Re: Taigen Leopard 2A6 V3 or HL Leopard 2A6 V 6.0?
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:18 am
Every tank should have a commander. Laughably, the one supplied with the model wore a Ritterkreuz and a uniform straight out of 1943. Now, since the global market merchants are moving Christmas Advent into November, in order to flog us ever more expensive and useless materialist tat, I thought I'd add an early Christmas Commander to the Leopard. This one is a Catalan favourite on Christmas trees: the 'Trencadis Caganer.'
Quite why he's so popular-even beloved- is even more 'mysterious' than Christmas itself, since he is depicted taking a dump.
Well, here he is, with no better place to dump one than the Commander's cupola- lately vacated by the inappropriate WW2 supremo.
The Chinese have a similar figure, oddly enough, but he wouldn't fit in the turret.
Struggling to find a more appropriate figure (politicians dump on us, not in turrets), I found a figure from Hamburg. ( I used to visit freinds there regularly).
He's the Wasserträger (Literally: Water-dragger/bearer/carrier) associated with the call '"Hummel!Hummel!" (kids shouted this to annoy, and harrass him). His response, in Plattdeutsch (a close relative of English) was
Mors!Mors! (Kiss my ar*e!). Anyway, at least he's German; fits in the cupola, and with those buckets, is able to carry extra fuel in the event of any future attack though the Ardennnes
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Quite why he's so popular-even beloved- is even more 'mysterious' than Christmas itself, since he is depicted taking a dump.
Well, here he is, with no better place to dump one than the Commander's cupola- lately vacated by the inappropriate WW2 supremo.
- Leopard 2A6- with Caganer Commander
- Caganer Commander and Cupola portaloo
The Chinese have a similar figure, oddly enough, but he wouldn't fit in the turret.
Struggling to find a more appropriate figure (politicians dump on us, not in turrets), I found a figure from Hamburg. ( I used to visit freinds there regularly).
He's the Wasserträger (Literally: Water-dragger/bearer/carrier) associated with the call '"Hummel!Hummel!" (kids shouted this to annoy, and harrass him). His response, in Plattdeutsch (a close relative of English) was
Mors!Mors! (Kiss my ar*e!). Anyway, at least he's German; fits in the cupola, and with those buckets, is able to carry extra fuel in the event of any future attack though the Ardennnes
Click to ENLARGE
- HL Leopard 2A6 and Hummel water bearer
2A6 and Hummel Kommander