Sabre F-86 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I thought about 1/32 dioramas a number of years ago. To that end I picked up a 1/32 Opel Blitz truck and the half tracked version of same. I figured it would work with as a forward airbase refuelling truck, barrels in the back and a guy operating a manual pump. I also have one of the old Monogram 8 wheeled armored cars (forget the designation, Sdkfz 238?) Look around and you can find some of the old Renwal 1/32 vehicles, I have a couple that would work well as Pre war American pilots car or a post WWII RAF pilots personal vehicle. Archimedes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Personally, I'd love to see some modern 1/35 US Army Airfield accessories produced, buuut I know that's not gonna happen. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Sabre F-86 said: I thought about 1/32 dioramas a number of years ago. To that end I picked up a 1/32 Opel Blitz truck and the half tracked version of same. I figured it would work with as a forward airbase refuelling truck, barrels in the back and a guy operating a manual pump. I also have one of the old Monogram 8 wheeled armored cars (forget the designation, Sdkfz 238?) Look around and you can find some of the old Renwal 1/32 vehicles, I have a couple that would work well as Pre war American pilots car or a post WWII RAF pilots personal vehicle. Ha! I did the same re Blitz trucks. Airfix also has a 1/32 “Monty’s Humber” that should be able to be converted. Archimedes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Airfix did a range of 1:32 cars; alas many are long OOP and fetch silly money on eBay. Among these was a Mini (a "proper" Mini if you know what I mean), and this was extensively used as a general utility car by the RAF. https://www.rafmc.co.uk/history Would that I could find one of these at a reasonable price. Scotsman and Archimedes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, MikeC said: Airfix did a range of 1:32 cars; alas many are long OOP and fetch silly money on eBay. Among these was a Mini (a "proper" Mini if you know what I mean), and this was extensively used as a general utility car by the RAF. https://www.rafmc.co.uk/history Would that I could find one of these at a reasonable price. Good point. Airfix 1/32 vehicles are, for someone who is willing to do a bit of work, a gold mine as are Matchbox 1/32 kits e.g. an MGTC next to a Spitfire or Tiger Moth. Best regards, Paul MikeC and Sabre F-86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Archimedes said: Good point. Airfix 1/32 vehicles are, for someone who is willing to do a bit of work, a gold mine as are Matchbox 1/32 kits e.g. an MGTC next to a Spitfire or Tiger Moth. Best regards, Paul Ah yes, I' forgotten about the Matcjbox kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 The 1st Gen Ford Escort would also be useful, I believe the old Airfix Mini tooling was modified to turn it into a Scalextric car unfortunately Archimedes and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, Scotsman said: The 1st Gen Ford Escort would also be useful, I believe the old Airfix Mini tooling was modified to turn it into a Scalextric car unfortunately I learnt to drive on a Mk 1 Escort! Shame about the Mini, but that explains the high prices I found on eBay when I thought I could find one: there was one at a BIN of around £400. Archimedes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Mint Reb Box Escorts go on ebay for 160-250 , but they did re-issue it some time ago in a gift set m and they're cheap as chips, thankfully , Pity there isn't a 32nd Transit , I was told a story by an Ex RAF regiment member of a time when one of his mates embedded a transit , (or Sherpa?) into the leading edge of a Vulcan's wing , as he was so used to running around the pan in a Mini! Incidentally he told me that the called the guard dogs were know as Brains on Ropes, as they were generally brighter then the handlers! - and I apologise to all RAF Regiment troops ! MikeC and Archimedes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, MikeC said: I learnt to drive on a Mk 1 Escort! Shame about the Mini, but that explains the high prices I found on eBay when I thought I could find one: there was one at a BIN of around £400. I learned to drive in an Austin Allegro - then bought a MK1 Escort Then another, and another... Young men and cars can be rather destructive Richard MikeC and Scotsman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 33 minutes ago, Scotsman said: I was told a story by an Ex RAF regiment member of a time when one of his mates embedded a transit , (or Sherpa?) I seem to recall the Sherpa being very common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 !/32 Mini on E-bay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303995934810?hash=item46c791d85a:g:IJUAAOSwEodgnT9y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Scotsman said: !/32 Mini on E-bay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303995934810?hash=item46c791d85a:g:IJUAAOSwEodgnT9y There are cheaper options! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203161529195?hash=item2f4d5eeb6b:g:SDgAAOSwEwdfnXmj https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143969741397?hash=item218543ea55:g:pI4AAOSwkPlgQ08f Richard Edited May 13, 2021 by RLWP Scotsman and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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