Hi all, so I have been very busy painting and doing work to recover from my total knee replacement for my left knee...hence the additional time for hobby!!
While doom- scrolling in hospital and throughout my recovery this far it has become apparent there are many more budget 1/56- 1/50 ish vehicle options becoming highlighted on cheap trading sites such as Ali express.
One of the areas in which I need a lot of models and are definitely worth a punt are bulk transport vehicles such as trucks. Seeing someone post a link to some absolute bargain models that looked great, i followed the link and for the first time braved my laptops health and sanity by going on the site. As I'd never ordered before not only was it crazy cheap but they offered me free postage also! so...for $2.17 NZD, i ordered a pack of TEN (!!) trucks.
I have to say not only was the communication professional, accurate and timely but the postage ( from god knows where...Palau Islands?!? lol) was prompt despite being free, and they arrived 10 days later despite having given an online ETA of 23 December!
So...I opened them and here they are in their glory!
Here is one out of the bag (centre), which is perfectly sized next to the 1/56 rubicon Studebaker ( Left- excusing the dust from sitting on my shelves, lol!) and the Warlord Opel Blitz (Right).
You can see from the below the detail on the outside is very good...a blurry-line-straddling stand-in for studebaker/opel/citroen -ish vehicles!
As you can see, the 'weakest' point of the moulding is the negative-image-type tyres, where the 'low' points of the tread have become the high points...snow chains anyone?! lol. But seriously- i dont care...i think its really really good...and for 21 cents NZ each- bloody hell thats a steal! Ill be ordering another bag of them!
Interestingly, even from a low point of view the detail looks good, but underneath heres what there is;
...its hollow! Talk about saving weight in your army carry case! :) Again- I'm happy with the product- extremely happy and will be ordering more. I had sat there and trembled at the thought of another 20 Opel/Citroen and other mixed brand trucks for my Germans at Arnhem alone, yet alone other big games and other armies!
21 Cents!....TWENTY ONE CENTS!!!! Take my money! Im off to combine another order with some other items listed as 1/72 to give them a try...i might be able to buy more Pumas than were made haha.
Heres a size comparison from above;
and one last shot of my bag of joy: