I can only relate to the later Woodland uniform. There are guys here that are more knowledgeable on Oud Groen (old green) uniforms than I am 
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Doing just a quick superficial read of this thread, I stumbled over the pic of a 1:1 Leo’s turret roof in post 82 - looking about as smooth as the plastic mantlet cover. And then compare that to Revell’s rendition in the post just before where it looks like it’s been cast in a form not of sand but of pebbles. No comment.
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It was pointed out to me that these early Dutch Leopards did not have the tread plate pattern on the front fenders like the early German ones, but had three patches of anti slip applied instead. So now I’m making those.
I’ve also started making the small heat shield that sits between the two starboard stowage bins.
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To attach the turret flashing light to.
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Hi Dan,
What are you referring to?
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I think you asked about the post like object on top of the turret or am I having a senior moment?
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Ah! Gotcha! Thanks.
Definitely not a senior moment, I did indeed ask. The way the forum is set up, it just wasn’t immediately clear to which post you were responding.
Thanks for clearing it up for me.
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Now I fell better! I got to spend some time on the Leopard 2A4 and A6 and noticed the same feature and commented about the trip hazzard.
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You have to wonder about the process behind some things. Can you imagine the meeting?
“Right. H&S/OSHA/Whatever equivalent a country has says we need to stick big, flashing lights on top of our tanks, so unsuspecting road users don’t crash into them and pedestrians won’t be crushed by one popping out of a bush. Get it done.”
Meanwhile, crew members keep plummeting off their tanks…
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So why make it then? We modellers deal with the hand we are dealt; I agree that it’s bloody irritating when one encounters this sort of effort from the manufacturer, but we either live with it, or move on and find another genre.
I find most overdone amour surfaces diminish after a coat of primer, and then the final paint job.
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Or falls on the peg.
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Page 22 of Modern Combat Vehicles: 1 — Chieftain by George Forty[1]:
During the night driving phase [of Chieftain trials with 5RTR in Germany] we suffered like other motorists, from the arrogance of the drivers of the huge German lorries, who always drove on the crown of the road. We found that, as we approached them in the Chieftain, the answer was a quick flick of the switch to open the armoured shutter of the searchlight, one more and the infra-red cover was opened and a lot of candle-power was beamed into the lorry driver’s eyes, causing chaos!
Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1979; ISBN 0 7110 0943 9 ↩︎
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That’s hilarious.
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Hi Jay,
Interesting project. What Leo 1 model do you use? Some reviews praise the Revell 03240 model as one of the better Leo 1 model. I had build it as a Belgium Army ASVL version used by the 2e Guides stationed at Siegen during the Cold War.
First of all, the 03240 Leo 1 model is bar of any weld beads!!!
Check the detail pictures of this post. The weld beads are quite prominent! My approach to correct it; - I added Archer weld beads of different sizes for improvement. Leopard Workshop offers a wealth of improvement sets. Of these I had used the following sets:
Leopard Work Shop sets for improvement of Revell 03420 Leopard 1
LWS006 Spare Roadwheels
LWS008 Leopard 1 Welded Exhaust
LWS010 Leopard1 Suspensiopn Update
LWS019E Leopard 1 L7 Gun Barrel European Thermal Sleeve
LWS021B Leopard 1 US Style AS-1729 Aerials on MX-6707 Base Unit
LWS029 Leopard 1 Rear Mud Flaps
LWS033 Leopard 1 Improvement Set
LWS039 Leopard 1 Roadwheels, Idlers and Rollers Damaged Tyres
LWS047 Leopard Turret Top FN MAG/C6 Machine Gun
LWS049 Leopard 1 Driver’s Module
Perfect Scale Sets
3511_1 Leopard1A1A1 Turret
35202 Leopard 1 Kettenschürzen
PE013 Leopard 1 Lüftergitter
CULTS 3D
Leopard 1V Conversion Set-1-3520250629-1-kvs
Philipp Warstat
Leopard 1 Diehl 139 tracks
Happy modeling
Hauke
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I mean, all well and good (where’s a pic of the model, or have I missed something?) but I just wonder how much of these improvements (and do they even improve?) could have been tackled the old-fashioned way by, well, plastic card, tubing, wire, etc; that’s not to disparage for the sake of it, but that’s an awful lot of extras and probably cost, and I wonder how much of it will even be seen?
As I say, not to cast any aspersions whatsoever, and I’m a keen Leopard modeller myself, but well, I don’t quite know what to say really; that’s a big list(!)
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Hi Hauke,
That’s quite the list. My job is a lot easier, since many of those items are not applicable to the variant I’m building, the early Dutch Leopard 1NL. I’m using the Revell kit as a base.
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Hi Brian,
do you remember my post in November 2020? I assume you had forgotten it!
The same happens to me quite often, my brain is losing capacities! That’s live!
I’m now 72 years old! What do you expect! My brain is playing tricks on me!
As you will see my tread from November 2020, memory will come back!
Leopard 1A1 - Armor/AFV / Cold War - KitMaker Network
Scroll down to November 2020
Have fun!
Greetz
Hauke
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