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After some G scale 1.25th LA type Gangsters

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thanks guys, the homies figures i had never seen, but i can see they are the same brand as the cops/sheriffs, greasers etc i have, the homies are like the trailer park guys, a little too toy/cartoon like

i should have written modern, gang bang? type gangsters, i completey didnt think about the old tommy gun type gangster

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So you're looking for gangstas versus gangsters. The old tommy gun type would wipe the floor with these new guys... B)

lol yeah sorry.

LA street gangs maybe a better word. those who add huge chrome rims and make their cars just up and down. I saw the movie End of Watch the other week, that was interesting (i saw the same Lindberg type CV on the tv news reporters article). Like seen in The Shield (my fave ever cop show)

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I think you're relying too much on stereotypes when it comes to how LA gang members look and what they drive. Don't get me wrong, they're stereotypes for a reason. But you can modify many of the aforementioned figures to look like modern day gang members. Are you trying to depict a black gang? A Mexican gang? A Central American gang? Most times these guys wear baggy basketball shorts and "wife beaters." Or no shirt at all. Here's a picture of an MS-13 (a Central American gang) gang member:

http://www.resist.com/updates/2009/FEB_09/LatrinoGangsta.jpg

As for the cars they drive. Well there isn't "a" type of car they drive. But one of the stereotypical cars would be a 90s/early 2000s import with flat black/just not a very good paint job.

Given the diversity of LA gang members, you could make any of the aforementioned figured work for your diorama.

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I think you're relying too much on stereotypes when it comes to how LA gang members look and what they drive. Don't get me wrong, they're stereotypes for a reason. But you can modify many of the aforementioned figures to look like modern day gang members. Are you trying to depict a black gang? A Mexican gang? A Central American gang? Most times these guys wear baggy basketball shorts and "wife beaters." Or no shirt at all. Here's a picture of an MS-13 (a Central American gang) gang member:

http://www.resist.com/updates/2009/FEB_09/LatrinoGangsta.jpg

As for the cars they drive. Well there isn't "a" type of car they drive. But one of the stereotypical cars would be a 90s/early 2000s import with flat black/just not a very good paint job.

Given the diversity of LA gang members, you could make any of the aforementioned figured work for your diorama.

yeah good points. Seen the tv shows with the different gangs in prisons, showing what the tattoos etc mean, and the colours on the streets. I could go down that route, really heavy type, but for this more of just what im looking for, a guy or 2, forced to pull over, rather than the tattooed Uzi drug dealing gangs as seen on tv.

I dont want to force people to look at that esp now still serving, and ex officers, it could be seen making light of such of the subject, esp as i see on the Facebook US police pages i follow, like LAPD and CHP, for reference images etc. it seems every week a officer is killed, road traffic accident, shot etc., such a big statement, but rather just a couple of early 20s guys, im limited to 14x14 inches, so not enough to have 2 cars in a line. So gone for a the car driven down the alley, with the LAPD CV coming other direction, and the gang car has come to a stop as cant get past, at a angle, sort of, due to the opposite side of the alley to the long chain link fence is a long brick wall, and a big telegraph pole.

I use a lot of model making groups on FB etc so lots of people might get to see it, and dont want it to be too distasteful. This is the real image of the alley. I like the dumped and stripped car rusting away in the image

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vfranko/31519664/in/faves-124764964@N06/

This is the other car. I think all black looks cool. im not into those 20inch chrome wheels, more just like a normal car, with say tuned engine, exhaust and loud stereo, like i did when i was a teenager.

I bought that kit from the US about 12 years ago, as i saw almost the same car in a Cop car book.

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I would like to have a few inches of wasteland behind the long fence. Seen a pic like that with a old wreck thats been dumped. So thought of using some parts like in the image here

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With a NO TRESPASSING sign, and the brick wall at the other side (3/4s having rendering on, so only a couple of layers of bricks at the top) covered in graffiti and a NO PARKING sign

Fence and gate not quite completed. I need to complete the barbed wire fence along the fence panel, and make some litter, plastic bags etc torn and caught up on it, as i saw on lots of images in the last few days

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I dont really want to go down the style of heavy gangsters like seen on cop shows,

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They don't have "National Front" figures over there?

no, we are a peaceful and loving country. ah not heard of the NF for a long time, other similar types though.

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