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PSC do 15mm Dingos, a Zvezda kit.
I was wondering where they could be used. Most recon platoons for the British used Humbers of Daimlers with or without Dingos. No list I could find uses Dingos on their own.

Questions.

1. To make a Daimler I, do I just take a Dingo and then convert the MG to a 2pdr, or is here something more than that?

2. Any Dingo platoon lists out there?

3. Could I justify a platoon entirely of Dingos historically? If I can then the combo of history + convenience is enough for me ignore the minuitae of the army lists.

I don't see how your going to convert a Dingo into a Daimler I ?

I would use Dingo's with Daimlers and add a Staghound.

Inns of Court Yeomanry (attached to 11th Armoured) used Dingos more than they did other armoured cars. I've not got my Overlord book to hand but IIRC you can run an armoured car company exclusively of Dingos, with the exception of the command vehicles, which I think are Staghounds.

Daimler 1s are much bigger than Dingos, they aren't interchangeable.


Daimler 1

Dingo.

You might also want to look at Battlefronts Dingos. you get 3 in a pack and they've got the top open so you can put some crew in them, unlike the Zvezda ones. I think they work out similar price-wise as well but I've not looked into it.

Hope that helps dude!

The Battlefront FOW Dingos are £9 for a pack of 3 (cheaper from on line discounters) and the Zvezda ones are £3 each so both are the same price.

 LuciusAR wrote:
The Battlefront FOW Dingos are £9 for a pack of 3 (cheaper from on line discounters) and the Zvezda ones are £3 each so both are the same price.

BF ones are better,instead off plastic they are resin.

Agree. The main advantage of Zvezda is price so if you want to build a force on the cheap Zvezda is excellent. If however price isnt a factor then BF win.

 darkness screamer wrote:
I don't see how your going to convert a Dingo into a Daimler I ?

It was how the info was presented in Easy Army. Same image and an indication it was the same vehicle with a weapons variant.
Now I know different.


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 LuciusAR wrote:
Agree. The main advantage of Zvezda is price so if you want to build a force on the cheap Zvezda is excellent. If however price isnt a factor then BF win.

The main advantage of Zvezda ones is that they are plastic. I will be collecting a plastic army. It sounds odd but I prefer to work with as few materials as possible, resin bits ok, but I don't like mixing base materials if I can get away with otherwise.

There is another more practical reason. The plastic kirs are unbased, I like my armies to be based universally. Standard bases for infantry as normal, but I dont like to see any vehicles on bases unless they are all on bases and I don't like tanks on bases. Again its an aesthetic preference, nothing more.

I don't really mind about "consistency" or vehicle bases in general, so long as they are well based it all becomes part of the scenery. However I do actually prefer bases for very light vehicles for stability; the larger surface area prevents them from being accidentally swiped off the table or knocked out of position so easily. Ironically I have actually tended to mount some of my Zvesda minis on bases since they, more than any other manufacturer, tend to be very light weight.

 Orlanth wrote:


The main advantage of Zvezda ones is that they are plastic. I will be collecting a plastic army. It sounds odd but I prefer to work with as few materials as possible, resin bits ok, but I don't like mixing base materials if I can get away with otherwise.

There is another more practical reason. The plastic kirs are unbased, I like my armies to be based universally. Standard bases for infantry as normal, but I dont like to see any vehicles on bases unless they are all on bases and I don't like tanks on bases. Again its an aesthetic preference, nothing more.

I'm with you on the unbased thing, I'm waiting on PSC to do some universal carriers because I can't stand the based BF ones.

BF Dingos are unbased, I'll get you some pictures of mine when I get home tonight.

I don't think you'll ever see them, or not for a long time anyway. with PSCs pricing they wouldn't compete with the BF ones anyway and the PSC 20mm sprues didn't add any additional options.

Addedum: Skytrex and Peter Pig (PBI) both do baseless UCs. Skytrex ones are similar price to BF but you probably won't find discounts as easily.

A pair of BF Dingos, a BF Daimler 1 and a PSC Sherman. Infantry are a mix of BF and Peter Pig.

Close up of a Dingo.

Comparison between it and a Daimler 1 (Which is unfinished, so please excuse the lack of divisional markings )

The Zvezda Dingos seem to be closed tops; so you can't put crew figures in them. I'm not sure how else they'll compare size-wise.

Also - I've checked the Overlord book; apart from the company command, which are in Staghounds, the Inns of Court Yeomanry can run a company of 20 Dingos I'm kind of tempted to do it...

Thank you Tibbsy fro the pictures. Those arent too bad.

However if I buy BF resin vehicles I am no longer limited to Dingos.
Massed Humbers would be fun.

Still I am getting ahead of myself. I will be after an infantry list based on a 6pdr boxset, and infantry boxset, an infantry heavy weapons boxset and the eight Shermans I have left over from Open Fire. I am likely to pick up some Matadors as a lorry pool, not the usual lorry for the job but legal and available. All this wont cost much and will give me a generic British infantry company to play. I am not really much into expanding on it, my main cash and focus is on my US Armor list. If I splash out properly it will be for Gepanzerte Panzergrenardiers, but am resisting this because of the outlay, hence looking at getting me some Tommies. Besides British infantry lists are tough.
The Dingos were an afterthought.
What I am really after are Universal Carriers but there aren't any. However they are listed on PSC's to do list.
A squadron if Dingos would be fun, but is not really needed.

Tibbsy wrote:


Also - I've checked the Overlord book; apart from the company command, which are in Staghounds, the Inns of Court Yeomanry can run a company of 20 Dingos I'm kind of tempted to do it...

Yay, so as to rapidly issue a Cease and Desist on the Huns.

Tibbsy wrote:

A pair of BF Dingos, a BF Daimler 1 and a PSC Sherman. Infantry are a mix of BF and Peter Pig.

Close up of a Dingo.

Comparison between it and a Daimler 1 (Which is unfinished, so please excuse the lack of divisional markings )

The Zvezda Dingos seem to be closed tops; so you can't put crew figures in them. I'm not sure how else they'll compare size-wise.

Also - I've checked the Overlord book; apart from the company command, which are in Staghounds, the Inns of Court Yeomanry can run a company of 20 Dingos I'm kind of tempted to do it...

That would be a kewl and cheap force,I dont think anyone has tried that yet ,It would be a craptacular tourny force just to the the other players reaction.Heck last week i lost a battle to a small carrier and car patrol that made their way thru my rite flank.