Minifigs Autocar Trucks

Started by old smokie, 29 March 2016, 11:18:29 AM

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old smokie

anyone have any images of the two Minifigs vehicles below, can't find anything on google  :(, have asked Minifigs for pics but got no reply

Autocar Model CA 4-wheel Truck
Autocar Model CA Radio/Workshop Truck

Orcs

Hi Andy,

My experience with dealing with Minifigs for the 12mm range is that they see them as a pain.  I think they get somebody else to cast for them. I have placed 3 orders with them over the past 5 years with the following results

Order for Italian armoured cars - one model had the wheels missing
Order of 3 Russian T35's ( Don't tell FSN) one complete hul was missing.
Order of 2 88mm Flack guns ( I wanted them on wheels for desert) Casting was so bad I requested replacements - replacements came and were as bad if not worse- large lumps of flash, lack of details etc. I actually binned them. 

When they are supplied correctly they make nice models, but I try to avoid them now days.  See if one of the other manufacturers has something suitable.
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old smokie

thansk Orcs  :)

I am sure they are similar to the Russian ZIS and GAZ trucks but cannot find any images of the Autocars to compare them with the Russian trucks

Ithoriel

30 March 2016, 11:52:58 PM #3 Last Edit: 31 March 2016, 12:04:06 AM by Ithoriel
"ZiS-5, 3-ton 4x2, Cargo

An almost identical copy of an American Autocar Model CA, the ZiS-5 (»ZiS« standing for »Zavod Imieni Stalin«) was produced from 1933 on.

The truck was an instant success and evolved to the workhorse of the upcoming Great Patriotic War.

Due to the lack of steel, the all-metal cab soon received a wooden style which together with the angled front fender made up the ZiS-5V."

Pendraken do the 6-wheel ZiS 6 (SV52) not sure if (SV38) Russian 2.5 tonne truck is the 4-wheel ZiS 5.

http://www.o5m6.de/zis_5.html



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