The day before (and some taken on the day) Mark Spencer's open
day at his Easton Manor Headquarters myself Mark and Chris Leech gathered some
of our models together for an impromptu photo shoot. I wanted to get some more
meaningful piccies of Bryan the Bastard and I knew Chris wanted to get some nice
pictures of his recently completed IR fitted Panther so we thought we'd kill two
birds with one stone and arrive early for Marks open day and take advantage of
his Spencerville village to pose the models together with my Clone Army of pea
pattern miniature Humpy's! Below are some of the pictures, taken by Howard (is
there nothing this bloke can't do!).
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| Chris's Infra Red equipped
Panther Commander has a word with a passing Panzer Grenadier. |
A close up of the loaders
hatch with the loader peeking out! |
Chris's SdKfz 251/17 heavily
converted half track... |
...and a close up of the crew.
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A couple of Humpy clones plan
a mission on the map table. |
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| Chris's models looking across
towards the repair shop. |
I couldn't decide which of
these next two pics to post... |
...so I put them both on! |
The next two piccies are very
similar and again I couldn't decide... |
...so again I posted them
both! |
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| Chris's Panther roars off into
action. |
Humpy's models pose with a
full compliment of clone Panzer Grenadiers. |
Humpy and Mark's Panthers get
instructions from the Company Commander... |
...and his 2iC. |
Looking across Mark's Panther
to Humpy's crowded JagdPanther. |
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| An enemy scout spots the
German armour in the square. |
The Panthers prepare to move
out. |
On the Saturday, the Panthers
crowd together in Panther Platz! |
Humpy's JP leads Kampfgruppe
Easton! |
Six Panther's make an imposing
sight... |
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| ...but they've been spotted by
Jabo's! Panther panic ensues as they struggle to get off the road. |
The pilot of the approaching
Typhoon gets a good view of the German Armoured Column as their crews
manoeuvre in the confined space. |
Chris's Panther suffers a near
miss... |
...as the Panther crews look
for a way off the road. |
Chris's IR Panther marches
across the Steppe... |
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| ...while Humpy's JP falls in
behind... |
...to make an imposing site... |
...through the long grass. |
The Panther commander has
zeroed in on an unsuspecting target. |
With the sun low in the sky,
the two are joined by another straggler... |
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| ...who stands guard over a
disabled Comrade waiting recovery. |
The next two pics are from
Garry Coomber. This looks like the Panther's backed into the barn! |
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A close up of Chris's Panther
getting off the road. |
Chris and Humpy brave the
weather for the cause! |