Barbie Land

Another Barbie Land item, this time a store.

Like the other two this will end up as part of my Disneyland type amusement park.

The park is full of little shops that sell gifts, and toys, and foods.

So this certainly will lend itself to that environment.

While these items are about heroic 32mm size, I think most will be fine with my 1/72nd scale figures.

The shopping is cool but it is a bit big!

These are the only three sets I have and the only ones I have seen.  There may be others.

Put together they make a nice little vignette and here is a Hot Wheels Batmobile and Batman in 1/72nd scale.
 

Barbie Movie

This is another Barbie Land playset.

These are a little bit like the Polly Pocket playsets, only Barbie is bigger.

I am building an amusement park, based loosely on Disneyland, in California.

They have these popcorn carts in the park and they little puppet show theater is also like some of the things they have too.

The movie camera on the roof is very cool and it may get cut off and used as an actual camera on a tripod.  These items are about a heroic 32mm size, and my collection is 1/72nd scale, mostly.  Still I think these can be adapted to my scale.
 

Barbie Meets Batman

While shopping recently I came across several little Barbie sets that are interesting.  This one is an ice skating pond.

The bits are useful in my American Cities project, I think.

They are well packaged.

And are a complete diorama with little accessories.

The whole set.

Batman in 1/72nd scale, about 25mm from bottom of base to top of head.  Barbie is a heroic 32mm size figure.

I think the seat on the bench can be cut down, the counter top is probably okay, and so is the tree.

I think with a little surgery Barbie may also be able to lead a normal life in Gotham City once she is reduced from 8 feet tall.
 

SDV Tank Retriever Continues

The SDV tank retriever is coming along.

The machine gun port looking hole is actually for a big cable attached to a drum for towing vehicles out of the mud.  Pretty clever.

I decided to glue the crane into a semi-erect position, and here it is.  So not too high that I can't drive it down the road, and not so low that it looks like it is not doing anything.  A better model builder than I could likely make the crane work.

Top view.  There are a bunch more accessories left to go so it won't look so plain when it is done.

Side skirts and other bits ready for installation.

It's a shame to hide such nice looking wheels.

Test fit, file, test fit, trim, test fit, sand, test fit, close enough.

The construction so far.

Well on the way to completion.