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New anti laser coating sets from AFV Club
zapper
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2011 - 11:55 AM UTC
From the Hobby Fan/AFV Club page:

AC35013
STICKER FOR SIMULATING ANTI REFLECTION COATING LENS, SUITABLE FOR LEOPARD 2 A5 / A6
for TAMIYA LEOPARD 2 A5/ ITEM 35242 & TAMIYA LEOPARD 2 A6/ ITEM 35271



AC35012
STICKER FOR SIMULATING ANTI REFLECTION COATING LENS, SUITABLE FOR M1A1/M1A2 ABRAMS
for TAMIYA M1A1/ ITEM 35269 & 35158

Hopefully it'll fit the Dragon Abrams series as well.

Here's two reviews of the previously released Stryker set on Armorama and on Plasticwarfare . Seems like pretty good stuff.

Cheers,
/E
Adamskii
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2011 - 12:39 PM UTC
I bought the stryker panels and adapted them for my Lav's,

I cannot bring myself to use anything else now ! brilliant stuff ! I will be buying these and adapting them where I can for other vehicles, until this range grows.

The sheet I got looked pearlescent pale blue, and i was a bit concerned at first there was little or no "ruby" colour, but its an optical illusion, once the stickers are down to the very small size of the slits for the vision blocks, they are almost entirely ruby/purple in colour and absolutely change as you move around them.

Fantastic product - wish they did like a blank sheet to cut your own designs from ..

Adam
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Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 02:38 AM UTC
[quote ] sheet I got looked pearlescent pale blue, and i was a bit concerned at first there was little or no "ruby" colour, but its an optical illusion, once the stickers are down to the very small size of the slits for the vision blocks, they are almost entirely ruby/purple in colour and absolutely change as you move around them.[/quote]

Adam - good to know. I was not even going to try using my sheet based on how bad they looked in the package.
haribeau44
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Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 03:08 AM UTC
Hallo,

I don't think that the product is usable with Leopard 2. I discussed it with some friends - among them Mr.Leopard.
We all didn't ever see such red glass blocks on a Leopard.

But it is top notch for US vehicles.

Harald
Adamskii
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Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 01:40 AM UTC
these things are difficult to photograph... I was virtually unable to take a pic of them to show off the colour - it truely is something to behold in scale. This makes for a challenge when viewing the item online too ofcourse... the colour could be correct as the spectrum seems to shift when applied - i have no idea how. Amd I work in the specialty papers and films industy!

at least their cheap enough that if its now what u want its not a huuge loss and can go to the spares box for trades later..

heres a pic of the afv club stryker lenses used on the ASLAV


you can see gold , orange, ruby , red and a hint or purple. Of course it has to be the right colour for the vehicle but boy these really change.

dsaulino
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Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 02:00 AM UTC
Would these be appropriate for a Desert Storm Abrams and A2 Bradley?
TonyDz
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Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 08:42 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Would these be appropriate for a Desert Storm Abrams and A2 Bradley?



No.
AngryDog
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Posted: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 - 12:37 AM UTC
I used them on my recent builds as well..Great Stuff! But the residue sucks...!

But wouldn't Hasagawa's stuff be same? I haven't tried them yet.

Opague
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10114568

Clear
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10114569



zapper
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Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 10:24 PM UTC
Looking at this new-release poster from AFV Clubs facebook page it seem that the Leopard set might not be of the "redish" type after all. Hard to just go by a "box art" thought.



From:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/AFVCLUB-HOBBYFAN-%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E7%B2%89%E7%B5%B2%E5%9C%98/236926266352900

Cheers,
/E
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