"Cargo Containers for 28mm?" Topic

Looking for containers like the "Sea Land" containers (often attached to 18-wheelers and loaded to cargo vessels).

I am planning on using them as improvised defenses for post-apocalyptic scavengers.

Any links? Thanks.

CC

I know Aintsy makes some, as I have a few.

aintsy.co.uk then look under Cargo Hold.

Inglewood Jack,

Thanks. Though I was hoping for containers big enough to serve as shelters or as a base of operations, with plenty of standing room, like the big "Sea Land" (for lack of a better term) transport containers.

CC

Ground Zero also does some IIRC in their terrain section as well. Now, I know this is going to sound silly CC but why don't you make some of your own?

Not silly at all. However, time is the biggest luxury at the moment.

Thanks.

CC

The cheap option is to go card :-

seabox.com/id-98 – fill in the survey and get a model of a 20ft container (you dont need to be truthful :-P)

daf.com – DAF have a website offering several trucks with containers – click on 'DAF Fun' and then 'paper models'

home.wanadoo.nl/schatborn – Rob Schatborn has dozens of templates for containers, both 20ft and 40ft ones

link – Steve Ulstad has a variety of trucks with bodies. I quite like the "truck from 2048" model, very sci-fi.

Card models may not be your thing, but you could always scale up/down the templates and mount them on plastic card.

Also, try kiddie toys – I often see large scale toys that have a main motor unit pulling containers, flatbeds, fuel tanks, etc.

A well-stocked train shop will have containers in all the train scales. HO will be the least expensive, but maybe not big enough. "O" scale would be better, but maybe too pricy. Try a search on walthers.com, as they are a huge train supplier. I was in Toys R Us today, looking for a birthday gift for my goddaughter, and walked by the diecast isle for me. There were a number of truck/construction sets in usefull near-28 mm sizes. I don't recall containers or trailers, but it would be worth a look.

Most of the wargame oriented suppliers will have SOLID resin containers.

The Toy & Model Railroad suppliers will have styrene hollow containers that you can readily cut open.

Or you could go to the MRR section of a large hobby shop and get a pack or two of ribbed styrene sheet, some angle & make your own – I did.

In railroad speak, they're called "intermodals" so if you seach under that term you'll find a bunch.

The one's I like best so far are made by K-Line. They're O gauge. The rear doors open and they're stackable.

I have collected several nets for card containers for my waterfont project. If you send me your email via Matakishi@btinternet.com I'll send you the file.

What scale? O scale is 1/48, about right for 28/30mm. You're pretty much out of luck for good 15mm scale (that's roughly 1/100, right?), although HO (1/87) might fit. N scale is 1/160, close to 10mm, and I assume that you're not interested in 6mm (Z scale, if there's any intermodal stuff there).

Walthers makes a _lot_ of railroad accessories, at fairly reasonable prices (considering that the typical RR modeler has 250+ containers, they'd better be!).

I saw a pic from that pre-painted Rackham sci-fi range with a sea container. Maybe they have scenery packs?

Ground Zero have several sizes iirc.

I've got a Revel(?) container kit. Too big for 28mm, imho, but maybe suits your needs

Rackham do indeed to a scenery pack with cargo containers. They do them in two colour schemes:

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If you want a a size indication, those 'alien searchlight' thingies are on 25mm diameter bases.

Andrew Paul,

At 15 Euros, that is not a bad deal at all, considering it includes other goodies as well.

Thanks!!!

CC

I have the ground zero ones, and they are great for what I need, but they are on the small side and are also pretty solid resin..

If you want to be able to move people into them I'd think about building your own.. You can get the corrugated plastic sheet that looks right, and it wouldn't take too much work..

Other options for above ground dwellings:

TMP link

CC

For those who are interested, the Rackham AT-43 containers are 128mm long, 72mm wide and 54mm tall, and the double doors on one end are hinged and actually open and close.

For $15 USD USD (discounted to $12) they are a steal! Two shipping containers, 6 wall sections, two Nanogenerators, and even a fold-up battle mat. Now, 15 Euros becomes about $30 USD because of exchange rates, and that's not such a bargain.

I like to use styrene sheets. many patterns are available.
"improvised defenses for post-apocalyptic scavengers."
I am making terrain. Tata-Studio Models. I was with Armorcast. I have new models made but no photos. Send your mailing address to resinmann@aol.com and I will send you some stuff. I would appreciate photos after painted.

I've just picked up the Rackham ones and they're great. Need a bit of weathering but as quick, easy and relatively cheap terrain they're hard to beat. The walls ar good too. Not sure about the generator thingies yet, but I'm sure I'll find a use for them.

I'm definitely getting those Rackham ones:

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Do they have a distributor in the US?

Thanks.

CC

They were called "Conexs" during Vietnam and a very very popular piece o graffiti was "God is locked in a conex at LBJ. The later could refer possibly to President Lyndon Baines Johnson or LBJ.

"seabox.com/id-98 – fill in the survey and get a model of a 20ft container (you dont need to be truthful :-P)

daf.com – DAF have a website "

I want a free container, but the link didn't work :( :(

I know that intermodal containers are not going to be as nice as these beauties . . .

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. . . but, I think/hope, they will suit my purposes for now.

CC

To complete the fortification of the post-apocalyptic survivors' encampment, I'm about to finally place an order for these MBA Jersey barriers (hopefully this week):

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Much appreciated.

CC

I just noticed that Worldworks cargo containers are not listed here. If paper is acceptable, you could amass a stockyard full of these things quite cheaply. Two different types:

First, individual containers ($2):
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Three different colors, plus some interior panels if you want to make any open-topped like large dumpsters.

Stack of containers ($3):
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This builds into a large stack.

So you can make several of the large "bricks" of containers (18 per brick) easily, without having to make all those individual panels, and then make a half dozen or so of the individual containers to scatter around and break up the uniformity.

They are very nice looking, and easy to build as well.

UPDATE:

Received the Rackham ones today (from DUNGEON TRADER) and they look beautiful and PERFECT for my plans:

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CC

Nor could I resist also getting this longer one by K-Line:

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CC

That was a nice one:)

Like the smaller ones done by Rackham (which I already ordered and received – beautiful by the way), the longer K-Line O scale intermodal containers also have doors that open.

So, I think I will have the large K-line one on one side of the encampment, with the shorter Rackham ones on each of the adjacent sides, leaving one side "open".

I still plan to put sandbags along the top of each container.

And I will definitely try to copy what SciFi Gamer showed on this other thread:

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CC

Check ebay every once in a while. The K-line intermodal containers with the opening doors can show up at very reasonable prices:

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CC

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keep an eye out for these,, scle 1/55

I deleted my post because I thought Col Stone had a wrong link. When I found that my "correction" sent to the same page as his post I realised it wasn't his fault. What I did to get where he intended was to click on the "accessories" link to get to the containers.

hehe thanks for fixing that :)
i think they retail for abt 15€

siku sells them for 4€ each on the website

And if you are going with 15mm figures . . .

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CC
PS. By the way, the K-Line one looked tiny next to the Rackham ones.

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Otherwise go O.
They are vastly too big but if you are putting figures inside stuff you need them vastly too big.