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Gyros_Pretcel
19th c. Church of Hamlossus high priest contender
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I am kinda hyped, because I found a nice 1:69 model of a late 60s Scammel tow truck for 1€ in the thrift shop.
Notice that toy die-cast cars like Matchbox or Hot Wheels are usually box scale (that's where the name matchbox originally came from); all models are shrunken or enlarged to this size, what in effect means only average sized cars are in the nominate scale of 1/64. The big trucks are 1/100 and the small buggies and jeeps 1:55, what makes them all not fit each other and look dumb.
The thing is for post apocalyptic tabletop wargames, I need a majestic truck for my warrig.
So this 1/69 truck comes in perfectly.
I never got the car model appeal, but I kinda got into it with time being a postapoc fan. It's fun to make your own custom body-works with a jewelers saw and acessories to turn them into mad max style vehicles. Regular collecting of car models still seems somewhat boring to me as well, ngl. I am also recently really getting into Hot Rods (no homo).
It's 1,5 times the width and lengths of a normal matchbox car.![FeelsOkMan :feelsokman: :feelsokman:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I spent ages looking for a suitable model. Trucks in this scale are really rare and usually boringly modern or expensive.
Not that I am able to do any of this (tx eyes). So the only option for me is to fantasize.
Will I ascend when I show Stacey my collection?
Notice that toy die-cast cars like Matchbox or Hot Wheels are usually box scale (that's where the name matchbox originally came from); all models are shrunken or enlarged to this size, what in effect means only average sized cars are in the nominate scale of 1/64. The big trucks are 1/100 and the small buggies and jeeps 1:55, what makes them all not fit each other and look dumb.
The thing is for post apocalyptic tabletop wargames, I need a majestic truck for my warrig.
So this 1/69 truck comes in perfectly.
I never got the car model appeal, but I kinda got into it with time being a postapoc fan. It's fun to make your own custom body-works with a jewelers saw and acessories to turn them into mad max style vehicles. Regular collecting of car models still seems somewhat boring to me as well, ngl. I am also recently really getting into Hot Rods (no homo).
![K2-Scammell-Heavy-Wreck-Truck-1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-KQLariDIKSI%2FTdI5T7pzBlI%2FAAAAAAAAETc%2FniEiyQaLR-c%2Fs1600%2FK2-Scammell-Heavy-Wreck-Truck-1.jpg&hash=c6cea875587f9e6182d8c610607c3331)
It's 1,5 times the width and lengths of a normal matchbox car.
I spent ages looking for a suitable model. Trucks in this scale are really rare and usually boringly modern or expensive.
![flnij7cmv6q31.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fflnij7cmv6q31.png&hash=5510f6f00fcee4f79b23f1eb004985be)
Not that I am able to do any of this (tx eyes). So the only option for me is to fantasize.
Will I ascend when I show Stacey my collection?
![e07b20ffd67e495e5f6325dd395d0ac7--bad.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Fe0%2F7b%2F20%2Fe07b20ffd67e495e5f6325dd395d0ac7--bad.jpg&hash=37a576fa11749e0a13c008a19c80a7e9)
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