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.
 

Terror in the City

Many in the town left.

As soon as they heard they were coming people took off.

Not everyone left.

The cops stayed.

So did some others.
 

Cars of the Future

Many Matchbox and Hot Wheels vehicles are good for near future games.

They often look futuristic.

They often have advanced features.

Clear parts that are usually metal for example.

They work well for military vehicles if repainted.

And they have the advantage of being cheap.

Snow Time

A SWAT team moves in on a ruin in Alaska.

In winter the trucks get their tires changed out for tracks.

Even so a snow plow comes along for support.

Vehicles are Matchbox, they come in different versions.

This track type is used on a number of real vehicles.

Drone flies overhead.

Figure Conversions

More bits from the spares box.  These two ACW figures have been modified into Naval Officers by the addition of new heads!

This previously wounded Esci Africa Corps figure is now a radio operator.

New arms and new head for this guy.

Three Germans and a fourth former Brit.

Prone guy from an Indiana Jones truck model being dragged behind the truck, now has a panzerfaust.  The guy on the other end has a British paratrooper lower.

I got a number of the Indiana Jones trucks and so a number of the figures.  Pistol guy has a new head with helmet.

Matchbox Cars

Sometimes I buy vehicles over a period of years to have enough of the same kind.

Sometimes I modify the vehicles, this vehicle has been changed into a robot drone vehicle.

Sometimes only a few parts need to be repainted.

I glue them back together with five minute epoxy and clamp them until dry.

Zamboni

Matchbox finally makes a Zamboni ice shaving machine.

They are used in ice skating and hockey rinks to shave and smooth and level the ice.

It provides a nice, smooth, clean, and level surface for the skaters to skate on.

The driver sits at the rear and these machines have been around for about 50 years.

An ice hockey coach is killed by a Zamboni in the TV show Dead Like Me.

Ordinarily they are pretty safe.

Mining Dump Truck

New Matchbox low profile dump truck.

 Perfect for using in underground mines.

Big tires carry a heavy load.

Low profile design allows it to travel in low ceiling tunnels.

It's a good model without any need for modification, other than perhaps weathering.

Dump bucket actually works.

Rear view.

Three new Matchbox vehicles with 1/72nd scale figure.

X-Ray Scanner

New Matchbox truck.

It's an x-ray scanner.

Use it to detect bombs and other contraband.

Put it at military bases, airports,

city hall, shipping ports,

space launch sites, major sporting events,

Anyplace large crowds of people or cargo are present.

Shown here with the little Jeep.