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Land / Re: Meng 1/35 Leopard C2 MEXAS (21B)
« Last post by Kerick on February 25, 2026, 09:12:36 PM »Lots of good hard work going on there!
Looks like a somewhat over engineered kit.
Looks like a somewhat over engineered kit.
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Land / Re: Meng 1/35 Leopard C2 MEXAS (21B)
« Last post by Frank3k on February 25, 2026, 11:42:50 AM »I'm almost done with the turret. 80% of the parts that go on are unneeded and to not support the armor - just in case anyone building this kit wants to save some time. The only critical parts are the rails to hold the turret armor and the two disks per side to hold the forward rail. This is the turret ready for the MEXAS armor:
Check steps 28 and 30 of the instructions to see what I mean.
With the armor on:
the right rear armor section is still sticking out a bit - I'll have to re-do it. It seems to be a common issue with this kit - I've seen some online builds with that block sticking out a bit.
One oddity in the instructions is step 32, where you have to add the shield between the rear of the armor and the bustle rack. It calls for two parts "M1" and "M2". M2 is just the matching left side or part C16 (step 33) but I haven't found the "M1" part, anywhere on the sprues so far. If I do find it, it's easy to tuck it in behind the shield.
I mounted the gun barrel temporarily and I think it needs a sleeve to thicken the base of the barrel as it goes into the mantlet armor:
Check steps 28 and 30 of the instructions to see what I mean.
With the armor on:
the right rear armor section is still sticking out a bit - I'll have to re-do it. It seems to be a common issue with this kit - I've seen some online builds with that block sticking out a bit.
One oddity in the instructions is step 32, where you have to add the shield between the rear of the armor and the bustle rack. It calls for two parts "M1" and "M2". M2 is just the matching left side or part C16 (step 33) but I haven't found the "M1" part, anywhere on the sprues so far. If I do find it, it's easy to tuck it in behind the shield.
I mounted the gun barrel temporarily and I think it needs a sleeve to thicken the base of the barrel as it goes into the mantlet armor:
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Land / Re: T-44, T-54, and T-55 MBT series vehicles, including foreign production
« Last post by GTX_Admin on February 25, 2026, 12:47:59 AM »Neither of those guys look really happy about being up there.
They've just realised they dropped the keys outside...
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Aero-space / Re: Not a whiff, but certainly whiffable.
« Last post by Kerick on February 24, 2026, 08:16:53 PM »I get a message about safari can’t find the server. Or some such thing.
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Land / Re: T-44, T-54, and T-55 MBT series vehicles, including foreign production
« Last post by Old Wombat on February 24, 2026, 04:58:37 PM »Neither of those guys look really happy about being up there. 
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Aero-space / Re: Not a whiff, but certainly whiffable.
« Last post by Old Wombat on February 24, 2026, 04:56:14 PM »So, a HP Harrow with a pointy nose. 
[PS: The link isn't working for me, but I did check it out by making my own way to Britmodeller.]
[PS: The link isn't working for me, but I did check it out by making my own way to Britmodeller.]
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Land / Re: T-44, T-54, and T-55 MBT series vehicles, including foreign production
« Last post by Story on February 24, 2026, 09:52:26 AM »
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Land / Re: Meng 1/35 Leopard C2 MEXAS (21B)
« Last post by Story on February 24, 2026, 09:45:46 AM »I hope that story is true!
So much about the flavor rings true that I'd buy it for a dollar.
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Land / Re: Meng 1/35 Leopard C2 MEXAS (21B)
« Last post by Frank3k on February 24, 2026, 06:24:26 AM »I hope that story is true!
This picture from the thread you linked is a pretty good example of the greenish blue fade on the NATO/CARC green on those Leopards:
This picture from the thread you linked is a pretty good example of the greenish blue fade on the NATO/CARC green on those Leopards:
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Land / Re: Meng 1/35 Leopard C2 MEXAS (21B)
« Last post by Story on February 24, 2026, 05:32:19 AM »Can't remember if I posted this before, but bein's as the British didn't deploy MBTs and the Canadians did (call sign LEOPARD 2?) & an L7 (105mm), I do believe this is apropos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o8OFJyutZg
See also https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1300.msg208653#msg208653
Double-dog dare you to add speakers.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176069410820
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o8OFJyutZg
See also https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1300.msg208653#msg208653
Double-dog dare you to add speakers.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176069410820