I've been looking for some 1/43-ish light military vehicles for my post apoc bunker faction for a few months now, something along the lines of Humvees or M-ATVs. Unfortunately, pretty much all that I found were collectors diecasts in the $30-70 dollar range and Humvee kits at around $25 a pop. I was hoping for something a bit less expensive, as I wanted 2-3 of them.
By chance, I found some diecast GAZ TIGRs at a grocery store a couple of weeks back for about $6 each in roughly 1/48th scale. They are actually reasonably detailed models, and the front doors open.
For now, I took two of them, diassembled them and drilled out the roof hatch to receive small turret with opening hatches. I plan a few additional modifications, before re-painting them. Here are a couple of WIPs:
The plan is that one will have a light auto-cannon, in this case a modified GW Cadian heavy weapon, and the other will have a lighter weapon of some sort, maybe a sort of machinegun laser. Otherwise, they will get some solar panels to recharge their batteries, rear bumpers, some stowage, etc.
I'm hoping to get paint on them by next weekend.
A very good find and conversion!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, looking forward to seeing this guys finished up.
ReplyDeleteNice find. They will make great exploration vehicles.
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