Wednesday 13 June 2012

Ainsty Castings Armoured Pick Up Truck and Wrecked Car

Last time I told you that I had placed an order for three Ainsty Castings 28mm scale resin vehicles but I only told you about one of them - the Derelict School Bus. So, here are the other two vehicles that I bought - set 8056 Armoured Pick Up Truck and set 8050 Wrecked Car. Both come from Ainsty's Streetwise: Car Park range.
Vampifan gets in on the act again to give you an idea of scale. Don't worry, he isn't getting paid any extra for this!
My only criticism of the Pick Up truck is that I wish the floor in the back section was much lower down. As you can see from the photo above there is very little clearance between the floor and the tops of the surrounding sides. Okay, it probably is this way to make it easier to be cast in one piece but I still find it a bit jarring when I compare it with my WWG card model pick up trucks. On the plus side, you can easily fit a figure with a 25mm diameter base in the back of the truck.
The wrecked car is an absolute beauty and you can see straight away that this is just so much scrap metal. All four tyres are missing. One of the headlights have been removed, as has the engine hood. The bodywork is full of dents and bullet holes.
I painted the glass parts of both vehicles in Foundry Black Shade 34A. For the bullet holes in the windows of the wrecked car, I painted the cracks around the bullet holes in the windows with Foundry Arctic Grey 33B. The area directly surrounding the bullet holes was done with little dots of Foundry White 33C. If you paint over the bullet hole, as I did a few times, just repaint the hole in black. To finish off the windows I gave them a coat of gloss varnish, being careful not to paint it over the actual bullet holes.
The pick up truck was painted in Foundry Chainmail 35A and given a variety of ink washes over various parts - Citadel Badab Black, Citadel Devlan Mud and Citadel Asurmen Blue. Since Games Workshop stupidly renamed all of their paints and inks I have no idea what they are called now. Most of the truck was given a black ink wash. Some panels were given a blue or a brown inkwash for that patchwork look.
The body of the wrecked car was painted using the Foundry triad of Bright Red 15 paints. Note that on the Armoured Pick Up truck the area between the wheels is solid resin. It looks odd at first but once you paint it black and put the model on your gaming table it is not noticable at all. I wonder if any of you would have spotted that from my photos if I hadn't pointed it out. I certainly wouldn't have.
The Armoured Pick Up Truck has a solid look to it and looks like it was built to survive in a post apocalyptic world. Add some weapons to it if you want to use it in a Car Wars type setting. As for the wrecked car, it is a great piece of scenery, ideal for depicting a run down part of your neighbourhood. As with the Derelict School Bus reviewed last time, these models have been reduced in price by the good folks at Ainsty Castings. The Wrecked Car now costs £4.00 and the Armoured Pick Up Truck now costs £5.00. Both are good value for resin cast vehicles.

24 comments:

  1. I had the wrecked car myself but you've done amazing work on the bullet holes Bryan, they're brilliant.

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    1. One thing I didn't mention in my review about the bullet holes is the need for a very fine paintbrush and a very steady hand!

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  2. Those both look great, and I couldn't pick a favourite. The truck could fit into a more post apocalypse game as well as Zombie Apocalypse. Both are really well painted, and as Fran mentioned, those bullet holes are amazing.
    Great job.

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    1. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite as well, Adam.

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  3. Great job on these. Those bullet holes in the glass are amazingly good. They really make the wrecked car. The armored Pick-up is excellent also. They both appear perfectly in scale, too. Thanks for including Vampifan for reference, that's very helpful.

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    1. The scale of these models is perfect for most ranges of figures of 28mm size. I was pleased with how the bullet holes turned out.

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  4. Nice work on both of these Bryan, I really like the pickup. Not really got any resin stuff so not worked with it before but could you of filed it down a bit to make it deeper?

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    1. Filing is simply not an option, Simon. It would be far too dificult to do, plus I'd lose the detail on the floor. I'll live with it as is.

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  5. I wasn't completely convinced about resin vehicles until I'd seen what you did with both your bus and these vehicles.
    Nice work and excellent additions to your scenery.

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    1. I know what you mean about resin vehicles, Joe. All of the resin vehicles I've bought recently (from Ainsty and Armorcast) have been nicely sculpted and crisply cast with not an air bubble in sight.

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  6. They're great!
    I can understand the cargo compartment bothers you, thats first thing I've noticed while watching the pics!

    Maybe you'd add some stowage there, to cover it up? But then again, you lose the whole point of having a pick-up that way.

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    1. It's just a minor irritation, Mathyoo, and as I said to Simon, I'll live with it as it is. Mind you, putting cargo in is not a bad idea.

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  7. Great job as usual VtG. I've got both of these models myself, but compared to youor results, I think I might have to just throw mine in the bin ...

    Curse you!

    ;)

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    1. Ooops! Gingerly exits stage left and hopes no one notices!

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  8. More top quality work, but most impressed by the bullet holes; certainly a great tip to remember.

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    1. Thanks, Michael, and I'm glad you like my method of painting bullet holes in glass.

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  9. What a load of balls!!! You have done a rubbish job on both of these!

    Really...Just put the paintbrush down....Pack both cars in a little bag ...And send them to me!!!

    ;-)

    They are quite cool!!! You are sure Vampifan is not trying to steal...Erm get hold of that truck?! It would be a good addition to the group.

    The wreck is amazing! Please have that in the scenario on the next battle report!

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    1. Damn! For a moment there I thought I was being mind-controlled!

      Vampifan would certainly like to add that pick up truck to his collection. It's armoured. Nuff said!

      As for the wrecked truck, I have made a note to include it in my next ATZ scenario.

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  10. Great work Vampifan, really like what you have done with these vehicles, The armoured Pick up is really good, all it needs is a Ram plate for those pesky Zed heads

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    1. Thanks, TE. Actually the pick up truck is good for numerous conversion possibilities, but yes, a ram plate would be a good start.

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  11. Love the pick-up - must pick-up one! Started converting a 28mm resin hummer for my survivors. Nothing too 'Mad Max', just a little work to keep safe.

    If anyone knows any good 28mm crashed helicopters let me know or I will have to spend weeks building one.

    D.x

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    1. Darren, I wish I could help you with the crashed helicopter model. It is something I'd like to own as well. In the meantime, I'll keep an eye out for both of us.

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