1/16th Aussie Leopard
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:25 pm
Thought I would post a few snaps of the Aussie Leopard I started around 12 years back & still have not quite finished it.....One day.
All the typical Aussie mods, Commanders sight, telafit mounting plate, wind & tempreture sensores, tool bins etc were scratch built, the wind sensor was built from a 1/35 Tamiya M113 diff housng part & is spot on for dimenssion, the rest of it was the top of an Italeri British helmet & fine wire to make up the cage, it does not have the correct amount but this was a real pig to get it like this.
Tha turret baskets were always made by the RAEME guys & although there were many variations this was the most common type, which could be lifted on one side & swung out of the way to access the search light compartment, & the one I built works just like this.
I was luck enough to be around these things for a number of years so research on all the sizes of things was easy.
Doesn't need a lot to finish just a turret callsign, knick name, a little stowage & some minor touching up.
All the typical Aussie mods, Commanders sight, telafit mounting plate, wind & tempreture sensores, tool bins etc were scratch built, the wind sensor was built from a 1/35 Tamiya M113 diff housng part & is spot on for dimenssion, the rest of it was the top of an Italeri British helmet & fine wire to make up the cage, it does not have the correct amount but this was a real pig to get it like this.
Tha turret baskets were always made by the RAEME guys & although there were many variations this was the most common type, which could be lifted on one side & swung out of the way to access the search light compartment, & the one I built works just like this.
I was luck enough to be around these things for a number of years so research on all the sizes of things was easy.
Doesn't need a lot to finish just a turret callsign, knick name, a little stowage & some minor touching up.