https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/junkanoo-fish.html

Another find from the dollar store. This time a clown fish on a wave.
I have seen this thing in the dollar stores, maybe for year, but just a few days ago I decided I needed one. So here it is, a clown fish.
This will adorn one of my Junkanoo floats, probably with a second fish that I got.
The wave may be repurposed for other things.

Thanks for reading.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/snow-tracks.html

There have been several techniques to swap out wheels for tracks. This Matchbox truck uses one of them.
I re converted it back to a wheeled vehicle so I could use the tracks on something else.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/wheels-vs-tracks.html
A tracked vehicle that has been reverted into a wheeled vehicle. Perfect once the snow has melted.
A new modification of an old Matchbox truck.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/paratrooper-from-friend.html

A 12 inch action figure US Army Paratrooper with accessories.
Including SMG and identification panel.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/robot-guns.html

Science Fiction robot guns for use against xenomorphs, giant ants, giant grasshoppers, Godzilla, and arachnids, among others.

Helpful for keeping the unwelcome out.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/spanish-sytle-building.html

Spanish style building of the type common to much of the New World. I used to see these kinds of buildings frequently in Southern California. They are still being built today. They are durable, and have a sturdy roof. With a thick wall they stay cool in summer and warm in winter with little or no air conditioning.

This particular building is from a Disney cartoon that I have never seen. I got it because I like the building. It is rather a small scale, being about 1/100 scale is my guess. While I try and get larger buildings this one is still usable for me. When building a city, having a few buildings a little over or under scale does not stand out too much.

Like other Funko Pop Town this is a durable, plastic building, that comes fully assembled.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/addams-family-house.html

Addams Family House from the 1960s television show. The figure is Uncle Fester with Thing in a little box. The building is probably about 1/90th scale, maybe a little smaller.

Like all Funko Pop Town buildings it is a very durable plastic. It should take paint well, but I doubt I will paint it at all.

This is a slightly run down Victorian home and would work well in the US for about the last 150 years or more. I got this as part of my Horror Collection. My plan is to create a run down portion of my city and then I can use it for horror, urban renewal area, crime ridden slum, or poor but honest neighborhood.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/uncle-fester-thing.html

I don't have much use for the Funko Pop figures. They are way too large for most of my purposes and they are not proportional human figures. Still some of them are cute and I know a lot of people do enjoy collecting them. Each Funko Pop Town building comes with one, so since I want the building I am stuck with the figures.

Some I have given away and a few my wife has kept because they were especially cute. I kinda like this Uncle Fester figure, with Thing, but I suspect it will transfer to the MRS.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/roco-tracked-truck.html

For decades the US Army has been experimenting with wheeled vehicles that can have the wheels removed and replaced with tracks. I like to have a few experimental vehicles in my collection, so I converted a junk Roco 1 1/2 ton truck into one of these wheel / track combinations using parts of a Hot Wheels truck and a Matchbox truck.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/dollar-tree-houses.html

It used to be that these little houses were only sold at Christmas time, but now they often have summer and spring versions. They are also getting a bit larger in scale. They have done that by making them thinner but taller. Which works out fine on the wargame table because it takes up less space but still looks big. I repainted this one and it looks a lot better.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/bitty-pop.html

This is a Harry Potter themed building from Funko Bitty Pop series.

It is all plastic and about 1/72nd scale, and includes a tiny figure about one inch tall.

This new series of buildings is much less expensive and much smaller than previous Funko Pop Town buildings.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/circus-cannon.html

One of my projects is to do a circus in 1/72nd scale. I think a set of circus performers would sell well if any Ukrainian based plastic figure company is interested in a unique idea for a new set.

I the meantime I am converting cheap hard plastic figures used for architectural models as circus performers and staff. Preiser also made a small set of circus folk and I have one of those but they are a bit small at 1/87.

This circus project is getting it's own artillery with a giant cannon to fire a clown across the big top. The circus plays a major role in the James Bond movies Diamonds Are Forever, and Octo*****.
So it seems a good idea to have circus for my spy games.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/der-waffle-haus.html

This is a building made out of interlocking bricks, Lego type plastic bricks, but not actual Lego. It is scaled for 1/72nd scale figures. Likely the Red Box Police and Robbers will likely spend some time here.

The restaurant is based on one from a TV show. The show used a real restaurant and then after the first episode they used a set based on, but not identical to the real restaurant. Later the same set was used on Stargate SG-1 TV show also.

The model is not finished and won't likely be for a couple of months as I need some additional materials to complete it.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/more-restaurant.html

The lego type bricks that I am using to make three restaurants I am also using to make one of them the end store of a large strip mall. Outdoor strip malls have been common in the USA since before the First World War.
My plan is to swap out different stores as I use it for different eras. So the old mall might have a blacksmith shop and the newest version might have a computer store instead.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/wagon-construction.html

There are never enough wagons in miniature armies. Part of that is because there are never enough horse, or wheels. But wagon bodies are also important. So here is a solution to a few of those problems.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/horror-buildings-and-cars.html

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/horse-wagons-and-storage.html

Hello all, two posts today, I could not post on the forum for some reason yesterday.

One is about making more wagons and a photo of my hobby storage area, and the other is about buildings used in horror movies or TV shows.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.html

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was based on a book written by Ian Fleming, the same guy who wrote the James Bond novels! It was a similar car to the ones the early Bond drove, apart from the flying and stuff.

This is an excellent die cast car, in 1/64th scale, I think, same as most Hot Wheels cars. I have the family figures selected but not yet converted nor painted.

But this is a start. The movie is pretty good, and the Vulgarian Armed Forces are interesting.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

https://bunkermeister.blogspot.com/2025/05/flying-car.html

Corgi Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car model.

It has wings that retract and front and rear wings that are removable.

This is a very nice model.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog