Hobby Gaming: More vehicle size/scale comparisons - APCs, a Flying Saucer, and a Rocket Ship

Here are a few more vehicles for size comparisons.

  I try to look for items in the under $30 price range, because some of the specialty miniature gaming vehicles can get quite expensive.
   

We'll start off with

The Flying Saucer

The saucer is a Dragonball Z toy, the 5.9 inch version of  "Frieza's Spaceship" (there is also a slightly smaller version available, but this one seemed better suited to conversion.use with 28mm minis).
Banpresto Dragon Ball Z 5.9-Inch Frieza's Spaceship Figure





Our hero and his faithful Askaris  wait to see what emerges from the alien vessel. 

 Minis by Wargames Foundry  https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/

GW Space Marines posing with the xenos vessel before destroying it.


Ground Vehicles

Again, I am using a GW Rhino model and GW Space Marines as my baseline for comparison for ground vehicles. The first ground vehicle today is a Minimates battle damaged Aliens APC.

https://www.amazon.com/Minimates-Damaged-Armored-Personnel-Exclusive

This is a hefty vehicle, and is much larger than the Rhino.

It is much closer in size to the GW Land Raider, but is still a reasonably sized vehicle for 28mm minis.

Minimates also has a non-damaged version of this vehicle.

https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Select-Toys-Aliens-Mini-Vehicle

Next up are a couple of 1/43 scale Die Cast modern vehicles.

First up is an Edison Giocattoli 1/43 Fiat  Iveco 6614 APC.

This vehicle would work well for moderns, of course, but would also work well as a scout vehicle or small APC for 28mm sci-fi humans, particularly with a bit of conversion work. 

Today's last ground vehicle is also from Edison Giocattoli, and is a 1/43 Panhard VBL.   

Again, could be used for 28mm sci-fi humans as a scout car or light weapons carrier, with some basic modifications.

But wait!  There's more!

I am also including this rocket ship from Green Toys.

www.amazon.com/Green-Toys-Astronauts-Vehicle-Playset

It is a nice "50's" style rocketship, made of durable plastic.



   








The hatch side of the rocket will need some conversion work, such as placing clear plastic in the hatch portholes, and sanding off the recycling and other symbols, but it should work very well, for sci-fi or (even better) for pulp sci-fi uses.

Hope you found this post helpful and enjoyable - and am even more hopeful that it inspires you to do some fun things with your minis!