6mm Wargaming

1/300th Civilian vehicles

Introduction

I wanted to create this page after a frustrating search to find some decent 1/300th vehicles for games.

Below is a small sample of models that is more out there but most of them are only useful as commercial vehicles. I don't tend to buy Irregular as the quality of their vehicles that I have seen is very poor (except for WW1 stuff).

Next I hope to add some more photos included pictures of painted models along with some ideas on converting these to other civilian vehicles.

Some of the options available to wargamers at the moment include:-

The vehicles available from Navwar, GHQ, Scotia, CNC etc are mostly military or commercial vehicles. You can get a good range of trucks, 4WDs and pickups but not many cars or stationwagons.
Converting some of the smaller models to civilian cars is tricky as they are very small in that scale.
Most of the architecture models available are the wrong scale, or have poor detail and very expensive.
Irregular makes a 6mm cars pack but they are huge and more like 10mm and the quality is poor . The cars in the pack dwarf my T80s and the articulated truck is massive.
There is a number of WW2 cars that can be used, but for games past the 1950s they look a bit out of date.

Click on the images to see a larger version. Note most of the images will display the model 2-3 times bigger than actual size and the paint jobs may look a bit rough!

Navwar GMC pickup truck. A nice model which has some good potiential for conversions (for example a stationwagon). You could also try cutting one in half and joining the two front halves together to make a car, but I haven't tried this yet.	Navwar GMC pickup truck. Another picture this time with the back canopy on it.
Irregular Fire engine. After my comments above about Irregular, I found these in the Tusk range when I went to Eureka, who manufacture them under license. They are nice models and this one could be useful for the 40-60s era.	Another Irregular Fire engine. This model is more suitable for the post war and is quite well detailed. They also have a Ford Transit van in the Tusk range but it was huge and probably the same as the one from the 6mm Cars pack Irregular makes.
Scotia UAZ452 minibus/ambulance. This castings a little rough but still a useful item from Scotia. It would probably be easy to convert/paint up to look like other civilian vans eg a VW combi.	Scotia Motorbike (riderless). Quite nice model from Scotia and well cast. The model with a rider on it is also very good.
Irregular Diesel Train. This is in the equipment and scenery range and is labelled as ES28. A very well detailed model from Irregular which would do nicely as a modern locomotive.	Navwar Fiat 518 car. I think this is the 518 model but I brought it a while ago so I could be wrong! A useful model which can be used as a generic civilian car in the 30/40s.
Navwar Foden Cargo 6x6. From the modern British range and it comes with separate cargo. This is useful as a modern truck and the cab can easily be removed from the rest of it to be use for scratch building.	Navwar Foden with container. Another shot of this but with a container from Old Crow. The flat deck is quite useful as you can model a number of different loads on it.
Old Crow containers. Resin containers from Old Crow. They are pretty big and just fit on the back of the Foden, or they could be used for larger trucks.	Scotia M-35 dump truck. Great for those dioramas of construction sites!.
Irregular sailing boat. A large boat from Irregular which the hull can be used in lots of different ways.	Irregular row boat. A nice boats which doesn't show up very well in the photos. Very useful for all sorts of periods.