One of the things I'll need if I want to start playing Zombie RV (besides zombies) is... an RV! Fortunately, I had one in my backlog - a clever 3D-printed kit from Miniature Tanks here in the US. I got a bunch of vehicles from them for Christmas this past year, and I decided it was time to get this one assembled and painted. Assembly was pretty easy, though I did need to use a pair of tweezers to glue on the railings at the top and the silver bits on the side - weight supports when parked, I'm guessing?
Because it's a 1970s Ford F-150, I started looking up 1970s paint jobs, and found a pretty sharp-looking black, red-orange and silver example. I decided to change the red-orange to just plain red, and got to work. Except for the headlights and taillights, everything here is just done with cheap craft paint instead of expensive hobby paint.
I painted the license plate yellow with blue lettering to match the color plates on my own car, and carefully freehanded "ZRV" in lieu of trying to squeeze on an authentic plate number.
It's not going to win any awards but it's a solid addition to my scatter collection, and I'm looking forward to seeing it on the table.
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| The Last Liners are never far from hand so obliged for a scale shot. |
Miniatures Acquired: 178
Miniatures Painted: 129
Terrain Acquired: 4
Terrain Painted: 7
Scatter Acquired: 0
Scatter Painted: 10
It looks great! Better than my conversion of a grocery store toy from the rack. Love the idea for the license plate!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike! I was just looking at yours last night while revisiting your ZRV play through. Yours is pretty nice nonetheless!
DeleteLove that! Nothing says Zombie Apocalypse Survivor more than an RV.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael!
Deletehaha that looks great. you need to put some funny bumper stickers on it.
ReplyDeleteso I went on to the Miniature Tanks website and looked up some WWII tanks....seriously a 1:56 tank for $6-8??? if so looks like my pulp game is gonna get some new toys. use them as terrain and such.
Thanks Tim! Yeah, the prices are really great. I've got a couple of police cars awaiting my attention still, and then I'll probably grab some more pickup trucks and sedans to populate my streets with. It can take a little bit for them to get orders printed and shipped as a heads up.
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