Joy of Six purchases

I didn't take any pictures at Joy of Six last weekend because I was too busy running Cold War Commander participation sessions. 

I did have time to do a bit of shopping though. From Richard Phillips's Scotia stall I bought some 1/300th scale German armour as part of my plan to be able to run all of Bob Mackenzie's Great Patriotic War scenarios. 

The nice thing about 1/300th is that you can get it painted and based really quickly...

From left to right that's a pair of Tiger Is, a Jagdpanther, two Hetzers, and two SdKfz250/9 recce halftracks.

I'm quite pleased with how the Jagdpanther turned out...

Richard also had a box of assorted second-hand micro models and I picked up five M60A2 "Starships". This variant of the M60 entered service in 1979 and carried the same 152mm gun-launcher as the M551 Sheridan. This would fire low velocity 152mm rounds for anti-personnel use or Shillelagh anti-tank guided missiles.

Unfortunately the missiles were hugely expensive so crews rarely got to train with them and firing 152mm ammunition tended to damage the delicate fire control gear. As a result the M60A2s were phased out by 1982!

The ones I bought were already painted but I've repainted them to match the version of MERDC camo that I've used on my other American models.

With the exception of a pack of Heroics and Ros modern American infantry, my entire force is made up of models found cheap on bring-and-buy tables around the country.

It appears that these particular M60A2s may be 1/285 scale. They are larger than the M60A1s I already own but painted and based they don't look too bad. The model at the extreme right in the picture below is a 1/300th scale M60A1 I already owned.

I also picked up some 1/300th scale buildings by Battlescale Miniatures. More on those when I get them painted.