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The scale is 1/72 which may be on the small side for Frostgrave and so on if you are playing with 28mm figures.

They're only 1:72 so far too small for 28mm gaming,

but I guess they might work for smallerscales

I don't know if anyone mentioned it but those kits are 1:72, which is a bit small for 28mm.

However they might be OK if you're using smaller scale models.

I am getting the impression that they might be too small.

1:72 tends to be for 20mm games.. which there are some I've seen but I'm drawing a blank. 15mm fantasy "might" get away with using it.. maybe..

Nah, I think they're just too small.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
For the sake of my wallet and sanity I need to unsubscribe from Squadron's mailing list.





Did someone say firepower?

http://www.squadron.com/Takom-1-35-Krupp-420mm-Big-Bertha-German-Empire-p/tak2035.htm?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Map4&utm_content=Exciting+New+Products+from+KittyHawk,+Meng+and+Takom&utm_campaign=New+Products+February+2016

Lately everytime I go to Volks I have to leave that box on the self, so cool.

M.

From Tamiya: http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/32587/index.htm

Tamiy's 1/48 scale line up is getting really good.

 BrookM wrote:
From Tamiya: http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/32587/index.htm

Oh that's perfect. I've been scouring the web for a 1/48th armoured car like that. I'll take a few please. I used to have a converted 'Centaur' armoured car using the plans from the old Citadel Journal, no idea where it's gone (married, kids & moved house twice) That wagon is obviously what the guy in the CJ was trying to copy.

21st Century Toys has a line of diecast 1/48 scale tanks. Anyone know if these would be proper size for 40K?
You can get them for as little as $5-8 +postage on ebay though the selection isn't that big, I've only seen 2 Marder III version and the German 38t.
They also have a Hetzer in 1/32 scale but that one was more expensive.




I am thinking about using Marder III models for my IG as Basilisks and Medusas but not sure if 1/35 or 1/48 has best scale.

Careful with them as they aren't all the same scale but rather sized to fit in the box .some are nearer 1:72 and some are 1:50ish . Look for corgi legends range they are all 1:50 and cheap tho all undersized for 40k but perfect for bolt action and chain of command

Some more whimsical hot rods from the 60s and 70s that might be good for Orks, Inquisition, cultists or just to build.

They're all 1:24 so serious conversion would be required.

 TheWaspinator wrote:
A slight detour into fantasy historical stuff: anyone have these castles? They seem potentially useful for Frostgrave / Mordheim style games.

http://www.amazon.com/Miniart-72004-72-Medieval-Fortress/dp/B0057XELIW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457713581&sr=8-2&keywords=miniart+medieval

http://www.amazon.com/MiniArt-Medieval-Castle-Scale-Military/dp/B001IYHKNM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457713581&sr=8-1&keywords=miniart+medieval

Very interesting. At 1/72 (aprox 20mm) they would probably be too small for 28mm. However if the main gate is big enough, the crenelations are tall enough and you can modfiy the doors and hatches, there might be some promise. Here's a guy that used a 1/72 zvezda castle for 28mm.
http://rebelbarracks.blogspot.com/2015/04/castle-for-lion-rampant.html

Someone should start a 28mm compatible castle thread. There's a fair number of toys, kits and models that might have use.

EDIT:
Here.s a pic of someone who has modded a miniarts castle for 28mm.
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/6297637495_fd3e4432ec_b.jpg

More cold war retrotech



http://www.autoworldstore.com/product_p/lnd71426.htm

Super cheap too. Imperial Lightning maybe? 1/48 scale.

And an oddball Nazi jet



2 for $17, 1/72 scale. Maybe some ork thing?

http://www.autoworldstore.com/product_p/lnd70519.htm

I can imagine the Komet as a tiny one-Ork infiltration vehicle or something. It's a very small airplane IRL. You would have to cut back the upper fuselage and have the Ork pilot sit between the wings.

For extra komedy value, perhaps the Ork could 'wear' the jet like an ostrich costume.

Any 1/72 WW2 fighter is going to look too small for 40k. You might fit a snotling in a 1/72 cockpit, that's about it.

A 1/72 Komet should have a wingspan of about 130mm.

A while back I found a 1/48 scale Komet in the local model shop. I bought it, assembled it, and it still looks tiny for 40K. I was planning on trimming the wings and making it into an Ork grot suicide rocket thing.

Even in 1/48 scale it is only 5 inches long and 7 inches wide.

 CURNOW wrote:
Careful with them as they aren't all the same scale but rather sized to fit in the box .some are nearer 1:72 and some are 1:50ish . Look for corgi legends range they are all 1:50 and cheap tho all undersized for 40k but perfect for bolt action and chain of command

This concept is true for a lot of things. I just did a road trip and it turns out, souvenir shops tend to stock "1/43" diecast cars. I bought up some here and there to add to my collection of those and it would seem that they tend to be scaled more to a box or specific length (seems to be 5" typically). For trucks this ends up making them 1/50 or so because they're long vehicles.

 cuda1179 wrote:
A while back I found a 1/48 scale Komet in the local model shop. I bought it, assembled it, and it still looks tiny for 40K. I was planning on trimming the wings and making it into an Ork grot suicide rocket thing.

Even in 1/48 scale it is only 5 inches long and 7 inches wide.

The problem is the hero scaling of 40k. I am working on a 1/32 Spitfire at the moment and the pilot is taller than an IG guardsman, but the guardsman is MUCH bulkier. But a 1/32 Spitfire is huge for 40k (350mm wingspan compared to ~270mm for a Dakkajet and around 280mm for an IG Thunderbolt).

I have seen aircraft conversions for Orks that uses (from memory) 1/48 kits and widens the fuselage to fit an Ork in. An ugly strip of metal running down the centre of the aircraft looks totally natural to an Ork.

http://apocalypse40k.com/index.php?/topic/940-entire-ork-fighta-bomma-skwadron-wip/

Big sale at Squadron this week, lots of WWI and Interwar stuff on sale including Male and Female Mk1 tanks.

http://www.squadron.com/category-s/3151.htm?searching=Y&sort=2&cat=3151&show=60&page=1



http://www.squadron.com/Trumpeter-1-35-Ex-Soviet-2P19-Launcher-w-R-17-Mis-p/tr01024.htm



http://www.squadron.com/Meng-1-35-British-Heavy-Tank-Mk-V-Male-p/mmts020.htm




http://www.squadron.com/HobbyBoss-1-35-T-35-Heavy-Tank-Late-HY83844-p/hy83844.htm



http://www.squadron.com/1-35-Meng-VsKfz-617-Minenraumer-MMSS001-p/mmss001.htm



http://www.squadron.com/HobbyBoss-1-35-French-Saint-Chamond-Heavy-Tank-M-p/hy83859.htm

At $35 this one really tempts me.

I have a 1:48 scale Scud launcher from Arii that may be a better choice for alternate Deathwind missile launchers, though I think the kits are OOP these days.

 BrookM wrote:
I have a 1:48 scale Scud launcher from Arii that may be a better choice for alternate Deathwind missile launchers, though I think the kits are OOP these days.

Huh, my friend bought two of that kit at a toys fair a few weeks ago...

Um, he has a bit of a scud collection for Cold War gone hot games.

I used mine for 7TV scenarios, nothing like a good old sabotage mission.

The Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company has some new modern and interwar resin, including some of the resin formerly sold by Copplestone.

http://www.hlbs.co.uk/index.php



















Prices are around 25~30 UKP.

Scud missile launcher in 1/48 is pretty unusual. I think there are some 1/35 kits around

That heavy howitzer is very nice!

At 1:48 scale, while rarer, it does make for an easier to field model, as it's still a big melon-fether, I think at least two to three times as long as a Rhino or Chimera. I'll have dig mine out again one of these days.

 BrookM wrote:
At 1:48 scale, while rarer, it does make for an easier to field model, as it's still a big melon-fether, I think at least two to three times as long as a Rhino or Chimera. I'll have dig mine out again one of these days.

I don't know my Bolt action opponents may scoff when i put a scud missile launcher on the table

 Jehan-reznor wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
At 1:48 scale, while rarer, it does make for an easier to field model, as it's still a big melon-fether, I think at least two to three times as long as a Rhino or Chimera. I'll have dig mine out again one of these days.

I don't know my Bolt action opponents may scoff when i put a scud missile launcher on the table

They whine about everything if given half a chance ("Oooh-errrrr, I see you went with a lighter shade of dark yellow while during that month of the war they didn't have the right pigments and as such panzer painted then were of a slightly darker shade of dark yellow. Tsk!"), though if you're such a spaz to bring wrong era equipment to the table, you deserve it.

I would think a theater ballistic missile like the Scud wouldn't be able to target anything on the table it was actually on...

Maybe two or three tables over, but not THIS table.