I have seen of few of them on ebay and ran across this ad on this history channel. For $10 not bad.
http://www.militaryflatbed.com/
1/32 Flatbed Truck & Willie Jeep
There's a thread about it HERE.
I can include my thought in this thread easily enough though:
I'm going to go out on a limb here, actually a little further out than usual since the link isn't working for me, and say that the truck is another version of the 1941 Chevrolet flatbed that is seemingly growing quite popular in 1:32. If that is indeed the case, I can comment on the flatbed truck, as I have a couple others, just not in the military scheme.
I have two versions of the truck, one in a yellow and green, doing duty as a farm truck with stake sides and crates of fruits, vegetables, and eggs, and another just as a flatbed truck. The yellow one is quite bright and shiny, and will need some work before I can put it to use for my purposes, the other is a fairly dull green, and in all honestly looks to have been hand painted and weathered at some point. I got it off of Ebay, so I really can't comment much on it's history. The trucks are mostly just basic scale models, nicely detailed enough for background pieces, not too likely to be the pride of anyone's collection. I'd say that they seem to fall in the area of being nicer than what little NewRay stuff I've bought/seen, and not quite as nice as 21st or FOV vehicles, though with some time and attention you could likely narrow that gap quite a bit. I'd have to say that my least favorite part is the rather large front license plate that reads "1941". It will of course be removed in short order, but it just looks cheesy, and removing it will be an unneeded hassle.
All in all, I'd have to say that for you WWII guys, these could be quite handy, since the major manufacturers don't seem to want to produce any trucks, and we all know that trucks are some of the most important vehicles armies have.
You can see the Ebay auction green truck I won HERE. The seller seems to have other 1:32 and 1:35 items as well, so I keep my eyes open.
I'll try to use the link again later and verify that these are the same trucks, but, having seen them before, I'm reasonably certain they are.
Ok, I just found the "paperwork" that came with the yellow and green one. It says that they're made by "The National Motor Museum Mint". My green one had no paperwork, but I have them here side by side, they're the same truck.
The Jeep, of course, I can't say one way or the other.
MV
I can include my thought in this thread easily enough though:
I'm going to go out on a limb here, actually a little further out than usual since the link isn't working for me, and say that the truck is another version of the 1941 Chevrolet flatbed that is seemingly growing quite popular in 1:32. If that is indeed the case, I can comment on the flatbed truck, as I have a couple others, just not in the military scheme.
I have two versions of the truck, one in a yellow and green, doing duty as a farm truck with stake sides and crates of fruits, vegetables, and eggs, and another just as a flatbed truck. The yellow one is quite bright and shiny, and will need some work before I can put it to use for my purposes, the other is a fairly dull green, and in all honestly looks to have been hand painted and weathered at some point. I got it off of Ebay, so I really can't comment much on it's history. The trucks are mostly just basic scale models, nicely detailed enough for background pieces, not too likely to be the pride of anyone's collection. I'd say that they seem to fall in the area of being nicer than what little NewRay stuff I've bought/seen, and not quite as nice as 21st or FOV vehicles, though with some time and attention you could likely narrow that gap quite a bit. I'd have to say that my least favorite part is the rather large front license plate that reads "1941". It will of course be removed in short order, but it just looks cheesy, and removing it will be an unneeded hassle.
All in all, I'd have to say that for you WWII guys, these could be quite handy, since the major manufacturers don't seem to want to produce any trucks, and we all know that trucks are some of the most important vehicles armies have.
You can see the Ebay auction green truck I won HERE. The seller seems to have other 1:32 and 1:35 items as well, so I keep my eyes open.
I'll try to use the link again later and verify that these are the same trucks, but, having seen them before, I'm reasonably certain they are.
Ok, I just found the "paperwork" that came with the yellow and green one. It says that they're made by "The National Motor Museum Mint". My green one had no paperwork, but I have them here side by side, they're the same truck.
The Jeep, of course, I can't say one way or the other.
MV
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