My first 1/43 purchases.

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My first 1/43 purchases.
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Legionnaire	Nov 9 2012, 12:35 AM Post #1
Wasteland Warrior Posts: 907 Group: Members Member #254 Joined: Jan 9, 2011	I obtained 6 various diecast 1/43 cars from e-bay for a total of about £15, two of them arrived today! I don't intend to mod them in any way, as they are mostly intended for my upcoming Mage Police setting. These are Italian police cars, I wanted German for the European look but they were more expensive . The other four that should arrive in a day or two are: a Ford Focus, an Audi A8, a cabriolet and a Shelby. Attached to this post: IMAG0365.jpg (169.92 KB)



tinker	Nov 9 2012, 05:29 AM Post #2
CEO of "Rat-on-a-Stick" Industries Posts: 9,394 Group: Admins Member #11 Joined: Aug 4, 2008	Those appear to be spot on for scale!



Skullhamma	Nov 9 2012, 07:50 AM Post #3
Coldheart Posts: 593 Group: Members Member #398 Joined: Dec 19, 2011	Really great, I hope those I ordered will fit as perfectly as yours in terms of scale!



Dr.Falkenhayn	Nov 9 2012, 08:34 AM Post #4
Kleister Meister Posts: 737 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: Jan 3, 2011	nice Cars, i think 1/43 is a bit on the large Side but they seem to fit very well with your Minis,keep on doing Sir



Mr. Clean	Nov 10 2012, 02:19 AM Post #5
Wasteland Legend/Cat Skinner/Bad Speller/Super Nice Guy B^) Posts: 3,577 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: Jan 7, 2010	Perfect size!



Mr. Clean	Nov 10 2012, 02:20 AM Post #6
Wasteland Legend/Cat Skinner/Bad Speller/Super Nice Guy B^) Posts: 3,577 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: Jan 7, 2010	Thats what she said!



eilif	Nov 10 2012, 02:41 PM Post #7
Raider Posts: 420 Group: Members Member #237 Joined: Oct 21, 2010	Congrats on your first cars and on scoring such a great deal. Watch out as buying cars for wargaming can quickly become an addiction of it's own. I started out buying a couple of cars and now I've got a couple dozen! As others have/will point out 1/43 is technically too large for 28mm wargaming, but when you take into account the "Heroic" width of most minis, the height of miniatures base, size of other common scales and range of available/affordable cars it's a good option and definitely my preferred scale.



Legionnaire	Nov 10 2012, 11:58 PM Post #8
Wasteland Warrior Posts: 907 Group: Members Member #254 Joined: Jan 9, 2011	eilif Nov 10 2012, 02:41 PM Congrats on your first cars and on scoring such a great deal. Watch out as buying cars for wargaming can quickly become an addiction of it's own. I started out buying a couple of cars and now I've got a couple dozen! As others have/will point out 1/43 is technically too large for 28mm wargaming, but when you take into account the "Heroic" width of most minis, the height of miniatures base, size of other common scales and range of available/affordable cars it's a good option and definitely my preferred scale. I was mostly in need of some police cars, the price I paid for the two Italian ones were less than the price for one German. I have looked at other people's work and suggestions, and thought it sounded like a good deal (four of them were £1.50 each). Now I feel I've got some nice stuff to put on the table, where did I see those nicely priced pick-ups again???



Junkers	Nov 11 2012, 01:58 AM Post #9
Vault Dweller Posts: 92 Group: Members Member #262 Joined: Jan 15, 2011	Awesome cars But I don't understand why you don't want to modify them. These cars could be easily turned in german police cars with some paint job.



viking62	Nov 11 2012, 09:47 PM Post #10
Super Mutant Posts: 346 Group: Members Member #378 Joined: Oct 24, 2011	Very nice! I like the scale.



Legionnaire	Nov 16 2012, 09:20 PM Post #11
Wasteland Warrior Posts: 907 Group: Members Member #254 Joined: Jan 9, 2011	Been meaning to do this for a while, but didn't get around until today. The remaining four of my cheap Ebay purchases. Attached to this post: SAM_1244.jpg (189.9 KB) SAM_1245.jpg (191.79 KB)



tinker	Nov 16 2012, 09:28 PM Post #12
CEO of "Rat-on-a-Stick" Industries Posts: 9,394 Group: Admins Member #11 Joined: Aug 4, 2008	Sweet!



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