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TAKOM Leopard C2 MEXAS Building
MoonGuard
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Anhui, China / 简体
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 03:01 AM UTC






















jwest21
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Pennsylvania, United States
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 03:16 AM UTC
Looks nice. I plan to get the Legends update for mine. Also, the last couple of pictures made my day
keo
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Nordjylland, Denmark
Joined: January 30, 2006
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 04:00 AM UTC
Thank you for sharing -can't wait for my own copy.

I also like the story telling in your pictures. If that dude is stupid enough to stand in front of a Mexas, he receives a very predictable fait

Let that be a lesson, eh?
LeoCmdr
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 07:23 AM UTC
Great looking OOB build!
Hisham
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Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 07:43 AM UTC
Looks like a really nice kit... the figure looks good too, even under the tracks Just change the way he's carrying the Ak-47 a little bit

Do the parts come in two colors like that?

Hisham
knewton
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 07:47 AM UTC
Dang, didn't want this kit until now, it is a great looking tank.

One question, why is the man laying under the tracks? Is he checking the tension somehow?


Kylie

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Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 08:51 AM UTC
Hi;

Im SPEECHLESS !! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

CHEERS; MIKE. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
bulivyf
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Praha, Czech Republic
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 09:12 AM UTC
rogerjo1
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Västra Götaland, Sweden
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 11:00 AM UTC
Very intreasting model, one of the must have
gcdavidson
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: August 05, 2003
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 11:56 AM UTC
why am I giggling at the last three photos. It's been a long day.
LeoCmdr
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 12:47 PM UTC

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why am I giggling at the last three photos. It's been a long day.



Organic fascine, meh.
recceboy
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 - 02:34 PM UTC
All plastic....all good. Just need to detail it all the better.

Anthony
MoonGuard
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 04:50 PM UTC

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Looks like a really nice kit... the figure looks good too, even under the tracks Just change the way he's carrying the Ak-47 a little bit

Do the parts come in two colors like that?

Hisham



Hi Hisham:

Yeah,This kits come in four colors. The track is black,the figure is gray, the main parts is green,and the extra-armour is yellow~
MoonGuard
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 04:56 PM UTC

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Dang, didn't want this kit until now, it is a great looking tank.

One question, why is the man laying under the tracks? Is he checking the tension somehow?


Kylie



Hi Kylie:

I just want to find something test this tank's movable suspension~ This figure just stand on my table at that moment~ haha~
didgeboy
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 05:08 PM UTC
Dirk
Looks superb, good placement on the crunchie. Cannot wait for this one to be released.
vascovaz
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Portugal
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2014 - 08:31 AM UTC
Hi

First post

Can this version be depict in Afghanistan ? I believe to read in another site that the Takon Leopard was a C2 prototype version.

Regards.
junglejim
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2014 - 08:43 AM UTC
Hi Vasco,
Short answer, yes. (See my post HERE )
These would be early in deployment. Other upgrades as seen in the new Legend upgrade set would be added before the final addition of the thermal blankets/Barracuda.

Jim
woodstock74
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 02:04 AM UTC
Out of curiosity, are the MEXAS parts molded onto the Leopard bits or are they molded separately?
jwest21
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Pennsylvania, United States
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 04:26 AM UTC

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Out of curiosity, are the MEXAS parts molded onto the Leopard bits or are they molded separately?


they are seperate
woodstock74
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 07:47 AM UTC

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Out of curiosity, are the MEXAS parts molded onto the Leopard bits or are they molded separately?


they are seperate



Thanks!
Chuck4
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Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 06:20 PM UTC

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Out of curiosity, are the MEXAS parts molded onto the Leopard bits or are they molded separately?


they are seperate



Can the leopard without the mexas parts be used as a basis for a leopard 1a5?
Youngun
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 06:37 PM UTC

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Can the leopard without the mexas parts be used as a basis for a leopard 1a5?



Not exactly, the Leopard C2 itself is an upgraded 1a5.
Chuck4
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Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2014 - 07:16 PM UTC
I meant is the c2 without maxes very similar to1A5 minus the steel/rubber aprons around the turret? If so, did tokem depict the tank inside maxes Modules pretty accurately so it forms a good basis for relatively painless conversion to 1a5? It looks like the turret surface studs for1A5 aprons are there.

I want to build an accurate leopard 1a5, but didn't want to use perfect scale's resin turret because I dislike the weight of large solid resin casts. (Perfect scale's turret appears to be solid inside, if not someone please let me know. ) So I am thinking about applying perfect scale's resin aprons onto a good styrene 1A5 turret core.

So far it seems to me tokem would probably offer the best 1a5 turret core.
LeoCmdr
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, February 17, 2014 - 06:08 AM UTC
If you use the Takom kit to create a Leopard 1A5 you still have to source out the majority of the hull details...i.e...all the pioneer tools, side skirts, front fenders,and the grouser racks on the hull.

The basic turret shape is probably OK to create a 1A5 but then you are faced with the German style turret bustle, turret armour, and antenna mounts, grenade dischargers racks, and AA MG versus the Canadian versions.

The Takom kit isn't designed to be a 2 in 1 kit...you can use the basic turret but you will essentially have to kit bash it to another Leopard kit to create a Leopard 1A5.

The turret armour mounts are not on the complete turret. Takom provided them only if you want to depict the kit with the forward MEXAS modules removed....the entire turret is void of the mounts unless you add the ones provided for the removed modules.

jwest21
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 12:36 PM UTC
Mine just arrived today. The studs for the regular 1A5 turret are not in the kit unless they are the same as the MEXAS mounts, of which there are 8 total. The kit comes with the basic turret sprue which has turret top and bottom, mantlet, cover, hatches and gun.
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