discussion Dave Ward's 1/72 Revell Leopard 1A5 - Finished Beowulfs Little Armour GB

[Dave Ward]

I'm calling this finishedView attachment 326347View attachment 326348View attachment 326349View attachment 326350
Revell's Leopard 1A5 is a nice little model, the parts fit well, despite the horrible plastic. The most difficulty I had was - in removing the tiny bits from the sprues ( especially the sprockets ), and adding the tow ropes. - My own fault - I left these 'til last,they should have been added earlier, and painted in situ!
I'm afraid that the 1/72 tanks are getting too small for me - I spent quite a while fighting the carpet monster, and he still has one of the track links. I broke one of the turret lugs, due to fat fingers, so it's now immovably fixed.
I enjoyed this as a bit of a diversion, but I won't be buying any more 1/72 tanks/vehicles
Dave

 

[Fernando N]

Neat looking paintjob Dave.:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Nice build Dave!!

 

[spanner570]

Excellent result Dave. Very neat.

 

[papa 695]

Great work Dave one very nice looking Leopard.

 

[Guest]

Nice one Dave:smiling3:.

 

[Mickc1440]

Nice job Dave

 

[Steve Jones]

Well done Dave. I enjoyed watching this one come together. Sorry to hear it will be your last one. I understand why though. A terrific build to go out on:thumb2:

 

[PaulTRose]

thats really nice

thanks for joining in

 

[stillp]

Looks good Dave. I hope mine comes out nearly as well.
Pete

 

[Dave Ward]

Pete,
the more I look at it, the more I realise I should have replaced those towropes, they're way overscale, and a thinner, more flexible material would allow them to sit down!
Dave