28mm Civilian vehicles project

Start of a new project.... vehicles for my 28s, the 2 police cars are going to be repainted as Saigon Taxis, the bus is going to have a load of stowage and furniture added to the roof.



These are the first completed ones, both 1/56 Rubicon
Haven't posted images for a while so hopefully this works!!

great stuff chris

very nice painted...

WOW! Amazing brushwork Chris. As usual!

very nice.

They look great. Don't forget some chickens in some cages on the roof of the bus.  

Tom

[quote="Garryowen"]They look great. Don't forget some chickens in some cages on the roof of the bus.  
I had forgotten..... what a great

Very good choice in the models: That will be great.
Rubicon has very interesting kits.
For my cars for Hue I am still searching for Vietnamese baskets/cages to glue on top of my cars. Impatient to see your findings.

Does the car with all the gear on top come like that Chris? Or did you add that yourself?

The car with the gear on top is from Rubicon Models, you can buy the Citroen on its own and the stowage pack is sold separately. Struggling to find baskets, Crooked Dice Minis do a small selection, I have used several packs to  scatter about my Nam village, think the remainder are heading for the truck roof!

Ah ok. It reminds me abit of this Refugee Saloon Car from 1st Corps' VBCW Homefront range:



I may need that Rubicon model too. Do you have a direct link?

I like the 1st Corps one but I think they are more 1/48? The Rubicon on can be found here.... https://rubiconmodels.co.uk/collections/1-56th-wwii-french/products/282003-citroen-traction-avant-11cv-resin
The accessories are available separately

Actually Mark's sculpting for the figures in that range are considerably smaller than the usual 28mm suspects. His figures are more 25mm, so I'm assuming his vehicles are smaller than 1/48.

Thanks for the link!

I might have to take a look at the 1st Corp stuff. I have some if their WW1 tanks and they have a lot of character

Managed to finish a few of the vehicles, the Taxis are 1/60, so slightly smaller than I would have liked but not too bad when they are based






The Citroen Coke van is a 1/55 repainted diecast




The Lambro is from Thomas and his 3d printing skill  have a few more of these I am working on





The bus is another diecast from ebay with a load of generic stowage. Still need to add some more stowage, but nearly complete.

that bus looks ace

Fantastic result.

Excellent. I really like those

These are great!

Thanks for the comments, glad you like them, still got a few more 3 wheelers to do and trawling ebay for some more suitable stuff.

Excellent yes. I like the Norev 3 inches taxis. The bus is great and looks really like what we can see on pictures from that time (my source is Flickr and Pinterest for inspiration). You have given these models a real style.
For the Lambretta, I have seen on eBay "Atlas Lambretta 1/43 La Poste" models but cannot find the dimensions. Either for "Altaya tuk tuk 1/43". So 3DPrinting is a good solution.
For original/funny and special stowage, a shop that is closing has interesting bits (toilets, bike, fridge, ...) www.thomarillion.de

Very nice indeed!!!!

Richard.... thanks for the tips, useful link, its a shame they are going under

Finished a few more vehicles, git a few more to finish, then should be about done