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                        Leopard 1A5 - No spots either... yet..!

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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, November 3, 2003 2:45 AM
                        Big Smile [:D]

                        Peter, I could not let myself be accused of buying good wines just for the lead foil, so in answer to your question, I did open up the bottle before I started... Hips!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 2, 2003 8:59 PM
                        Very nice, as usual DJ. The extra work is really worth the effort. Looking forward to seeing it completed.

                        I presume the wine was consumed after you had finished building the kit for the dayTongue [:P]
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, November 2, 2003 7:49 PM
                        Looks good DJ. With all the leopards being built maybe they should have been a group build. I'll have to get a progress pic of mine up.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, November 2, 2003 5:31 PM
                        Another good one, DJ. Keep em coming.

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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, November 2, 2003 1:09 AM
                        Very nice, Deej! You are really crankin' 'em out these days, eh?
                        ~Brian
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, November 1, 2003 6:40 PM
                        Duke, there's no other extras than fine metal wire (recuperated from old electric cables), fine copper mesh (don;t know where it cam from, but fine mesh can be found in any fabric shop), plastic card (I have tons because of all the scratchbuilding I do), plastic rods (stretched sprue would equally do, just more time-consuming) and the lead from a good bottle of wine. Total cost is negligible and the wine was great!

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                        Build22
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Upstate NY
                        Posted by Build22 on Saturday, November 1, 2003 5:50 PM

                        Great job DJ,

                        I'm with Animal, - I have great respect for any one who does 1/72. You have done a great job with all those little extras.

                        Jim [IMG]
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                        Duke Maddog
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        • From: Rowland Heights, California
                        Posted by Duke Maddog on Saturday, November 1, 2003 11:52 AM
                        That is an excellent job dj! I also built one of those about 8 months ago. I built OOB because I didn't have the cash to get the extras. I'll have to get a picture sometime soon so everyone can see how great your work is next to an OOB build. :-)
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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by animal on Saturday, November 1, 2003 10:49 AM
                        Looks good. They have come a long way with the Braile scale kits in the last year. I can't beleive how much they have improved. the detail is getting better and better. But my hat goes off to anybody who builds in this scale. with my fingers and old eyes I would make a total mess if one. Too small a scale for me.
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Saturday, November 1, 2003 9:44 AM
                        Nice, clean build so far Domi !!!!

                        Keep us posted.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Saturday, November 1, 2003 9:12 AM
                        Looking nice DJ, keep em coming.
                        mark956
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Leopard 1A5 - No spots either... yet..!
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, November 1, 2003 7:35 AM
                        This is Revell's 1/72 Leopard 1A5. I spent a few hours re-doing tools, hooks, cables and a few extra bits. The kit itself is very nice, maybe not as nice as their latest kits such as the Pz IV and the King Tiger, but all the same well detailed, well enginered and easy to build.



                        The tracks are hard plastic, in longer sections and individual tracks which kicks it out of the week-end build type of projects for absolute beginers. But with a bit of patience, it builds up as a very gorgeous model.



                        The added armour around the turret gives it a very menacing look, something that was, to my eyes anyway, lacking to the earlier variants, with a small and rounded turret atop of a huge hull... My reference (pics of Dutch Leopard 1A5) shows that there are some welded bits (I called 'teats' for a better name!) on the turret, under that armour but I was not sure of how many nor of their locations, so I did without... They are not available in the kit...

                        Next, the spots! Smile [:)]
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