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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: ScranJ51 on May 09, 2020, 09:18:32 AM

Title: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: ScranJ51 on May 09, 2020, 09:18:32 AM: Hellier kit - one of the worst fitting models I've ever built.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49872719437_2e7ab1c968_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iZ5HX4)leopard 100 (https://flic.kr/p/2iZ5HX4) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49872408376_bdf0e30a54_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iZ48tW)leopard 101 (https://flic.kr/p/2iZ48tW) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49871876598_b608dfd720_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iZ1ppm)leopard 102 (https://flic.kr/p/2iZ1ppm) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

Just need to add the radio aerials and tail lights

On the bench:

ASLAV

M113 Fitter's Vehicle

M548 Track Load Carrier

In the stash

M-1 Adrams

all to be Aussies
Title: Re: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: Jacques Deguerre on May 09, 2020, 01:28:08 PM: I like Leopard 1 tanks and I like Australian camo, so this hits all the right notes for me. I think it also goes a long way in showing that a perfectly good finished model can be built from kits that are considered mediocre, outdated or otherwise disregarded by alleged “experts”.

Okay, I’ll admit the Heller Leos might be all those things but still, you made a nice looking model from one of those kits! ;)
Title: Re: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: Kerick on May 09, 2020, 01:44:30 PM: I have to second that.
Title: Re: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: ScranJ51 on May 09, 2020, 08:18:18 PM: Thanks guys - I'm reasonably happy with the end result
Title: Re: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 10, 2020, 03:48:12 AM: nice work
Title: Re: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: elmayerle on May 10, 2020, 08:19:10 AM: Looks good!! You managed to make something very nice out of what sounds like a "sow's ear" of a kit.
Title: Re: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: Camthalion on May 10, 2020, 06:35:22 PM: nice work
Title: Re: Australian Army Leopard
Post by: ScranJ51 on June 09, 2020, 02:52:38 PM: Tidied it up a bit - Antenna's, Tow cables, now has the Spotlight (not shown here) - all done

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49987097216_bf109be5a7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jabWtJ)Leopard-2 (https://flic.kr/p/2jabWtJ) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49987097261_a9c4e48e4b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jabWuv)Leopard-1 (https://flic.kr/p/2jabWuv) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49986582328_e89b48a56f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ja9iqm)Leopard-3 (https://flic.kr/p/2ja9iqm) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

and it now has an offsider:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49986582168_57b3e94a14_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ja9inA)Lav-1 (https://flic.kr/p/2ja9inA) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49986582128_dcf4fb25d1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ja9imU)Lav-2 (https://flic.kr/p/2ja9imU) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr