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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Three Ambulances

Many times these big vehicles are mobile trauma centers.
The back and front of this vehicle needs a little painting on the lights.
Bottom is pretty good.
Top side.
Sometimes vehicles from many agencies and private vehicles will respond to the same incident.
In a very large incident ambulances from hundreds of miles away can respond.
 

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Matchbox Ambulance

In a major emergency, where there is a real or potential possibility of injuries often large numbers of ambulances may be dispatched.
Matchbox has made a lot of different types of paramedic vehicles.
I often buy just about all of them that I can find.
At the scene of a major incident there can be dozens of them present.
This is a big truck in real life.
This is a very nicely detailed vehicle.
 

Monday, July 6, 2026

EV Car


Hot Wheels Roger Dodger.
 
 

It is supposed to be an EV. 

It seems to have a lot of engine for an EV.
But I don't know that much about automotive propulsion.
My plan is to use the car for engine parts.
I am doing some conversion work and needed and engine.
This seems a reasonable choice for that.
I am actually harvesting engines for a couple car conversions.
This is one of two cars, the other one is a dragster that is losing it's engines.
Shown here with a 1/72nd scale henchman for size.
 

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Evil Oupost

I am building police forces and spy agencies, and their evil counterparts.
So unusual vehicles like this one can be helpful.
I suspect it will occupy the lair of some evil overlord.
Or it might be part of a top secret government labratory.
Nice undercarriage.
Guards and their vehicles at a remote outpost.
Everyone is armed.
Even a light tank is on hand.
 

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Foam Truck

Evil henchmen with their HISS tank.
They also have this vehicle, the Matchbox Hardnose.
It is an airport rescue vehicle, a fire truck designed to spray foam on burning planes.
Matchbox has issued it several times in a bunch of versions.
This on is an InGen vehicle.
It has tanks in the center and a nozzle on the front top.
Presumably the truck is designed to spray stuff and it does not have to be airport fire suppression foam.
So maybe soap and water to wash the dirty dinosaurs.
Or maybe other chemicals of a more nefarious nature.
 

Friday, July 3, 2026

HISS and Henchmen

I used a Jurassic Park truck and two Hasbro GI Joe Hot Wheels HISS tanks here with dollar store houses that I repainted.  Marx trees and indoor / outdoor carpet.
This vehicle has twin cannons and a position for the gunner.
The claims for the prototype vehicle are that it has a crew of two and goes 70 mph.
Probably not.
The cannons look pretty big, but I would consider them 20mm to 30mm.
Bottom side.  The cockpit theoretically lowers to allow the driver to leave.
The driver has good vision, but the armor would likely be very lock.
The gun ring turns.
Because it does not represent a real military vehicle, I think it is perfect for use by villains and their henchmen, such as KAOS, SPECTRE, and similar groups with a lot of money and resources.
I have made a few figures to work as henchmen to generic evil villains using cheap figures from Amazon.  I armed them with various left over weapons that came from different model kits.
 

Thursday, July 2, 2026

HISS

Evil henchmen with their tank.
This is a Hot Wheels version of the GI Joe Cobra HISS tank.
These came out decades ago in about 70mm size as plastic toys.
Now it is a 1/64th scale Hot Wheels.
Hasbro made a large collection of vehicles for Cobra and their GI Joe figures.
Impressive from the front side.
An unusual and interesting vehicle.