I would like some trucks for my WW2 forces but I am reluctant to buy those from Warlord etc as they come in at £18-20 each. This is a bit much for something that is likely to be killed pretty quick in a game or that will only be on board a short time as troops are dropped off.
One solution I have seen to this is to use Lledo days gone by die cast vehicles. I had a quick look on ebay and managed to pick up a couple of trucks for a total of £3.50 including postage. They certainly match the cheaper requirement then!
One thing I was worried about was the scale. They don’t have a scale listed and as far as I was able to tell the scale various between models as they are modeled to fit the box rather than a consistent scale over the range. I think they actually fit pretty well although they are possibly a bit on the small size. I will let you judge that based on the photos below.
The figures in the picture are a warlord and an Offensive miniatures Fallshirmjager
The trucks are pretty much the same size as this Die Waffenkammer sdkfz 251.
I do have a Warlord games German Phanomen truck coming soon that I got for a good price second hand. Once this arrives I will put up some pictures comparing this to the Lledo trucks as that will probably given an even better idea of scale. It’s a shame that I can’t seem to find and die cast German trucks such as an Opel Blitz so my German forces might have to be in captured trucks.
I am also going to be repainting these as I suspect going to war in a birds custard van would be frowned on.
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