The Coast Guard

My wife and I went to visit my parents for a Baby Shower/Easter family celebration. We had a great time and got some wonderful gifts from my family. We have another shower planned for the Chicago area folks. That'll be fun. Home Run Inn pizza. Yum!

Anyway, on the way home we stopped at a Dollar General and I grabbed this.

I  didn't realize at the time that it was a battery operated boat, even though it says it right on the cover.  You could probably use this thing in water if you wanted to (even though it doesn't say either way anywhere on the package). FYI the battery operated part. It's the motor in the back that spins.

I'm wondering if I can use the battery pack to rig up a spotlight on top. I'm going to try and track down another boat (or 2) and try a few things.

Anyway, I figured it was pretty close in scale and worth a shot for $6.00.
Here are some shots showing some different sides.

 I plan to take it apart and spray paint the parts. I'll make the deck white and the gray parts metal.

I also plan to raise the cabin up about a 1/4" to make room for the miniatures.

And finally a couple shots with a mini to show just how close it is.

I'm also thinking I'll have to grab 2 (I think I have a couple Hals laying around) of each of these:

Hal Jordan

Paramedic

  

 Then add some greenstuff life preservers to them and paint up a survivor crew and a zombie crew.

ERTL Farm Country

I had read online that the ERTL Farm Country play sets were good for O scale trains.
I figured it should be close for wargaming minis (28mm-ish). Well... they aren't perfect exactly, but they sure are close. For $24.00 (plus shipping) I got the Machine Shed playset and I think it's pretty awesome. A little small but these things come in all different sizes anyway.
Next I want to get the Barn set, then the Farm House.

I'll clean them up and try to buildup the insides a bit where they lack some detail, then get them painted up and weathered. They're going to look great on the Farm board I've been working on.