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I know Dakka is a wargames site, so that may already answer what I'm about to ask.

Last year, in a bid to work on something easier and still fun, I started collecting battered old Matchbox and Lesney toy cars. I've completed a few to a decent standard painting all the details in that were never there when they were new and I'd like to share them with the community since they're a good bit of fun. I could be cheesey and say that they're Dark Future/Car Wars/&c. cars without guns on but I'm not going to. Fact is, these are nicely detailed vintage/antique toy cars, some of which make for good wargaming scenery.

So, do I share them or not?


p.s. these cars and the fact that work has gone a bit mental lately are the reason I haven't posted much by way of anything lately.

Go for it mate, I would love to see them. I have a few mates who pick up cheap toy cars and the like for converting or using in modern or near sci fi settings such as Doctor Who.

Oh look, I uploaded them... now to see what happens.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-21566-8306_Matchbox%252Flesney%20Renovations.html

Those are really realistic for toys, have at them for conversions and the like.

Well, I did take on a couple of damaged Lesney/Matchbox models to make this monster truck Rolls Royce for my Slaaneshi Cult of Noise.

Share! Share!

Moving thread to Painting and Modelling forum.

Need to get on and update this then, I've done a few more since the last update.

Let's have an update.

This is stuff I've been doing since my last update to Dakka alongside work and of course the car.

The old Lesney/Matchbox models aren't any fixed scale so sometimes you have to be creative with how you use them, but usually they're great for enriching buildings and street scenes that you can see but can't necessarily get models into.

Iso Grifo (proper scale)


Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (proper scale)


Berkely Caravan (almost proper scale)


AEC Horse Box (slightly smaller scale)


Ford Cortina Drophead (proper scale) this was converted from a regular 4 door saloon whose roof had been bashed in. Not perfect, but it's good enough for scenery and display.


Mercury Commuter (slightly smaller scale), has two dogs in the back, awesome.


Motorcycle Trailer (proper scale). I'm missing the motorcycle, but you could easily use this is a gun platform if not as scenery.


Ford Station Wagon (slightly smaller scale). Although this is slightly smaller scale, the basic and crude modelling lends itself well to a burnt out shell (though I haven't done that with this one). Fairly easy to pick up cheap on eBay.


Bedford Van (proper scale). Another crude early model, but again fairly easy to pick up cheap. Great as a mini riot van, a burnt out shell or any sort of small delivery vehicle. I've gone for a John Deere scheme, but you could do so much more with one of these.


Wolseley 1500 (proper scale). This is a *tiny* model, but does appear to be in scale. Nice and easy to put into the scenery as a little easter egg type surprise for other players to spot. The fairly basic modelling also lends itself well to a burnt out shell motif.


Greyhound Coach (about half scale). This one is much smaller than the usual scale so should be used in far distance scenery. You could probably convert it into something that appears to be proper scale, but it's hardly worth it.


Hot Rod (proper scale). Hot Wheels stuff is pretty much always on scale, and the chunky overstated modelling goes well with GW stuff. Quite versatile and useful.

Nice models, you should post them up on lead adventure forum

http://www.lead-adventure.de/

Its a much more general model loving site, this place is quite warhammer centric really.