of their standard scales, and they have quite a few modern (21st century) vehicles in particular.  They also make lots of lorries and farm machinery in 1/50.

Mattel's Pixar cars models.  Nominally 1/55, and usually pretty close, with a couple of exceptions ("Filmore" the VW bus works out at 1/61, and "Tex Dinoco" the Cadillac Coupe de Ville at 1/66).  See what Constable Betrand did with the Police Cruiser and "Finn McMissile" the Aston Martin DB5 here:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=57694.msg806608#msg806608
Do look at the pictures of each model before buying: some are much cartoonier than others.

Lledo Days Gone diecasts.  They don't produce many vehicles for the Cold War period or later, but they are handy if you want to give an agent a vintage sports car.  Their 1930 Bentley 4.5 litre blower, for example, is ideal for John Steed and works out at 1/53.

Welly/Nex Models.  The packaging says 1/60, but they are actually made to fit the box.  So their VW Beetle (Type 1) works out at 1/57, their Citröen 2CV at 1/51 and their Austin Mini Cooper (the 1960s version) at a whopping 1/46.

Siku and Welly are, I think, still in production.  There are lots of Pixar cars in China (so many that I am not certain they are legit).  I vaguely remember something about somebody taking over the Lledo range, but my recollection is so hazy that I can't rely on it.

Sloppy Jalopy makes a resin commercial van that looks a lot like a Ford Transit as part of its Cold War 1/56 range, and Crooked Dice also makes a Transit van (and a Ghostbusters-style ambulance - I don't know if it's possible to leave off all the extra kit and use it as a regular ambulance).  Akula made Land Rovers and a VW van as part of his Apocalypse isle project, but I don't know if he is still contactable.

[grant]

For what it's worth, I was in Caen France and there is a shop with HUNDREDs of 1:43 cars. Prisoner Lotus 7 with proper plates - you name it, they have it. Bought three when I was there. Different cars, not 7s.

Shop is close to the gare, as I walked when I was waiting for my Juno Beach bus.

About 10-15€ each, very affordable.

[uti long smile]

We've got a Land Rover out in the next few weeks too. Our vehicles are 1:50. Those who are familiar with the wails and gnashing of teeth at Croomed Towers North will know why...

[Steve F]

For what it's worth, I was in Caen France and there is a shop with HUNDREDs of 1:43 cars. Prisoner Lotus 7 with proper plates - you name it, they have it.

Yeah, if you're OK with 1/43, you are going to have a lot more choice.

[grant]

We've got a Land Rover out in the next few weeks too. Our vehicles are 1:50. Those who are familiar with the wails and gnashing of teeth at Croomed Towers North will know why...

That Land Rover and the not-UNIT types are my next order. Can't wait!