Hat British Colonial Wagon

This is the Hat Colonial British Wagon.

I got several boxes of them and no flash on any part.

It is a bit complex for a soft plastic kit but goes together very well.

Despite being a British Colonial Wagon it is nearly identical to the American Army wagon for the same era, late 1800s to 1940s.

The US Army would usually use 6 mules but even two horses was not unknown.

I think a few headswaps will make these perfect for my American Army.
 

Mighty K

Hot Wheels Mighty K.

A small vehicle that I will use for my Beach Blanket adventures.

It's called Surf Skate.

In olden times skateboarding was called sidewalk surfing.

It's a cute little truck.

With a Hot Wheels license plate.

And a skate board in the back.

Easy addition to the collection.
 

Thundercats

A Hot Wheels car based on the Thundercats.

I never watched it.

More like a two passenger snow mobile.

The show was about hominid type super hero cats.

Sounds "meh" to me, but then I like a lot of odd TV shows, so who am I to complain?

My plan is to repaint this in yellow.

And put GI Joe Adventure Team markings on it.

Nice wide track.

Two man vehicle, probably have to sand off the old logo.

Underside.

Airfix Civilian for scale.
 

Artillery Towing

I made four of these vehicles.

The first cars were often boxy and looked much like horse drawn wagons.

Sometimes they would only seat a few people.

This one has spoked wheels and they are in motion so they look clear.

I added a trailer hitch to the back, one of the early ideas was to use them to tow artillery on roads anyway.

I used and Airfix pilot figure as the driver.

Here it is towing a 3 inch gun.

Probably no faster than about 5 or 6 mile per hour, as wooden wheels on artillery don't travel well on speeds faster than that.
 

White Rings

I went to Michaels and Hobby Lobby and got four sizes of cabone rings.

They are used by ladies who sew stuff.

I am not really sure why.

They are plastic ring with a circular cross section.  The plastic is soft and does not glue well.
 

 

In real life vehicle tires were made out of natural rubber and were white until about 1915 when they started adding chemicals to the rubber to make it last longer, and turning tires black.  So I made an old time car using these white rubber tires.

Bat Decals

I think this stealth bomber is a generic die cast toy.  My plan is that it carries Batman and Robin in tandem recumbent positions.

Fast, but small midget racing plane.  These types are very fast and have been around since the late 1950s.

I printed up some waterside decals and put them on the cigarette boat as a test.

I might move the large decal to the center of the bow section.

I think the yellow and black emblem shows up well on the black paint, so I used it over the red bat sign on the 66 Batmobile.

Front side view.

 

Batman 66 Transportaion

When reading old Batman comics you find he has a wide variety of vehicles.

After reading the Batman 66 comics I decided Batman needed some new hardware.

Stealth airplane, deep sea submersible, cigarette boat, small propeller racing plane.

This is from Matchbox and like the others has been repainted in typical Batman 66 colors.

Cigarette boat is a Hot Wheels boat, like the submersible it has been released in many color schemes over the years.  It saw the red interior, slightly smoked windscreen and chrome engines to be perfect for Batman once the hull was repainted.
 

Thundercats

Hot Wheels snow mobile from the Thundercats.

I never watched the Thundercats.

So I don't know anything about this vehicle.

But the model is very cool.

Sort of cat shaped front and paws for the skis.

My plan is to repaint it.

Yellow for GI Joe Adventure Team.

Probably keep the black tracks.

Seats two.  That logo will get replaced with an A-T one.

Underside.

GI Joe, Action Civilian.