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The Striker is an anti-tank guided missile carrier and the Spartan is an armored personnel carrier. Below my 1/87 Striker and Spartan metal resin kit creations. The two vehicles share most parts. The core is made from cast urethane resin. The armor plating and wheels/tracks are cast in metal. I was looking for the add image tag to directly link my already uploaded to the Web images, but I can't find the image icon on the menu and the image tags that I used failed. Am I blind? Spartan to the left, Striker to the right. The missle launche rmay be raised. The packaged kit. The parts for the Striker. The Spartan has a different top and rear plate. Scale comparison

Thanks, Dave! I bought the set of four sedans from a wall display at a local hobby shop some years ago. The shop, San Franciscan Hobbies went out of business in 2014.The ambulance was from the same wall and the front detail is identical to the sedans, so I figured they were by the same maker. I have some Eko models, and they all are very crudely cast and require a lot of cleanup. Unfortunately, the Walther's Web page is not loading at the moment. Will check later. Thanks again, you have been very helpful!

They aren't up to Herpa/Wiking/Brekina et al standards, but quite nice. The bottom plate helps and nicer wheels help a lot. If only I could remember the maker. I found this picture onlime, and these seem to be the same make. Apparently they come not only in a set ot four like mine did, but also with a train car transporter.

Thanks. I have actually created some 1/87 cast metal kits that I may eventually show on these forums.

I am trying to find out the manufacturer of the Mercury sedan below. It is a nice, inexpensivly made 1/87 plastic model that lacks a bottom plate and interior. The Mercury came in set of four (black, white, green and blue). The Mercury ambulance behind the sedan is most likely bty the same maker, but it has a bottom plate. I made a cast metal bottom plate and fitted custom wheels on my mercury models to make them fit better in my Herpa/Wikiing/Busch/Classix/Neo/Nun collection, but I simply can't remember the manufacturer. Can anybody here jog my memory? I think it is an American brand.