Wombat and Landrover conversion

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Our oldest grandson saw a photo of me in my early days in the army. I was posed with my team after winning a shooting competition. This led to a discussion about what else I had fired. You should have seen the faces of the wee ones when I said that I had fired Wombats at tanks. They thought I was loading furry animals into my guns and firing them.

So I showed them a photo of the 120mm Wombat and Landrover. Then I went to the stash and found a JB 3/4 ton Landrover and with some scrap sprue and bits from the bits box last night I made one. I made the gun using trailer wheels but once made found that I had not measured correctly and it did not fit so I made a "plug in" gun too. I have other trailers for ammo just in case. Oddly the photo implies the gun barrels are different diameters but they are actually the same.

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Very well done... thmbs2)
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Very good idea. thmbs2) Thanks to your personal experiences. I'd like to build a model based on my memories. The only one military vehicle I had a direct contact during my military service was a ... lorry ... an old Polish Star 66 ... :-(
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patrokles wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 11:14 pm an old Polish Star 66 ... :-(
Amercom has this: FSC Star 266...

Nice work on the Wombat thmbs2)
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Sweet work thmbs2) thmbs2)

Would have love to see the kids faces..... ;)

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7dot62mm wrote: ↑Mon May 21, 2018 5:34 am
patrokles wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 11:14 pm an old Polish Star 66 ... :-(
Amercom has this: FSC Star 266...

Nice work on the Wombat thmbs2)
I'm sorry for my so much delayed answer :oops: I didn't know that Amercom had released STAR 266 truck ! Thank you for the info. I'll start to look for it ! :D
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great stuff!
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