Tom's Leopard

[Tom Miller]

Hello Everyone,
Just finished the build of my Leopard. This is my 7th Armortek kit. This one has all the option paks including the optional 2nd smoke unit. I also made the convoy light at the rear operational, added antennas and the turn indicators function front and rear. It is painted NATO green but by the time I finished weathering the tank it looks much darker green.
Tom

[Andre Meylan]

Hello Everyone,
Just finished the build of my Leopard. This is my 7th Armortek kit. This one has all the option paks including the optional 2nd smoke unit. I also made the convoy light at the rear operational, added antennas and the turn indicators function front and rear. It is painted NATO green but by the time I finished weathering the tank it looks much darker green.
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Wow and thank you Tom, that's a masterpiece and a hell of motivation to speed up my own project
Cheers, Andre

[Chang]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for sharing these photos to us.

Have you installed the Recoil Pack? If yes, is there such photo also available?

I really like to see the locking detail of the Gun barrel adaptor (XRE028-Leo) with the Gun barrel -rear (CV0473) as showing in the Diagram 5. Recoil Assembly of the Recoil Pack.

With best regards,

Lerh Chang

[Tom Miller]

Hi Chang,
I do not have pictures of that part. The adapter screws up tight to the gun barrel. Hope this helps.
Tom

[Chang]

Hi Chang,
... The adapter screws up tight to the gun barrel. Hope this helps.
Tom

Hi Tom , you mean the kit two parts simply just fully screwed up without any difficulty? No machinery is required?

Regards,
Lerh Chang

[Andre Meylan]

Hi Chang,
... The adapter screws up tight to the gun barrel. Hope this helps.
Tom

Hi Tom , you mean the kit two parts simply just fully screwed up without any difficulty? No machinery is required?

Regards,
Lerh Chang

Maybe AT already adjusted the adapter piece. The thread pitch is definitely not the same in the first kits and thus cannot be mounted without change.
Regards, Andre

[Tom Miller]

Hi Chang,
As I recall I used a small triangular file to increase the depth of the threads on the adapter piece. I don't think it would be a problem if the adapter sticks out a little bit as long as it screws in tight. It just means the barrel would extend out a little more.
By the way for all of you that are fitting the recoil option pak. The new recoil motor makes a lot of noise. Especially when it returns to the extended position. Armortek tells me this is normal. I had to crank up the volume of the sound module to try to cover it up with the canon sound.
Tom

[Steve McEvoy]

Great pictures Tom, really nicely done, Hope to get back to mine soon but due to feeling poorly I have hardly touched it for a few weeks.
Regards
Steve.