Why can’t we get more 1/35 scale civilian, modern, and popular nonmilitary models? I really would like to do more police and nonmilitary dioramas but it’s so tough to find any. You guys know of anyways to make this an easer end ever? Do you have links and pictures you can add to the post?

Thanks!!!!

I know DML/Dragon have a SWAT series of figures. As far as vehicles go you're less likely to find a wide variety.

The only "true 1/35" civilian vehicles I have found so far are the die-cast Ford Transit vans made by Schabak, but their interior need a bit of work to be OK...
http://shop.schabak.de/auto_execute_engl.asp?RD=36881655

HTH
Frenchy

Hello Utah Dave:

I hear ya, mate. I like to do nonmilitary dio subject
matter maseff. I suggest you check out 1:35th Preiser
figures. They have quite a line of civilian, refugees,
and construction worker and even female field hands.
A lot of these have clothing from the WWII era but the
figs are molded in the hard styrene plastic so it is
not hard to carve and putty some newer "fashions" on
them. I also use lead foil with making clothing.

However, the heads and faces on some of their 1:35th
figs, IMHO, are not so crisp, so I replace the heads
and sometimes the hands with Verlinden, Ultracast,
Hornet. BTW, yesterday I just order from that
place up the "street" from you at Great Models. I
ordered two sets of 1:35th Verlinden hands; nine
left hands and nine right hands in each set. Price
was under $7 US dollars. But the supply is limited.

Good luck,

For civilian cars, not much in 1/35 scale. Best bet is to check out the Monogram/Revell, Ertl, MPC, ect. 1/32 snap-tite cars and trucks. There are quite a few. With a little work, they look great and are close enough to work w/1/35. I have used quite a few in dios, check some out below at my Showcases.

For modern "stuff", Mig Productions and Blast have modern dio accessory sets. They include dumpsters, furniture, refrigirator, computer, etc. Mig also has some sets of modern, plastic drums and metal drums, etc. Check them out.

Pieser is good for the civilian figures. Check out their 1/32 figures for an even wider range of civilians as well.

Fellas,

I have found quite a few 1/36th scale (yes, that is a six, not a five") civilian automobiles, including a "woody" and a "1933 stutz-bearcat" - plus several vintage WWII ear farm tractors.

Where you might ask? In the toy section of a local dollar store. They are "made in China", but there is no other indicator of the maker. They usually are found in a cardboard box with foreign text, although the "1/36 Scale" is in plain english. I purchased several for use in dioramas. The exterior detail of the cast metal is quite excellent, but I prefer to sand off the paint and rebuild the interiors from scratch. The price... around $1 each! I always look when I am in the area.

I also scavenge the rubber tires from these units and similar sized scales (1/32 and 1/43) to use in my dioramas - especially in a debris pile, or as bumpers along a dock or bridge pylon.