Andy Gard Army Ambulance

I blogged the Andy Gard RC Armored Truck No. 82-20 back in Feb of 2023 and meant to continue with the remaining few Andy Gard vehicles in the collection, but....

...yeah 'but'! It never happened - until now. This year has been about documenting vintage space figures - like astronauts and aliens - but it's also been about catching up with long overdue posts. I've got soooo many photos of things - sometimes photos dating back years - that never saw the light of day here on Toys and Stuff and the next few installments will be about catching up a little. 

The ambulance shown here today is an awesome adjunct to my large collection of MPC military vehicles which are sized for MPC 60mm ringhands. MPC never made an ambulance for it's Ringhands - even though it made medical units, and sets, and stretchers and such -  so this is a welcome addition to the fleet. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's the three Andy Gard vehicles I'll be blogging in the coming days: Ambulance, Personnel Carrier, and Tank

The ambulance measures: 9.75" (24.76cm) L x 3" (7.62cm) W x 3.625" (9.20cm) H

LP (Lik Be Plastic and Metal Factory, Hong Kong) 50mm Aliens - Pt 4 Pose 3

I've been posting these LP 50mm green aliens in the same sequence so as not to confuse anyone (especially me). There is no special reasoning behind which pose was labeled as '1', '2', '3', etc., other than that was the sequence in which I took the photo essays. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

LP 25mm alien Pose 3

LP 50mm alien Pose 3

Again, a barely readable photo of the LP hallmark

Airfix #A06380 Strongpoint Kit 1/32 scale

Going through my unposted photos I found this series of shots from a temporary set-up I did four years ago. Specifically, this is my photo essay of the Airfix Strongpoint Kit in 1/32 scale (kit #A06380). I know that a bunch of photos from this setup had already been posted but some were totally left out. The kit itself is comprised of very thin wall and roof castings, but when assembled is a nice enough terrain piece for use with 54mm figures. Admittedly, this could use some painting up and proper detailing - and maybe one of these decades I'll even attempt it - but for now it remains plain jane gray right from the box. While most of us will probably place this into a battle scene or diorama, it could also be used as an abandoned and dilapidated farmhouse in a different type of diorama. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

For some reason I only have a photo of the box top, not the entire box as I normally do.

The kit comes with a flag pole and several flags (which I didn't use), two stretchers, and a sandbag emplacement

Light gray walls against a white background caused the photos to be a tad washed out

Those walls are paper-thin!

Even with the thin walls it's a nice, serviceable terrain piece

For this setup the farmhouse was placed in the upper right

In use as a...

...casualty collection point or triage center