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Casino

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/casino.html

Playing card vehicles with 1/72nd scale plastic figures.
Both outside and inside the casino.
Outside the casino is very typically Las Vegas, particularly old Las Vegas.
Inside is it a more modern Asian theme with a Chinese dragon carpet.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Casino and Mr. Bond

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/casino-and-mr-bond.html

In Mars Attacks a fleet of Martian UFOs attacks the Earth and their efforts are chronicled in their attack on Las Vegas. In the Amazing Colossal Man a giant 60 foot man attacks Las Vegas, and in the sort of sequel, the Attack of the 50 foot Woman also attacks Las Vegas. In one of the Godzilla movies the MUTO destroys the Las Vegas strip.

In Diamonds are Forever, James Bond has a car chase on the strip and other scenes in and out of casinos. Lots of adventure and potential for miniature wargames and role playing games. I have been working on constructing miniature casinos and here is the interior of one of them. This is a mock up and not the final product. Just testing the concepts and size of furnishings.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Police Raid

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/police-raid.html

The new inn is raided by the police. Suspects are loaded into the paddy wagon. Police keep a close eye on the suspects. Innocent bystanders stand by looking innocent.

Police by Red Box, civilians are cheap bulk purchase generic people, and the wagon is based on knock off lego type bricks.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Home Alone

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/home-alone.html

Generic American home useful for the last 150 years or so. Just about HO 1/87 scale which is great.
Comes painted and assembled and ready to go right out of the box. I have a whole neighborhood of Funko Pop Town buildings now!

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

House

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/house.html

Funko Pop Town makes about 41 buildings, and the scales vary wildly. Usually I try and get them in the 15mm to 28mm range and so I have about a dozen of them. Others are mostly too small a scale, or not something I am interested in having.

They are usually from TV shows, movies, or Disneyland related. The buildings are very durable, molded in many colors and usable right from the box.

This house is generic enough that you could several of them and use them together as a housing tract, or repaint them and scatter them around a town and they would not look out of place.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

American House

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/american-house.html

One thing I like about many of these is the sometimes have a detailed back. The American House is very nice, with even a basement stairwell.

All of them have a back, but sometimes it is not much more than a solid wall. They seem to be getting better at detailing all the sides.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Police Helicopter

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/police-chopper.html

In any wargame that takes place in modern times it is likely that police may be involved, particularly in the opening parts of the action if the action comes as a surprise. Police are often the first to respond to just about any emergency except in fortified border areas.

So I have a reasonable number of police vehicles and I managed to pick up a new set from Matchbox that includes a police helicopter.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Police Cars

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/04/police-cars.html

In the USA the police often use the same cars from coast to coast. There are often only one or two vehicles specifically marketed as police cars so their choices are often limited for regular police vehicles. Here are a couple police vehicles by Matchbox and I have several of both.

Police car body styles often don't change much year over year, but the cars themselves often don't last in service for more than a few years. So for miniature purposed you can often keep the same car in service for ten years or more.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog