"A mob of Kangaroo's 20mm" Topic

These are the Friendship/Wee Friends models 1/72 scale.
The Kangaroo with the Browning to the side is the 'wargamers friendly' version which comes complete with tracks. The other kits need running gear sourced. Shaun over at S&S deos a version as well. I went for the Freindship version as I wanted open hatches.
The running gear I used here are from the PSC Sexton kit.

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That guy with his tongue sticking out looks like a typical wargamer too!

Excellent modelling, and exceptional stowage and weathering here.

These are terrific. Just as FlyXwire says, the kit laden weathered look is great. I love the crews and passengers, esp the late war helmets with the net and burlap so well highlighted and facial details.

Then the tracks, with just the right degree of bare metal highlight and what a variety. Type 49 I think on the 50 carrier, rubber pads on another and steel chevron on a third. Some suspensions even have the elevated return rollers, which I wanted for my M4A1 76 but could not find (as in the bottom photo of Badger for example)

Masterful work!

Brilliant stuff, Leon.

In some very discerning circles, the PSC tracks have taken a bit of a kicking. I'm not fussy to the same degree, and you have again demonstrated how persuasive the overall effect can be.

Thanks, incidentally for issuing a warning in a third place about the outlook for the metal market. I am thinking about my priorities.

Very nice!

They look incredible.

Very special indeed.

Wonderful work.

You can ‘feel' the period.

Best wishes

Chris

laretenue,
Well if your a 'pure' modeller then you'd want more detail in your tracks and the time and effort to build a more detailed sets is part of the fun. If on the other hand you need to do a number of vehicles cost and time are a bit more inmportant and 'pretty good' is often good enough.
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Great work Leon.
We just need you to do some bad stuff to make the rest of us feel better.

There is milicast if you want more detail.

I think I was planning to buy some off cromwell models at one time. Until I read the long list of complaints from his numerous unhappy customers.

@Andy ONeill,
Oh plenty of 'bad stuff' in my collection I just dont take pics of it lol
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and how many of us knew Kangaroos came in "mobs of…."?

I surely did not

Excellent work, Leon!

and how many of us knew Kangaroos came in "mobs of…."?

I surely didn't. I thought the logical collective noun was "a bounce of kangaroos".

I surely didn't. I thought the logical collective noun was "a bounce of kangaroos".

That was my first thought as well. A 'Court of Kangaroos' is an alternative apparently.
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Listen, next pub quiz (if we ever get back to such events) this is a classical type of question. Google gives many answers, but "Mob" is there for a bunch of Kangaroos.

Never mind these are likely to be Canadian tank designs and could not have Aussie infantry aboard (poor guys by then were back in the South Pacific/New Guinea). They are still Kangaroos and brilliantly shown here

What do you call a bunch of Rams?

These are clearly Ram-Kangaroos (a strange cross-breed), apparently based on the Canadian Ram Mk II tank. I think one of them is an early production model, with a MG mounted in a tiny turret in hull front, while the rest seem to be the late production model where this turret is not present and a bow MG is placed inside the hull instead.

I got inspired to do a bit reading on the topic, and apparently in the British and Canadian armies the Kangaroo units were organised into squadrons, troops and sections according to cavalry practice. These would then be attached temporarily to infantry units to provide transport.

Apparently, a group of 4 Kangaroos, as seen in this thread, would form a section, capable of transporting a platoon of infantry into action.

Now, if I were to ride into action in one of those, I might want to consider keeping my head a bit lower than the brave gentlemen that LeonAdler has so skillfully modelled and painted here. Though being able to see your surroundings has certain appeal, and it might be good to have numerous eyes observing around to spot possible enemies.

Greatest threat to any vehicle in NWE was the infantryman with a panzerfaust, the trick is to spot em first………..unless under direct fire infantry in Kangaroos kept their eyeballs available. In that position all is needed is a quick bob down to be behind some nice thick armour plate.
The figures in the forthcoming set are in parts so you can raise or lower them as you will.
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What do you call a bunch of Rams?

Not gender-specific, but in Australia we refer to lots of sheep as a "mob" too…