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WIP more Big Machines

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Whenever I find the time, which I hardly do these days, I try to focus on long time WIPs. One of those is building a war rig. I love the idea, I love the aesthetic, there is just so much room for details to get lost in. The most adavanced project at the moment is a 1/64 semi, I think it's a Peterbilt cab, probably made by Playart. I got a couple of incomplete sets from Ebay. On this particular one the hood piece was missing. So I went with a exposed engine / rat rod look. The trailer is taken from a different set of what could be the same model. It had broken rubber tires, of which some where lost. The thing is huge. Here is an older car I made for comparison. The overall building concept and color scheme are mostly clear at this point. There will be another turret at the back of the trailer, most probably with a harpoon. Some barbed wire is waiting to be attached. Maybe some more details. And then there is the painting and weathering of the chassis and wheels. The other project is...

Some thoughts on diecast scale

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 And how this affects building miniatures for Gaslands. 1/64. That's a scale most people out there who like toy cars are familiar with. The most common brands for relatively cheap and nice to play with diecast toy cars may be Mattel's Hot Wheels and Matchbox. Recently Majorette and Maisto have joined the game. Majorette slightly upmarket, Maisto depending on product line. They have some super cheap cars in 1/64 and some more like Hot Wheels premium range. And they normaly are considered as 1/64 scale. 1/64ish probably, more or less... At least when growing up Hot Wheels and Matchbox for us were synonyms for 1/64. So what is a scale, what does 1/64 mean anyways? Scale ratio is a tool, which helps to make models or maps or projection of real things in a different size. It states how the size of the model is relative to size of the original. 1/64 simply means: 1 cm in my model represents 64 cm in my original. That means if a Hot Wheels model of a car is about 7 cm long, the origin...

WIP 2 new Gaslands cars

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 Finally after some hiatus I found the time to start painting cars again. Chevy Bel Air pickup Donator: Hot Wheels Bel Air Gasser Land Rover Wrecker Donator car: Corgi Junior Land Rover Tow Truck 

WIP Big Machines

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Monster Truck Frankenstein  Monster Truck with War Rig Cab Monster Truck with War Rig Cab The War Rig Cab Gun Truck Matchbox DAF truck as base Maybe we need a bigger gun on this? Found some cheap Skylander pieces Another try at a war rig. Very WIP due scale issues. Cab is more like 1:55 Working on a trailer Liked the idea of another truck front as armoured platform Some scrapeed car bodies for scale comparison The trailer is from an old king size Matchbox truck