Belgian Leopard 1

With the IPMS Belgium plastic & steel show fast approaching it's time to delve back into the world of Belgian armour and this year I've chosen a Leopard 1. The base kit is revell's newish kit plus some leopard club goodies and friul white metal tracks. I have references a plenty thanks to my mate Marc Mercier and the latest trackpad book on the Belgian leopard, Oh and of course the leopard trilogy books by Michael Shackleton kindly lent to me by Brian.

So I've dived straight in and built up the hull so I could get the leopard club cast exhaust grills fitted. As you can see I've also removed the kit lights from the rear hull as their positions are wrong. New ones are provided in the improvement set so no worries there. Some solid handles have also been removed on the engine deck & holes drilled for wire handles later on.

The exhausts are pretty straight forward to fit, just follow the instructions provided for the revell kit which gives all the measurements and advice you need for a good fit. This is the single biggest improvement as the kit exhausts are far too shallow. Everything else that I will add is just an enhancement or a better replacement of kit parts.