Leopard 1V
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Beginning of PE
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Replacing the one piece towhooks
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Making room for the new grills
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Snapshot impression of the progress so far
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PE for the periscopes and added the antenna bases
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Added the barrel and other details to the turret
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Progress picture
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Stowage bins are added and wheels are added
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Towcables and smoke launchers are attached
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Tracks!
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Mantel plugs are added
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Overal shot of the tank
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Milliput which will be painted as tarp
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Rubber mud flaps are added
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Different angle
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My calculations how I am supposed to make the canon simulator. A dutch design to train without munition.
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The housing of the 4 simulation tubes
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Found some random cardboard
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The tube is extra long so the driver of the tank couldn't be hit by flying debris from the 4 tubes
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Side view
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The four inner barrels (a bit crooked), the antenna's and FN MAG
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side view
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Cleaned with soap for the painting process
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Black basecoat
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White highlights
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vallejo USAF olive drab(71.016) as main coat
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Searchlight cable and smoke launchers painted
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custom made stickers
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Painting the tracks
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Finally added. The resin tracks were a pain to add because I had to use super glue. Which made the tracks fragile.
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Finished product!
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But I forgot the rolled up camouflage netting...
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Cumbersome addition but worth the wait
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The really finished product!
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Kommentit
23 January 2019, 15:26
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Great to see another Leopard 1V! I built one too (Leopard 1V | Album by Jasper_Breur (1:35) ), but used the old Leopard 1A1A1 as a base for the conversion. Fantastic work on yours!
23 January 2019, 15:57
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Thank you! I was planning on using the 1A1A1 too but bought the wrong kit. 😛
23 January 2019, 16:18
Album info
The photo album for the Leopard 1V build.