Like Keith I was looking for something vaguely 28mm compatible to be a locomotive for bolt action, either a German Kreigslocomotive or something Soviet, I was looking at toy trains I could add to my existing HO/OO track and found this in the Works Cardiff in the summer last year.
Obviously I bought three, it would seem silly not to?
The last two images are German Kreigslocomotives which were a simplified wartime economy steam train, funnily enough there's still a couple working at a Bosnian coal mine, still going after 80 years! The first image is an earlier German train and I think resembles our Hogswarts express a bit more? So this is the first of three, with our friend the commisar for company.
I think it's not bad for scale? They're big lumps of resin that needed a fair amount of cleaning up. Sprayed with Halfords black primer and with some wind defenders added to make them look more like the reference drawings , then some raw umber wash, to make it less pristine ( but not as dirty as the Bosnian ones!), bit of steel colour where the wheels meet the rails. I don't think it's too bad and arrayed in front of my damaged factory I think it'll work well enough, for German or Soviet trains, I just have to build some tenders and carriages and paint the other two, no red flags as that would be too specific, so just dirty black!
All the best
Iain
What a great find - perfect.
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Why stop with only one!
ReplyDeleteI have got two more to do!
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Wow that really is very good Iain although having to add the tender is a bit annoying! I considered adding the wind defenders to my engine but didn't in the end. Yours does look more "European " I think.
ReplyDeleteBTW for anyone interested in the UK - I Googled this and looks like they are still available for under 10 quid each....
DeleteI think the wind defenders do help with the European look? Never mind just the tenders, I've got to add all the other rolling stock!
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Wooow! Agree, looking perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Michal!
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Very nice…and a sensible purchase!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark, a first sensible for a Harry Potter purchase?
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They have come up really well Iain, and 7 pounds each seems like a very reasonable price. Do you have a scenario in mind where you will need three? An assault on a train yard perhaps?
ReplyDeleteAs I bought 3, they worked out at £5 each! I was thinking a goods yard scenario, good for blocking lines of sight I think?
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Looks fab, Iain!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray!
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A really good find and should make for some interesting scenarios.
ReplyDeleteYes I am happy with it!
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What a great find Iain, and excellent work o getting it table ready.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, great to hear from you again!
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Excellent work there and a good find too. I like the fact that most European trains seems to have been black, with red detailing, giving them loads of flexibility of use in our games.
ReplyDeleteYes a bit of a universal look is helpful!
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I think they fit really well with the miniatures. No problem there. And you did a good job cleaning them up.
ReplyDeletethe whole sentence "found this in the Works Cardiff in the summer" means nothing to me. What's a Works Cardiff? Am I just too American? Is that a store? Sounds like the kind of store that is in a little space in the downtown but not the fun area and is only open from 12-4.
So Cardiff is the capital city of Wales, part of the UK, well at the moment anyway, The Works is a chain store that does discount books and stationery, I tend to buy cheap brushes from them, your right in the downtown not fun area!
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This is pure genius, I love how this idea turned out. Fantastic
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Suber!
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