More Vehicles for the Gangster Project

As I said yesterday, errmm, just after midnight, I received my big order of Matchbox vehicles. I promised a scheduled post to show them off unboxed, so here you go.

1930 Packard Victoria

1930 Model J Duesdenberg

1928 Bugatti Type 44

1934 Cadillac, 1938 Hispano Suiza, 1928 Mercedes Benz SS Coupe

 

OK, so the Caddy and the Hispano Suiza are a little bit out of period, but they look as though they'll fit in alright.

1931 Stutz Bearcat

For those fast getaways or taking your moll out for a drive in the country.

1920 Mack AC tanker and 1937 GMC van..

"I recommend strongly that you don't shoot in the direction of that red truck!".

Again, the GMC van is a little later, but should fit in OK.

1920 Mack AC Truck and Rolls Royce Fire Engine

"I told you not to shoot at that red truck. Now I'll have to smooth things over with the Firefighters Local! Maybe if I donate some ice creams...."

Ford Model T Vans

1930 Ford Model A Pick UP Trucks

Unfortunately the churns are fixed in place. But maybe they don't contain milk?

1928 Ford Model A "Woody Wagon" and 1930 Ford Model A Tow Truck

I did say it was a big order! With the three I'd already received and the three Blue Moon cars this should enable me to fill up quite a large table for participation games.

Paint Table Saturday #31

Drat - it's gone midnight which makes this "Paint Table Sunday" instead.

I've actually had quite a busy evening and have managed to finish painting the gangsters. They just need varnishing - if I make it back early enough from Broadside I'll get that done in the evening. On the subject of Broadside, Fran and Postie will be getting their gangster figures.

Some pics of the gangsters, pre-varnish:

Some other news - my big Ebay order for Matchbox cars finally arrived this yesterday morning. I'll schedule a post of the cars "unboxed" for tomorrow this morning. Here is a pic of them in their boxes.

Shinies in the post!

It seems that my decision on Friday night to sleep in bed rather than on the (suitably padded) floor was not a good one for my back. As a result, I decided (this time sensibly) that it wasn't perhaps a good idea to spend most of my day leaning over a gaming table to move troops, so I gave the Saga tournament a miss.

There was an upside to this. It meant that I was at home when two different postmen delivered parcels for me.

The first delivery was two of my ebay orders. One order was for two Ford A vans and a Crossley truck:

"Honestly officer, the barrels might say "sherry" but they just contain unfermented grape juice"

As you can see, these are much bigger than the Ford A vans which came in on Tuesday. They do look better with the 28mm figures though, but I might want to mount the figures on some lipped bases (especially as the civvies' bases are thinner and don't have the same rim as all the others) so that they don't look quite so short next to them.

The other was for a Lledo "Days Gone By" Ford A taxi.

Drat! Same size as the small Model A vans. My plans are foiled yet again. I'm sure the Lledo description said it was 1:43 rather than "fit the box". It's a very nice model though to join my collection of non-gaming vehicles..



The second delivery was the remainder of my Blue Moon order from Old Glory UK.

The two cars are a 4-door sedan and Victoria roadster, along with a panel van (which will probably be painted up for the Police). At the back is another pack of "Named Gangsters" to replace the ones which I've already painted up as gifts.

The Blue Moon vehicles look to be of a size with the Yesteryears die-casts, so there won't be a problem mixing them up for gaming.


I also did a little bit of painting yesterday. I made a start on the G-Men, laying down some of the base colours. I also primed all 20 figures from the civilians pack. I'll do a bit more work this evening.

Tomorrow night I'll be playing Full Thrust again. This time it is a 2500 point (un)civil war as Simon and I are both flying NSL fleets. This should be interesting.

Looking ahead, it's only a few weeks until Broadside. I'll be popping down there again and hope to pick up a few useful bits for the gangster project from Fenris and Ainsty. I also hope to find someone there who has Vallejo black surface primer as my 60 ml bottle is nearly out. I may also pick up some 17 ml bottles of other primer colours to try out.

Of Vans, Cops and Saga

I'm having to take a short break from painting and from spending lots of time at the  computer as I seem to have done something to my lower back which is causing muscle spasms/tremors. Hopefully resting up for a couple of days will sort it out and I'll be able to resume painting by the end of the week. I'll have to remember to take regular breaks where I get up and move around in future.

My second ebay order was delivered this morning (still no word about the first one). After my post on Sunday night, I realised that my first order hadn't included any Ford Model A vans (it did include a couple of Model A pick-ups and a "Woody Wagon". So I went back on, found someone who did have them and ordered three.

Unfortunately my suspicions (after I'd ordered) were correct - they were from the I-75 series rather than "Models of Yesteryear", so are a bit small and have the wrong wheels. They are very nice though. I'll just have to wait and see how they look against the others when they arrive. That will teach me to look more closely at the pictures and read the descriptions properly. Comparing their measurements to the real-life dimensions of the Model A suggests these are about 1:64 scale so might work well with the smaller 25mm ranges (Citadel, Steve Barber).

I might have to go back on the evilbay and find some Yesteryears ones, but at least it was just three I'd ordered so it wasn't a huge expense.

This evening I sprayed the cops with matt varnish then went over the leather bits with gloss varnish and the truncheons and guns with satin varnish.

Trying out the LED lights I got from the poundshop for some atmospheric pics:

The blue of the uniform has come out a bit brighter than I wanted, but it looks a bit darker in real life.


Edit: 

Don't you just hate it when you've included something in the post title, then realise a couple of hours later that you forgot to write about it?

Saga. This weekend (unless another player drops out or asks to join in) I'll be taking part in a Saga tournament our club is running. I'm only there to make up an even number so not expecting to rank anywhere above the bottom, but will give my opponents a good run for their money.