Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: Marderman on February 14, 2023, 05:28:06 AM
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Hello friends,
I don't think I have a post about my Leopard 1 here yet, so I'll start now. You should already know my 5 MEXAS.
(https://up.picr.de/45082585mj.jpg)
Already in 2018 I built this Marksman on Leopard 1. I bought some sprue sets from Takom.
(https://up.picr.de/45188288ep.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/45188286bj.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/45188285mg.jpg)
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"Story" gave me the idea to build the panther from the movie "A bridge too far"
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I had received finished models from a dead modeler. Sometimes just scrap. But I want to use a lot of them. Oh no, do I really want to do this?
(https://up.picr.de/45151994cy.jpg) :o
(https://up.picr.de/45151993qj.jpg) :icon_twisted:
(https://up.picr.de/45151992aj.jpg) :spam:
(https://up.picr.de/45151991gq.jpg) :icon_vader:
(https://up.picr.de/45151990ng.jpg) ???
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I couldn't take the under hull, it was so flat
(https://up.picr.de/45163451cx.jpg)
I'll take the Gepard one, it's wrong on Tamiya
(https://up.picr.de/45163454vx.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/45163455wu.jpg)
Now I use the parts from Tamiya. A friend gave me leftovers. Always without under hull and some parts were missing
(https://up.picr.de/45188381vp.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/45163453ai.jpg)
I bathed the parts in destainer
(https://up.picr.de/45163450uu.jpg)
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The drive also has to be rebuilt
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it will continue soon
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Keep up the good work, Didi! :smiley:
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So many Leopards, so many variations. You have your work ahead of you to build all of the versions. A well-stocked spare parts stash is also a requirement. :smiley:
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Hello, there was also this problem:
(https://up.picr.de/45189544is.jpg)
On the other hand, this was easier:
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I cast the boxes when I built the Chilean Leopard 1 20 years ago (Ex NL)
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:smiley:
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I like builds that bring an old model a new life
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It's carnival. My Leo 1 disguises itself as a Panther ;D
(https://up.picr.de/45197904bu.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/45197902mp.jpg)
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It's carnival. My Leo 1 disguises itself as a Panther ;D
Great start Didi! :smiley:
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:smiley: :smiley: 8)
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I'm flattered my suggestion was worthy of your artistic pursuits.
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For those who didn't see the BRIDGE TOO FAR photo collection
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=8449.msg202681#msg202681 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=8449.msg202681#msg202681)
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Thank you for reminding me of the Leo 1 …. Very nice project.
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Hello,
Ready for painting. Maybe 2023, or 2024 or..... ;D
(https://up.picr.de/45264950tq.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/45264949jd.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/45264947pa.jpg)
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Best regards, Didi
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... Ready for painting. Maybe 2023, or 2024 or..... ;D
;D ;D
Even without the paintwork, she's looking good Didi :smiley:
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Nice plastic card work. Looks right. :smiley:
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:smiley: :smiley: 8)
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Hello friends
A few days ago I washed these 4 models. They are first packed dust-free. Whenever I feel like painting
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Take your time ... but the sooner the better! ;) :smiley:
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I'm envious of your ability to concentrate your artistic efforts on just variations of the Marder and Leopard theme.
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Quickly built another MEXAS, the C1
(https://up.picr.de/48918057gf.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/48918055mm.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/48918056gq.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/48918050pp.jpg)
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I'd be surprised at how quickly that went together but your expertise at building Leo's is second-to-none! :smiley:
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Quickly built another MEXAS, the C1
Excellent! The 'C1A1' is under-represented in polystyrene.
Markings/colouring? Gotta be a Strathcona MEXAS in Kosovo ... 3 Tp, C Sqn, LdSH(RC) :smiley:
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I prefer this composition. Old tank with new MEXAS armour
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I prefer this composition. Old tank with new MEXAS armour
I can see why. That will definitely stand out more on the shelf than overall CARC Green! :smiley:
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Hello,
2 days and 10 hours airbrushing later:
(https://up.picr.de/48956960wp.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/48956962we.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/48962377pb.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/48962378nb.jpg)
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Well done! I admire the commitment! 8) :smiley:
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Great collection! That C1A1 is really cool! Wish I could add one to my stash.
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That’s a whole lot of AFV goodness! :smiley: ;)
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The different AA turret to the Gepard is interesting :smiley:
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Hello friends. I'm happy because you like them :-*
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Hallo friends,
Things are slowly moving forward. The C1 has already received its original camouflage pattern.
(https://up.picr.de/49005147ch.jpg)
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:smiley: :smiley: 8)
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More work:
(https://up.picr.de/49018180mn.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49018181dx.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49018178kb.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49018177ws.jpg)
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Your camo paint looks great!
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I love the extra armor plates!
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More work:
Lovely work, Didi! :smiley: :smiley:
I love the extra armor plates!
Yup, that IBD MEXAS add-on armour makes even the Leopard 1 look like a space ship :D
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The next "Level" :-*
(https://up.picr.de/49026776xl.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49026773ej.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49026772mw.jpg)
And this "Monster"
(https://up.picr.de/49026774fs.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49026775em.jpg)
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Nice movie extra, Didi ... and certainly one of the better-looking Hollywood 'Panthers' :smiley:
And this "Monster"
Is your "Monster" going to be finished as the Marksman SPAA prototype conversion?
