Leopard 1A5BE

Kommentarer

9 28 March 2023, 12:53

Andreas Lott
Nice beauty👍 really Perfect!
How did you made the original storage basket?

6 July, 16:33

Pascal Van Acker
@ Andreas. I used the conversion kit from Legend Productions and used the copper wire.

6 July, 17:31

Andreas Lott
Really omg 😨 soldering or glueing?

6 July, 17:56

Pascal Van Acker
Gluing, and it was my first experience! It was not easy, I even bought UV glue to get the parts together faster. Then I could hold it while my wife hardened the glue with the UV light. It was my 5th model after a 35-year break.

7 July, 20:28

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

8 July, 01:26

Andreas Lott
Perfect work, perfect scene. It looks like reality. I have this conversion also, but at the moment the project stopped cause of this storage basket. I hope I'll find soon an solution!

8 July, 06:05

Pascal Van Acker
@ Andreas I think with the tools I am using now, it would be less difficult. I don't know many people who want to make a BE version of the Leopard. But I am getting the impression that you will make a UKR version of it considering BE supplied UKR with it.

8 July, 06:58

Andreas Lott
I didn't know, that the 1A5 BE served in the ukraine. I would like to build the belgian version. I am not interested in war at all. What are your tools now?

8 July, 07:14

Neuling
Looks like the real thing. More photos would be nice!

8 July, 08:06

Pascal Van Acker
@Andreas I use various tools from DSPIAE to bend PE, cut circles, among other things. As well as the rolling set from AK. With these I can give a rounding to my copper wire or PE elements etc. At the time I built the Leopard, I barely had a cutter, tweezers and an airbrush from 35 years earlier. I also make my own tools according to what I want to make. Good advice I can give. Buy floral wire of different diameters from 0.4 to 1.8 mm. This is stiffer than copper wire. You can make antennas, cables, etc. with it. And it is dirt cheap.

8 July, 14:16

Pascal Van Acker
@Neuling Done!

8 July, 14:19