Civilian Vehicles in 1/72

Civilian vehicles? 1/72??? By all means!

I recall seeing a couple of Danish (?) produced model truck kits - I believe it was an Iveco and a Scania - in a toy store many, many years ago. I don't recall the maker, and I haven't seen them since. And I failed to buy them at the time!!! :-(

Some people may recall photographs of a "funny" situation during the Korean war, where a Short Sunderland is floating in the water at a beach, one wing up, due to nightly damage. On land, a Martin Mariner stands beached behind what appears to be a parking lot, where several civilian cars are parked. Ever since I saw this picture the first time, I have wanted to build it as a diorama. I have the Airfix Sunderland, and Mach2 makes the Mariner, so all that's left is to identify the cars and find suitable kits! :-)

Also, for Danish AF dioramas, VW Transporters of all ages and kinds are a must.

I suppose with 1/76 being a common railroad scale in GB, they may have a rather large range. Perhaps one should search the *.co.uk sites.

I have always hesitated at die-cast "toy" cars, as they typically will need quite some modification to become true models. Windshields and interiors are typically simple one-piece inserts, for example. And often, the exact scale is hard to determine, and even when a scale is declared explicitly, it is not always correct.

(The same applies to the toy "screw-together" pre-painted airplane model "kits", which our local toy store seems to prefer over the real thing.)

One thing I'd like to see is entrepreneur vehicles: Dozers, steam rollers, cranes, etc.

-Lasse

Do a quick search for Langley Models. They're a UK-based OO railroading company who do some very nice white metal vehicles, including a great number of contruction vehicles such as those in which you're interested.

Mark Levine

The Danish truck kits were made by Skankits and there were six tractor units and a box semi-trailer. The moulds were obtained by a UK company and the kits were distributed here by Amerang. They also distributed a range of older vehicles produced by other companies. These included steam vehicles amongst others and were all of British vehicles. They seem to have gone out of production as I haven't sen them in the shops for several years.

I'd be interested in any civilian vehicle models in 1/72nd or 1/76th scale that you know of.

Gordon McLaughlin

scalelink.co.uk have a range of cool 1/76 white metal cars 1910s to 1940.

If someone's interested, PJ Productions offer a few resin civilian vehicles in 1/72 scale, among them a Volkswagen Transporter

There's even a Volkswagen Combi in 1/48 scale

- William

That seems to ring a (very faint) bell. Thanks!

-Lasse

Great, even though at the price of 10 EURO it's probably not going to be as ubiquitous in my dioramas as I would like.

Thanks!

-Lasse