A few days ago I finished converting a die-cast car into an armoured vehicle. As it doesn't follow a particular design, I decided to attach the vehicle to my Chinese 1930s army, claiming its something a local commander had constructed. Now thought it would be fun to bring out the entire collection, to field the converted Airfix Japanese, Germans, and others which now represent Kuomintang troops and armed police. Picked up the original damaged car for £5.20 delivered, the officer is a converted Prince August casting.
Great conversion , like the motorbike and sidecar .
ReplyDeleteCheers Tony, the bike was a dinky? made in the 1970s, broken. Was able to add some converted Britains crew and scratch build a machine gun out of plasticard and metal bits.
DeleteMichael
Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ross, as 1930s armies go, I thought it was quite colourful. Have also raised about 25 Japanese.
DeleteMichael
The armored car and motorcycle look perfect, great conversions Michael! Your attention to detail is amazing! They really have that 1930's feel to them! The troops look great too, a very overlooked period that you have brought to life! Brilliant work! I can't wait to see the Japanese!
ReplyDeleteThank you Brad, I'm looking forward to using them in their first war-game very soon so will need to devise a simple yet interesting scenario (alternatively. bung them all on the table and just see who wins).
DeleteMichael
Who doesn't like a nice armoured car?
ReplyDeleteInteresting to read this alongside the very varied uniform info I looked up for painting the Hing Fat 54mm samples
https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/hing-fat-54mm-ww2-chinese-nationalists/
And very inkeeping with this Tintin 1920s 30s story
https://sidetracked2017blog.wordpress.com/tag/sino-japanese-war/
Mark, an interesting reply, just had a quick look, will wish to visit again! Forgot to show some Chinese infantry which I converted from Africa Korps, all dressed in white, shorts, and with the German fatigue cap. Agree with the comment, their gear is quite mixed during the 1930s, and even more so or less uniformed during the 1940s.
DeleteMichael
Splendid armoured car, really looks the part.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alan, its been a interesting project, which is near complete now, just a few items to make the skirmish game more interesting.
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