I was wondering what 1/35 kits are out there that could be used as civilian vehicles? I know of Tamiyas Jeep, and the Italeri Land Rover. MIG has the burnt out car and HI-Lux. I was just wondering if there was anything else available.

-Matt

Hey Mat
Their isan't much in plastic in 35 scale.. Their are some in resin though.. Their is WESP.
ADV Azimut.. Thoes are the ones that I know of.. Lindberg just brought back some 32 scale cars.. Revel has a bunch also.. Hope this helps

Matt,

Take a look at this thread for some possible answers.

HTH.

-YL

Matt, straight civilian kits are rare. You can find a few Arab kits from VP


You can also get mixed resin kits with GI's and civilians.

Matt,

I found something of interest on eBay.

Just FYI.

-YL

Talking about 1/32 car kits, Arii has released many japanese cars from the 50's to the 90's (Owners Club Series). You can find them at asian online stores (at about $6 each) or on eBay...

Frenchy

IIRC, the Arii series contains a pretty nifty 50's VW bug, which could come in handy in a variety of applications.

-YL

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Frenchy

CMK do a 1/35th plastic kit of a Volkswagen which can be used as a civilian car.

To be honest I didn't expect to find anything useful. But thanks to you guys I found two perfect kits.

A 61' Datsun Bluebird taxi

There must be a million cars that look basically like this in Iraq.




And a 55' Daihatsu CM10T

How could I resist this truck. It could be driven by Mr Bean's arch enemy!

A big thanks to you guys for helping me out once again. Now if I can just finish my current dio I could get started on my next one!

-Matt

That Datsun Bluebird is just perfect. Too cool.

Maybe you can blow one up and put it in your next diroama, Matt? Oh, wait...nevermind.



-YL

Matthew
Where do you get these cars. I would love to do a Diorama of an M1 driving over and crushing a car. I read an article and have the pictures of an incident where am M1 crushed a car to avoid suspected Iraq army personel fleeing the area early in the War. As its crushed mybe there is another way of doing this.instead of buying a kit.


Cookie

Hi Cookie. I found the cars on e-bay for 7 dollars each. Simply type in a search for Arii. I found several great kits. I would have bought more but then my next diorama would get out of control. Oh and have you been reading my mind? I wasn't going to say anything yet but, yes. My plan for my next diorama (many major details have not yet been set in stone) is to have an M1 Abrams (I know you are all shocked) crushing a car. I have never done this before but have wanted to for a while. I want to keep one vehicle intact and partially crush the other. This is why I want the kits. The crushed car will have parts still intact. It will be "mid-crush" if you will. I don't think I will model a specific event but if you wouldn't mind I would love to hear (or read) about the incident you referred to. And if you could share the pictures that would be great too. I do plan on making it into another blog so everybody will get to see it as it comes along. It's still probably a month or two away from starting still. I better get my current diorama done first.

-Matt

Just a few "AFV vs Car" videos from Iraq (found on Liveleak) :
Video1
Video2
Video3
Video4

I like the "Bradley vs Mercedes" one. You can find nice 1/35 diecast Mercedes sedans on eBay (made by Cursor or Conrad)

HTH
Frenchy