Bat Gyro

I found this on eBay a couple months ago.

Not too expensive and it is in great condition.

Looks easy to assemble.

Instructions are good.

Should be a piece of cake.

I like good instructions.

The main body.  Thing on the left is a screwdriver.

All the parts.  Might be a while before I put it together, I have several other Batman things in the queue.
 

Big Boned

Dollar General had a little pack of skeletons in a sort of bone colored plastic.  Go figure.

I repainted this one flat white so it looks more weathered.

Turned out okay.

Bit large for 1/72nd scale.  James Bond movie Specter has a Dia de Los Muertes sequence with a parade and I plan on using this for that.
 

Little House

It used to bet that Jo-Anns, Dollar Tree, and Wal-Mart all had a decent selection of little Christmas buildings in about the 1/72 to 1/87 scale range.

They last few years they seem to get smaller and smaller.

Now most are 1/100 scale or smaller.

Too small for me.

I did manage to pick up this one from Wal-Mart.

Shown here with a 1/72nd scale Early WWII US Army soldier by Strelets.

And a little pick up truck.

And some trees.
 

Pick Up Truck Display

Four trucks in each stage of completion.  It is a generic pick up truck, useful from the last 1930's to the early 1960's.  Trucks don't change much year to year.

The advantages of these trucks are that they are very inexpensive, easy to strip the paint off of, and take model paints well.  I fill the hole in the top and the tailgate with gap filling superglue and when dry, I use a bit of Testors Contour Putty, sanded down, to finish the job.

1/72nd scale Strelets Early WWII American soldier.  Headlights painted silver.

The model is one piece, durable enough for wargames, and being one piece require no actual assembly.

The tailgate has an air hole that I think is part of the manufacturing process.  I fill the hole and sand down the surface of the tailgate that has a mold seam on it.

The green truck has a lining for the hole in the roof.  Only a few of them have that lining.  I don't know why.  The hole is easy to fix.  These come on a card in a four pack.  They are a generic truck and my intention is to use them both as military and civilian.  I got three packages of them, 12 trucks.  Hobby Lobby has these most years and I have gotten one set a few years ago.
 

Pick Up Truck

I got some little Christmas trucks at Hobby Lobby a few years ago and this year they have them again!

It is a resin truck with paint and glitter on it.

There is a plug in the roof with a loop on it and the loop and glue hold the Christmas tree in place.

The paint and glitter come off easily when soaked in paint remover, paint thinner, or even rubbing alcohol.

This one has been soaked for a couple days and has been simply removed from the mixture and just rinsed off a little.

This photo shows the same truck with a good washing with soap and water and a little work with an old toothbrush.  MRS Bunkermeister saves the old toothbrushes for me and after running them though the dishwasher they serve hobby purposes and are free and disposable.

The same truck with Testors olive drab paint overall, Tamiya gloss black for the windows, semi-gloss black for the tires, and Testors 1164 flat green for the canvas over the truck bed.
 

Truck and Cargo

Three axle truck conversion.

Dual rear wheels for carrying or towing heavy loads.

Rugged and large.

Designed to carry the 6 ton tank.

Six ton tank goes 3 mph but the truck brings 20 miles per hour.

Providing greater speed to the armor force.

 Loading right in the field.

New Truck

US Army truck in Infantry blue markings.

Same truck without the canopy.

Together.

Now a third version is in service.

Much longer.

Three axle heavy truck.
 

Type 97 Tank

Orion 1/72nd scale Japanese WWII tank crews with a Filament Fighters Japanese Type 97 tank.

Tanks require a lot of maintenance and constant attention to stay running.

These tanks were quite the terror in China where the Chinese almost never had armor or anti-armor weapons.

Some troops rest while others work.

Three supervise while only one has a shovel.