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For a few years now I've been working on and off at bringing more civilian vehicles into 40k, and one source of inspiration has been WWI and interwar vehicles.

So in this year's Salute coverage I was happy to see a company doing WWI trucks and cars in low-cost MDF.

So this may be more 'new to me' than new but I think people here will be interested.


http://war-bases.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=150




One interesting thing about WWI is that while various military authorities recognized the usefulness of trucks they did not or could not buy their own fleets. So leading up to the war governments would lend farmers or businesses money to buy trucks but with the understanding that these trucks would be comandeered in times of war. So in images from the war you see all sorts of trucks still with signs from the laundry or factory or farm they were used by. Civilian buses were also hastily refitted as troop transports.










Not sure what kind of truck this is, some sort of water tanker maybe? Or maybe useful as some sort of top-secret super weapon.

They also do a line of horse and hand carts that are useful for lots of things right up the Victorian era (or modern Guyana...)

http://war-bases.co.uk/ACCESSORIES/Carts-Wagon

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
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Not sure what kind of truck this is, some sort of water tanker maybe? Or maybe useful as some sort of top-secret super weapon.

I assume you're joking but thats a WW1 British MK1 Tank (1916).

That noise whistling above your head would be the obvious joke. Deff indeed.......

ohh. these are nice.

obvious copy of a land raider, though.






*message may or may not contain sarcasm*



wait. about the landraider thing, I mean.



The vehicles really ARE cool.

I do not love MDC stuff (especially assembling them), but at those prices and for those items I may learn to do so.

Why I do believe more stuff has been added since yesterday! Including some real classics

http://war-bases.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=150



One of my favorites, the Rolls Royce armored car.



A model T with the optional rear-mounted heavy machine gun.



A beefier truck

AND...



A squat land tr-

I mean Sturmpanzerwagen!

I worry that at 28mm it will look too small, but the plastic kits are quite costy. If you ever wanted an armored BOX OF DOOM this is you chance.

I also notice these new kits have metal or resin parts, compare them to the Male Tank above with it's stick guns. And it doesn't seem to have raised the prices too much.

Had good service from them over the years

War bases are a great wee company. Their range of figures is growing and pretty good especially if you like Musketeers!

 Mousemuffins wrote:
ohh. these are nice.

obvious copy of a land raider, though.

In retrospect that's what I should have gone with