LW020 Norwegian Leopard 1A5NO decals

http://leopardclub.ca/workshop/LW020/

To be used with Legend LF1316 Leopard 1A5NO conversion of Meng TS-015 Leopard 1A5

The focus of this sheet of decals is the Leopard 1A5NO of the Norwegian Army from 1994.Seventy-eight Leopard 1NOs were delivered from January and July 1971. Modifications included the then-new Diehl D640A combat tracks, new road wheels with wider rims and tyres and hatch locks on the turret. Otherwise, they were the same as other initial production Batch 4 vehicles. Although not initially fitted, the most distinctive feature of Norwegian Leopards is the box carried on the glacis plate which carry a larger number of snow grousers than the glacis racks, and are much easier to use in freezing temperatures. Previously, Leopard 1NOs could be seen with simple wooden ammunition boxes strapped to the glacis. Continuous upgrades to the 1NO included a thermal sleeve for the main armament and the addition of side skirts.

In a modernisation programme of their original seventy-eight Leopard 1NOs (which ended in 1994), EMES 18 was installed with a stabilisation system and the hydraulic turret drive was replaced by an all electric system. In this guise they were known as Leopard 1A5NO. To the same general standard as the German Leopard 1A5, these tanks, however, did not receive the add-on armour package. Thermal shields (called 'Thercam') could be fitted to the exhaust grilles and crew heater outlets. These were made of a plastic material reinforced with aluminium fittings on the inside.

In addition to these, thirty-three 1A5s were also acquired from Germany (obviously with the add-on armour) - also designated Leopard 1A5NO (not 1A5NO2 as some sources quote, including this decal sheet!!). A very late modification was an extended turret basket made to a few vehicles. The last shots were fired by Norwegian Leopard 1 in September 2011, and all have now been withdrawn from service.



LW023 German SEM25/35 Aerials

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These important parts of any AFV's equipment are often completely neglected by nearly all kit manufacturers. For those of you who would rather not fill antenna mounts with random lengths of wire or stretched sprue, what do you do?

Here is our answer. These turned brass aerials are literally the topping on the cake you have just completed. Why spoil the hours and hours of work you have just spent? Your model deserves the best.

This set of aerials accurately depicts the antenna masts used on vehicles equipped with SEM25/35 radios. This was a West German short-range tactical vehicular VHF FM transceiver introduced in the 1960s, and used until at least the 1980s.

Used on Leopard 1 and early use on Leopard 2, this aerial has wider applications in most of the Bundeswehr's and NATO's vehicles of that time.

SEM80/90 (LW024) started to replace it from 1986.



LW024 German SEM80/90 Aerials

http://leopardclub.ca/workshop/LW024/

These important parts of any AFV's equipment are often completely neglected by nearly all kit manufacturers. For those of you who would rather not fill antenna mounts with random lengths of wire or stretched sprue, what do you do?

Here is our answer. These turned brass aerials are literally the topping on the cake you have just completed. Why spoil the hours and hours of work you have just spent? Your model deserves the best.

This set of aerials accurately depicts the antenna masts used on vehicles equipped with SEM80/90 radios.

This started to replace SEM25/35 (LW023) from 1986. It is a digital VHF radio, much smaller than its predecessor.

This aerial has wider applications in most of the Bundeswehr's and NATO's vehicles up until today.

Used widely on Leopard 1A5 (and upgraded earlier Leopard 1A1, 1A2, 1A3 and 1A4) and Leopard 2.


LW029 Leopard 1 Rear Mud Flaps

http://leopardclub.ca/workshop/LW029/

Can be used with any Leopard 1

All of the current plastic kits give injection moulded rear mud flaps, some in the extended deployed position, some in the folded up position with poor definition on the folded edges.

Our flaps are actually made of rubber - these are not vinyl or some other soft plastic. They have etch parts for the hull mounting, reflectors, hooks and a stiffener to hold the shape of the side flaps. They can be posed either up or down, just like the real thing.