6mm Wargaming

Cars from Samtrees

Introduction

I saw these advertised somewhere and they looked pretty nice and mostly importantly are the right scale. It was hard to tell from the photo what they looked, like but the price seemed reasonable for architectural models so I ordered a couple of packs.

The models themselves look like they are made from some sort of clear resin and they have been painted (including the headlights) apart from the windows. You get 6 cars and one minvan/people mover per pack. The cars look pretty modern (90s) but are pretty generic. The detail is pretty good but I will probably try and highlight them a bit to match the painting style of the rest of my civilian vehicles (it also made me realise that I should gloss varnish the other civilian vehicles I have painted as they had a gloss finish not like military vehicles).

As the photos show they look a bit too low so I think I will pimp them a bit by giving them bigger wheels (and maybe some flames on the bonnet).

Samtree 1/300th cars. Here’s all the models and you might be able to see from the pictures that there is 3 slightly different style of cars.

With a Gaz 469. As you can see they look a little small but are still perfectly usable. Or maybe the Gaz is too high.

With a Scotia M35 truck and a Navwar Foden truck. Next to some larger trucks, they look about right in size.

Top down shot. . You can see in this picture that the size of the cars, look good in terms of length and width, compared to as Scotia BMP1.

Another angle The shot shows the rear quarter of the vehicles.

In Action photos. Here’s a picture of them from a recent moderns game. I used them to decorate an autobahn that we had running across the table.

6mm Wargaming

Useful links

CinC
Some very nice terrain items but not cheap

Navwar
A huge range of vehicles and infantry. Not as good as CinC or GHQ, but much cheaper

ScaleLink
High quality brass etched items

Scotia
Some very good models, usually slightly better than Navwar but not as good as GHQ or CnC

Irregular Miniatures
Huge range of figures and scenery but some is very hit and miss quality(especially the vehicles)

Samtree 1/300th cars. Here’s all the models and you might be able to see from the pictures that there is 3 slightly different style of cars.	With a Gaz 469. As you can see they look a little small but are still perfectly usable. Or maybe the Gaz is too high.
With a Scotia M35 truck and a Navwar Foden truck. Next to some larger trucks, they look about right in size.	Top down shot. . You can see in this picture that the size of the cars, look good in terms of length and width, compared to as Scotia BMP1.
Another angle The shot shows the rear quarter of the vehicles.	In Action photos. Here’s a picture of them from a recent moderns game. I used them to decorate an autobahn that we had running across the table.