Bunker Talk

Thursday, June 27, 2024

M47 vs M48 Poly Tanks

This is another of the T. Cohn tanks like the one from yesterday.

This one has the cupola on it but being 50 years old they are often missing.

These are M48 tanks and are reasonable models of that tank.

It's a great toy for a kid.

M48 was used all over the free world.

This tank is the same hull as the M48 but has an M47 hull.

In real life the M47 had a different hull from the M48 but as a toy, close enough.

This turret is not very realistic but it is almost identical to the ones made on the first Roco and Aurora M47 tank models.

Overhead view, not unusual the gun is bent a bit.

Front side view ploy M47.

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Poly Tanks

T. Cohn made plastic army vehicles in the 1960s in about 1/72nd scale.

Airfix made very similar vehicles, also in polyethylene plastic.

I don't intentionally buy them but I have managed to gather a few of them over the years.

They are durable and good kids toys.

Being soft plastic they hold up well to hard play.

They have nice wheels on the bottom and roll well.

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Horses In Brown and Black

Eagle Games made board games with 1/72nd scale plastic figures as the game pieces.

Eventually they discontinued the practice but in the meantime they released the various figures to buy separately.

Their horses are very durable, stand up well and are one piece. I never understood why Airfix needed two piece horses with a separate base. Those were maddening for a kid to try and get to stay together and not much better for an old guy.

The only drawback to Eagle Games horses was they only had one pose of horse.

The horses have a saddle and European style tack and gear.

They fit Airfix riders very well and I have also cut off the saddles and used them as draft horses. They came in brown, black, and gray with 48 identical horses of all the same color and pose in the box. This figure is the "Arab" from one of the Eagle Games figure sets.