I was looking online and I found this photo

http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~uhr/freizeit/Panzer/Fotos/crash4.jpg

And it gave me an idea for a dio.Now to the question.......... How would I make a car look crushed like that in 1/35 scale? Any help would be usefull . Thanks in advance.

one idea comes to mind.

use the car body parts that are going to be crushed out of a thick tin foil such as pie plate type..(get varous cooking pans made out of this foil from small to very large at stores and walmart.. ) then assembly your parts onto the model and after painting.. ... crush!

just an idea.. not sure if it would work....

:-)

you could probably build the car, then crush the parts that need crusshing, bend some of the parts that would look more realistic when bent, and remove the part that should be under the tank. When I still built car models, my then-4 year old brother demonstrated how miniature plastic cars sometiems break just like the real thing Or the foil method. It probably work although grafting it smoothly with the plastic is hard.

Well, I think the real question is: Where can one get a civilian car? I'm not meaning to sound pessimistic, I'm just curious. Oh, and I'm curious; How did you come up with your screename? Thanks for your time.

When i was younger my sisters said I talked alot and they always said "Shutupsteve"

yeah, i also imediatly thought of the same problem, no civi cars in 1/35, its VERY annoying, someone tell me if there actually are!
cheers

Italeri has a volkswagen beetle, as used by the DAK. But it is a civil car, so maybe that is usefull ?

Hi

I found this at Greatmodels:

(Image courtesy of Greatmodels)
http://www.greatmodels.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=apl900233

It seems a bit evil to put a poor little Beetle up against a Leopard

Cheers
Ed

there are plenty of kubelwagens in 1:35 just waiting for the application of a leopard's tracks

Get a 1/25th scale tank and take your pick on cars.

What about 1/32 scale car kits ? Plastic cars would be easier to crush realistically than die-cast cars. Have a look at HLJ website, they have several cheap Arii 1/32 japanese cars that could do the job. And the size difference between a crushed 1/32 car and its 1/35 counterpart would be hardly noticeable
http://www.hlj.com
HTH
Frenchy

there's some On Ebay (Diecast though) in 1/32 1/34 1/35 & 1/36 scales..........

My brother told me he was in a minor accident but this is ridiculous!! :-) :-) :-)

Build a car, get a real tank and crush it. Well maybe a little impractical, but it might work if you hit it just right in 1/35 scale. It would definetely work in 1:1 scale, but otherwise, I'm not quite sure how without signifact scratchbuilding.

I would build the chassis of the car and then scrafchbuild the panels to look crushed. The hardest part would be doing the windows. If you take a hot wire jig (not sure what you call it; it is an electrically heated wire used to cut foam), and jaggedly cut into the clear plastic, you can get a good effect. However you only have ONE chance to get what you want, but it isn't that hard to do it how you want it.

Jeff

Actally, it is relatively easy to crush a model car. Best way is to decide how crushed you want it first and crush, dent, bend, etc as you build. The best way to bend and crush plastic to look like metal in the same state is with gentle heat. Gently heat the area with a small flame, candele or lighter work great. When the plastic becomes pliable, use differet objects such as brush handles, knife handle, etc to put desired dents and bends in the plastic. For crushed metal, use a flat object to cruch the panel down to what you want. I use 1/32 scale civilian vehicles. Monogram, Revell and AMT made a whole bunch of 1/32 snap models a while back. Some were really well detailed, others not so well. They work as a starting point for civilian vehicles in your dioramas though and can be superdetailed as well. Here is an example of the above process.


Good luck and happy crushing.