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I know pictures with the Marksman tested on M60, Leopard 1 and Challenger. Only Finland had him on T55 in service. They are now on Leopard 2. See in my Leo 2 post.
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Ready for "take-off", my Panther. The first picture looks like a real vehicle.
(https://up.picr.de/49050939gm.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49050885if.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49050886il.jpg)
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So, it this a 'Panpard'? A 'Leonther'? Or ... ;D
Ready for "take-off", my Panther. The first picture looks like a real vehicle...
And a very nice build it is too! Perhaps not the most convincing 'celuloid Panther' ever seen on film but an excellent depiction of its movie prop form :smiley:
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Very nice work on all the variants. The movie prop version really came out well
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I’ve got a Heller Leopard 1 in the stash but it’s missing its gun barrel and probably some other small parts. Is the Heller kit worth trying to find parts and build? I figured you’re the guy to ask. I have one from Italeiri so no loss if one is not useful.
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I’ve got a Heller Leopard 1 in the stash but it’s missing its gun barrel and probably some other small parts. Is the Heller kit worth trying to find parts and build? I figured you’re the guy to ask. I have one from Italeiri so no loss if one is not useful.
Yes, I'd be interested to hear Didi's take on this too. Meanwhile, an online review ...
Armorama: 1:35 Leopard A2, Heller
-- https://archive.armorama.com/review/10923/index.htm (https://archive.armorama.com/review/10923/index.htm)
In a Leopard Club of the Meng Leo 1A5 was this comment: "Many people will wonder about the shape of the turret, as no one in the past has really got it right - with the possible exception years ago of Heller in their otherwise awful Leopard 1."
-- http://leopardclub.ca/reviews/Meng/Leopard_1A5/ (http://leopardclub.ca/reviews/Meng/Leopard_1A5/)
That makes it sound like the Heller turret might well be worth tarting up for a swap onto another hull type. Maybe a Bundeswher M48 conversion with a Leo 1A2 turret ... perhaps armed with the L/62 gun from the Strv 103 if you can source one?
Proportions seem to be the main issue with the Heller hull (although the decals-for-cooling-grills approach was also sub-feeble!). I'm thinking that a lot of the proportion issues could be solved with an approach like your 'shortie' M41 concept. Don't know what to suggest about those Heller cooling grills, though :P
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Sounds like the Heller kit isn’t worth the powder it would take to blow it to you know what. If anyone in the US wants the turret just let me know. There is no gun barrel. It sounds like it’s the only part worth saving. I had an idea of building some other vehicle from it as the hull doesn’t look that bad but with no bolts on the road wheels makes that worthless. I may see if some other wheels I have come close to fitting. Definitely a back burner project.
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Hello,
Heller? No, never. These wheels without screws. :icon_twisted: Better Revell 3240. That is also the NL version with the boxes and the track.
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The next one:
(https://up.picr.de/49148672dj.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49148673gx.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49148670fv.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49148671qs.jpg)
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Great looking Leopard.
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:smiley:
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Now that is striking! Great build, Didi :smiley:
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Great job on the last one. The extra armor and the tow rope are just perfect.
Where did you get the concrete apron? did you make it yourself?
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Cool! 8)
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Hello Frank,
there was a modeling magazine online a few years ago. You could download the field and print it out. That could have been 10 years ago. I have another Field. With zebra stripes and drain cover.
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Hello,
last weekend at a modelshow I have photograph the plates
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The next Canadian cat. I found the numbers on the tower interesting. Why? For training? For the repair? As a demonstrator? I liked that, so I wanted to show mine that way too.
Last weekend I do a wheel tree forest
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Hello friends,
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The next one. Marksman. Apparently it was also tested on Leopard 1. Modelmix Italeri/ Takom.
(https://up.picr.de/49202453xe.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49202459yw.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49202456kg.jpg)
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(https://up.picr.de/49202463pa.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49202457mt.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Was there any tank the Marksman turret wasn't fitted to ;D Any plans to make a Matador SPAAG?
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:smiley:
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Was there any tank the Marksman turret wasn't fitted to ;D Any plans to make a Matador SPAAG?
I don't believe a M60 was ever tested.
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Seeing is believing :P
(https://forum-en-cdn.warthunder.com/original/3X/3/1/31299539e214926214137534fd35a95a94cbcacb.jpeg)
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:smiley:
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The next model, although very old
I built this model in 1993. I saw this picture of the project in a MaK brochure. I hadn't noticed that the rear was longer, similar to the Gepard. I only noticed this a few years later and didn't like it. Now I had revised it in November.
(https://up.picr.de/49228386pw.jpg)
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And Now:
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(https://up.picr.de/49202480uo.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49202478uf.jpg)
(https://up.picr.de/49202471go.jpg)
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Very good :smiley:
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The VT 1-2 is also finished. He doesn't really belong to the Leopard 1 family. As with the Kpz 70, I made the suspension movable here too.
(https://up.picr.de/49236369if.jpg)
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:smiley: