"15mm Quad AA from old Matchbox toy ..." Topic

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Yesthatphil	08 Nov 2012 12:14 p.m. PST
Or how I turned a perfectly good old lost toy into a believably modern 15mm wargames model … currently top of the modelling page ( P.B.Eye-Candy/Modelling ) ( ex-Matchbox M17 and pukka Battlefront SU-57 ) Just testing out what can be done … Phil P.B.Eye-Candy
fred12df	08 Nov 2012 2:16 p.m. PST
Cool. You wouldn't know what it started as, if you didn't say.
svsavory	08 Nov 2012 3:16 p.m. PST
Very nice conversion, looks great!
Yesthatphil	09 Nov 2012 5:02 a.m. PST
Thanks for the responses … it's good to recycle junk every now and again. I must get on with some of the bigger projects, though … Phil
Eleve de Vauban	09 Nov 2012 11:31 a.m. PST
I remember the Matchbox halftrack – that's a great piece of converting