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Fare wih ear cago cape ite ee eae Sete Inara ew of onthe ead ake trough 2024 » Mode Miltary International 45, KIT PREVIEW tices 135 Leopard 1A5 + K2 No. 6481 he Loopard tank stemmed fom a requirement bythe ‘modem Garman armel foroes during the ato 19505 for anew tank that was more ‘sulted to German mitary needs as previously they had relied on Us-suppiied armour such a the Mar and Mas ‘Tho requirements fora now tank Included a weight of 0 tonnes, powerto-weight ratio of 30hp to road spoed of 65kph (approx. 440mph) and a 105mm main gun that could penetrate 160mm of Follod Homogonous Armour rom {distance of up to 2500 meters {ever 8000 1 “wo design teams, A and 8 wore given prototype contracts ‘and by 1962 the design by Teamn A ‘was considered the Dest. The fist ‘production batch of Leopards let the factory in 1965 with batches 2,8.and 4 between then and 1970 ‘with over 1800 tanks bul. ‘The Leopard underwent many Lmprovements and modifications ‘om bateh to batch an with when It was realised the Leopard would be staying in service longer than anticipated the tank was upgraded t0-1A6 standard and ‘Served in the Gorman ‘Army and othor Europoan counties up ‘nti tho earty 20005 when itwas replaced by the Leopard 2 "This aor kt actualy datas back to 1977 (oon twas alae) ‘and was orginally a AA, The model has appecred periodically ‘ver the years and Thebes shot. under efferent brands such Revel Tomy and MBK. ‘Looking in the box thon and you ‘ge four sprues moulded in grey Plastic, ono-pioce vin racks, a ‘decal sheet and some black mesh. Considering th age of the tooling ‘the moulding qual is petty good although thore area couple of realy bad sink marks onthe font fenders which willbe very eit te rectty pls thro is some fash prosont, the vinyl racks also have pin-marks on tho innor surfaces. Dotalis okay but somethings such ‘28 the track grousers thet ft on ‘tho font glacis plato ao vinyl too, ‘ome of which ae detotad ana wil be oitficut to use, ‘Te biggest prablem though ‘concerns the attachment points for the ture side panels (parts 2050 and 2060) as these should be cular and the kt has none £0 they wil have to be added, possibly using decs of plastic Shoot. Also the shape of the font turret isnot quite right eet should be ‘pinchod’ in more but unos thore iss repiacomont turret availabe ths wal be foul to comact and probably best to hid with eamoutlage nating if tho issues too ‘much for some, "The bare i in ‘wo halves and vl roquie carol sanding to aiminate the joint without "lat-spoting' it Ile makes a good atom atthe various weld beads around the hl and tret but these could do with some xtra work The wheels are typical a product of Conmande gue le sped 16 Model Miltary International - January 2028 Andy King examines the 1970s-era Italeri — 1:35 scale - Leopard 1A5. CAT the 708 the rear of them are recessed whoreas onthe real vehicle they are not. Fortunato, ‘there are resin replacement wineots _valable from Leopard Workshop ‘should you wish to change them. ‘Both oary and lator exhaust ‘ris are supped for tho rear hull ‘doe although the eal type could {do with oponing up as they soem a it shallow Four docal options aro suppiod, the frst two ae Hain Leopards ‘Sea 1909-2000, a Garman « machine rom Panzer Batiaion 74, ‘Alten Grabow 2008 ane one fom ‘the Greok army during 2001. don't know who pated the decals but ‘thoy are nicely done and in register. “This model ofthe Leopard was pretty much the only game in town Unt Takom and Meng released ‘thee its ofthe 1A5 and petty much superseded the lar one howover ike al ks thoy stil need ‘Work to improve them, what would ‘sway my purchase would be the ‘ct that both Takom and Mong ‘ot tho turot ight‘ rogars tho ‘mountings forth spaced aout ‘Sti f you" not that bothored about the accuracy ofthe tut this ale kt wi Bula up prety ‘wall and youll have a hal-decent Leopard for your shot £ “Thanks fo The Hobby Company LUnted forthe sample worwhebbyco.net History via “The Leopard I MBT in German ‘Army Service-Early Years. “Tankograd Miltartahrzeug ‘Spezia No-501S. ‘The Leopard 1 MBT in German ‘Army Service-Late Years. “Tankograd Miltarfahrzoug ‘Spezia No-5014 BEST BRASS AROUND secluaccd, 135 Cat. No. 36510 wwweduard.com wus ES | HOWTO BUILD... TAMIYA’S ARMOUR KITS 1N1:35 wrsni:3s (yee S| i Soar e PTV ET TAMIYA'S 1:48 LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTNING = see = CMT TE an ECU MRO a7 ee ee eee ee The Editor builds the brand new Airfix 1:35 scale Ferret Scout Car Mk.2. Iho Ferret semoured car ‘also commonly called Briish armoured fahting vohicle designed and but for Feconnalssance purposes. The Ferret was produced botweon 41952 and 1971 by the UK company Damier it was widely used by regiments inthe British Amy, ‘a wall as the RAF Regiment land Commonwealth countries ‘throughout the period “The Ferat was developed in 1949 a5 a eau ofa Britian Army requirement issued in 1947. "Light ‘econnalssance cars’ existed during the Second Word Wer, notably the Daimler Dingo. Given ts experience ‘th the successful Dingo (6626 produced and one of two Bxitsh [AFVs produced throughout WW Daimlr was awarded a develop- ‘ment contact in October 1948, and in dune 1850 the frst prototype of the Car, Scout, 4 Lisson Feet) Mark t was delivered, Ferret suspension consisted of pais of transverse inks and single col springs, the wheels ven by Tracta constant-volocity Jpint, but the Fert benefited rom picycic reduction gears reducing transmission torque loads, sential with the sx cyinser 4.26 litre water-cooled Rolls-Royce 8.60 potrol engine. Connected by a ‘uid counting toa pr-solector five speed epicylc gearbox, all gears avalable in reverse, nits ognal form, the Foret produced 116 Bap (67 KW) at 3,00 rpm and 129 bp (00 kt) at 2.70 in its final form FERRET MK.1 Compared with the Daimler Dingo ‘and Ganarkan Ford Lynx, the Ferot featured a larger cabin iecty ‘mounted to the hull he Foret is ‘much nosir than Dingo lacking 2 ‘monocoque body) ‘The crew was protected from shel splinters by 6-18 mm (0.24 (058i) stool plato at mast anglos ‘excopt crecty overnead because the basle vehicle was open-topped fand unarmed, with the exception ot sik forwarc-sring grenade launchers fied to the hull verte font wheels (normaly canying smoke {grenades}, a feature found ona Subsoquont marks and models. cared a 903"(7.7 men Bren ight ‘machine gun ora pinle-mounted 30" 7.62 mn) Browning light ‘machine guna in ation to tho row's personal weapons. FERRET MK.2 Compared tothe ighty armed and protected Mark 1 he Mark 2 was ‘Sesigned frm the outset to mount 30" (7.62 mi) Browning ina one-person traversable turet, at the cost of one ew member ‘While this offered better crow protection and protectod the ‘exposed gunnet, the turret raised tha height of the vehicle The vvamison wae srsteed wih Tomy oun rome ‘Slvr iter uaacs te payed be {he prs wre removed om tess. IN THE BOX ‘The rand new Air 1:5 eealo Ferret Scout Car Mk.2 compiees @ faiymodost 179 parts in medium Some of Bere amen ware payed ight Be. ‘green coloured plastic, eight parts In clear plastic and decals for threo Tre ea ne ‘marking options. vasiatied of “Tho hull supplied as a fat “This ian anew model rectly Tho en of he aso wae tas were eas ot prayed with Tamiya XE By ines th Velo Farsi ‘ipa, ack with separate sides, ont, ae! ee a nei an oi camenssa — ee Bescon oe faliec copometes one bogie She ae ee z momesavectester cecipeneean eas eee, 1 rokteates pata to eee fees eee : oad - See Sea cate ae ariecea hasten aces te ea area Ieopaleninpentoda) ea nreace bunch of appropriately raised ‘Sttural features. ‘surprising omission although, y. tobe far t would be barely silo in the depths of the forward hull Fels god < The loves a fhe boy Ismateup ati simpy of two ses nah oo \ gin camparmort Perhaps the ‘eemarat ol ome fours. 20 Mode mitary International - January 2024 Pats wer pod he est Yoahrete py tomlon to sgse9 ‘he pare perc Ihe mst of thohathee sh Alc supple tering wel at ‘targe no nseumert pan > ase boty ssenbiy andthe ‘rene eck at No engine or associated pats are angled rim around the blade. ‘Tho small docal shoots glossy A mes t seemed mare tke a provided either, although the engine Some attention with a sanding and in egitoe. Higsaw puzze than a model! hatches are soparate pars. Porhaps stick wil improve ti. Morctuly, twas pretty good Airfix wilinroduce a special edition, Optional sand channels are CONSTRUCTION bout you really have to pay attention forthe aftermarket wi kely Supply” made up from thee parts “Te Kits plastc is fait Soft and to aigng the pars perfect a dealed compartment. ‘Capped and uncapped smoke easy to work with. The groen colour Almost all tho hatches are ‘Hut hatches ae wel dotaled, —_dischargors rv provided - the is quite old-school ~1tke it. ‘detalod inside and aut and may ‘being made up fom separate inside choice is yours ifornt styles of Construction commences with be posed open or closod. | chose ‘and outside haves. The hatches antenna base, indicators, parking the partial ntrior. though some to button up my Ferret with the ‘may’be posed open or closed. lights andtaltights are on the ‘obvious dotals ar missing from excopton of the Commander's Wihoels ar al-pastic and sprues too. ‘tho inorr including the instrument tut hatches. provided as two parts ach. ‘Onthe turet, you can fhe andl, pedals and overs, decided ‘The suspension isnot workable Running gear and stoering are machine gun ora blanking plato at to build the model straight rom the and stoorng isnot poseable but it {xed at and straight ahead. the font. bot took the colour scheme from is nicely detailed ‘A choloe of two diferent styles ‘The big spit Commander's hatch the instructional vehicle on dieplay The bi rad wisels are not fof stowage s offered one with may be posed open, partaly open at The Tank Muscum at Bovington. flatened or bulge. You may wish to ‘erical drawers and ane with oahu. ‘Tholowerhalf of tho body is sandal spot st the base of each horizontal drawers, Clear parts are supplied fr the mad up faity simply of two sides. tyre but dd not bother. The wheels Tools are perhaps ails headtghts. ‘andthe flor. The remainder of afealfached tothe suspension via @ ‘chunky, especialy the shovel, ‘Decals are supplied for three the body and the tut are broken rice tight ocating circular lug with Which has a sizange 45 degree varied marking options. ‘down almost ino individual panels. a comesponaling recess. » Upper ont dy tebe guedin ple. ‘Them tig shape, es @ oo © ‘Mt soe paper st sti tes. Alte er ws ‘egret, PAINTING AND MARKINGS, {mixed Beep Bronze Green rom Tama pinta sczoring to am suggested by Mike Starmex. The formula was XF-62 Ove brad and 2X87 NATO Green in a 5/50 rao, My ofgina plan was to leave tne modo this dark ach ard a ‘Bt gosey vith no weathering Ts seemed tobe the most common fish butin te nd chicken ut ; “To dark gon was vad with ices Peete —— an ieguar mote and streaking. Eranana tear To ren ‘The Dowp Bronze Gron was aan ae, lghtonoa with Tamiya ary XF-09 Dark Yalow fortis stp. "Edges and high points were abo cy brushed with 2 Hot green ‘shade mised om Valljoaenies. “The made was then prepared forthe weathering and deca win & coat of Future Floor Poth ‘A solectve wash was aped straight rom the bat using ‘Tama Panel Lin Accor Colour (Oar Brown. “yes, too and exaust were ‘inh painted wh Vall segs. Winsor & Nowton Gara Acrylic Matt Vanish was now mixed S05 wih soproyt lohel and sprayed ‘ver the modal to achive a dea ‘atin, ’ paring amount of mud was aed sing the now say {avai Mary Easy Mud In reespect ws had nt appl an a aan Sit joss wih no wang Buel ange my min! em, 62 ee ee em atopcoat osonaet ee The nas ar spoight Jonas ook get wth tho Deas texturodfrish. These wore socured Stein, to ther housings using Gators (iip scr luo. Tis gle is white ‘when itis applied but dies clear ‘for a fw hour. “The exhaust pipe was treated to ‘a couple of rusty pioment shades. “Toa cat gon wa are wan og note pe of ty pigment shad se Sing Ths Dey rose ren wa gen ‘in Tony aye X80 Dark Yow forbs en, 24 Mode Mitary International - January 2024 ‘The mode wae proper fF lor Pole, » -slecve ah ws aptid Tampa Pain eset Cour (a Brown . NEL . 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My tran ‘and collaborated over several ‘mails and telephone cals to roach ‘decision on which figures to use, ‘and most importa, ho layout. ‘hon creating acorama, the viewer has tobe tld a story that ‘thoy immediately recognize. it thas to have impact and engage ‘thom right away. ths isnot ‘accomplished, thon the scono just ‘becomes a colaction of model, BASE BASICS First we had to determing a base ‘size. Too big andthe thome {gets lost Too small and itis not Dallevablo. To get othe point of determining size frst, the figures had to be assembled. They don’ hhave to bein inl form - ust the ‘basic mannoqui. That gave me ‘something | could place onto sy makeshit Styrofoam base We decided on 6 figures to use ‘80, almost ike playing chess, the eloments ofthe figures and ‘a hedgehog (The Germans used those Czoch-made tras for tanks) wore moved around until, {8 satistactory composition was found. The Styrofoam was cut with a knife and trimmed out to ‘dimension that | thought would ‘ork. gave the basic groundwork 2 front-to-back slope to enhance the beach effec: and also! wantad to have afew ofthe Gl in the water ‘The concept was to have ‘the men stacked up behind the hhedgchog and the squad leader

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