Borrowed from the PSM site
The mine roller is advertised at 39.50 euro's
The rollers look to be a direct copy of the Academy KTM-4 rollers that come in their Merk II kits. The center beam of the wheel cradle should be hollow
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There are some accuracy problems with the new kit:
1) Crew umbrella should be covered in cudda cam and stop sign shaped, and is too far forward.

The umbrella postion is correct as there are two post mounts on the turret for the umbrella on the 2A6M CAN....one next to the PERI sight and the other forward next to the Commander's large vision block. Looking at the PSM images both posts are provided for the two umbrella mount positions. It would have been very nice for PSM to have provided the umbrella in the folded and stowed position as an option.

Sorry to bring this up, but after seeing the mount for the umbrella up close, the kit part is too far forward and yes even with the 2 position mount it is still far forward.
Not here to flame anything, but it was my first observations with the kit photos.

Anthony

The thing is, there is no excuse for getting it wrong. With all the info available on the 'net and the wealth of people willing to make their knowledge available to the manufactures and they still can't get the basics right is inexcusable.

I agree it's a nice kit and I will most likely get one.


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Borrowed from the PSM site




The mine roller is advertised at 39.50 euro's




The rollers look to be a direct copy of the Academy KTM-4 rollers that come in their Merk II kits. The center beam of the wheel cradle should be hollow

They also claim that it's for both Leo 1's and 2's? Does it come with different bra attachments?


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Borrowed from the PSM site
The mine roller is advertised at 39.50 euro's
The rollers look to be a direct copy of the Academy KTM-4 rollers that come in their Merk II kits. The center beam of the wheel cradle should be hollow
cheers

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I guess if you want good resin, ya gots ta pay! That's $55 Cdn.

Not sure if its a copy Rick - I think the Academy rollers have the tubular brackets, the PSM ones look to be squared off in that pic?

I also thought that a TAV team deployed to AFG to specifically make a mounting bracket for the 2A6M, so I am surprised to hear that it fits the C1/C2 as well....

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Well maybe I'll hold off on my plans to buy the Mouse house dozer blade and just wait for these guys to come out with one for my Leopard C-1.

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The Mouse House dozer blade kit is top notch....it will be hard to compete with even if someone else produced it.

I'm with Andreas on this subject, you can't be serious about a stupid umbrella? I wonder if HB did provide one in their kit, and what about the 3rd. generation side skirts ? From what I gather HB just did the bare neccesaties to utilise most their Leo 2 series, carefully avoiding any up to date "Barracuda-option".

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Well maybe I'll hold off on my plans to buy the Mouse house dozer blade and just wait for these guys to come out with one for my Leopard C-1.

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The Mouse House dozer blade kit is top notch....it will be hard to compete with even if someone else produced it.

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Jason I was wondering if the Mouse house Leopard 1 Conversion set with the photo etched pieces would be a better choice than the same set without the PE pieces? I'm hoping to put the dozer blade on my C-1, rollers or mine plow with the C-2, and eventually the 2A6M with a plow or rollers too. However I have found that I am missing a few pieces to do an accurate C-1 on the turret roof so I'm hoping that this conversion set will help out that problem. Anyway I appreciate your help

Hey Guys !

I am wondering what would it take to upgrade the existing Bergepanzer 3 "Büffel" kit from PSM to a Canadian one ?
Now that would be a "Canadian" - project which I would be interested in.

Cheers
Christopher

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Well maybe I'll hold off on my plans to buy the Mouse house dozer blade and just wait for these guys to come out with one for my Leopard C-1.

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Jason I was wondering if the Mouse house Leopard 1 Conversion set with the photo etched pieces would be a better choice than the same set without the PE pieces? I'm hoping to put the dozer blade on my C-1, rollers or mine plow with the C-2, and eventually the 2A6M with a plow or rollers too. However I have found that I am missing a few pieces to do an accurate C-1 on the turret roof so I'm hoping that this conversion set will help out that problem. Anyway I appreciate your help

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Are you asking about the Leopard AS1 conversions? I have both conversions sold through Mouse House and the version with the PE is for sure better....higher priced...but better.

What are you missing on the turret roof for your C1?

So far I'm missing the wind sensor, I think one of the periscopes for the commander or gunner, and I think the aerial mounts. Oh and I have to figure out something for the infrared spotlight and the cage for it. I'll have to check again with my books.

Now, Milo, before the proverbial photo etched can of worms gets opened here we should look at the fact that model producers like Hobby Boss and Trumpeter and aftermarket producers like yourself with Real Model, and PSM, and Mouse House, and Maple Leaf Models, and the list go on are actually taking the time to produce modern Canadian kits.

For me I have taken a step back over the last while and as much as I love to have the perfect model with every bit of research and details correct many modellers do not choose to do that because simply building and painting a model is fun and satisfying enough.

Remember, it is a model of a real vehicle.....not the actual vehicle shrunken down to 1/35 the size.....it will never be totally as accurate as the real vehicle....close, but not the same.

I would not classify the Hobby Boss kit as cheap or bad....they aren't intentially trying to cheat a modeller out of building a good kit. This is how they produce models and that is acceptable for the many of the modellers who want to build a Canadian Leopard 2A6M CAN.

The Tamiya Leopard is not perfect....it does not have anti-slip surfacing, the late style clamps on the engine air intakes are missing, the side skirts are not 3rd Generation, the driver's hatch does not slide open. But you are right that is better than the HB kit.....but it is also more expensive and many modellers have stated it would be a waste to cover it in Barracuda because of the increased price.

Until someone comes out with an easy, inexpensive, and proven method to produce good looking Barracuda and has the templates for the Leo 2A6M CAN Barracuda the conversion from PSM is very welcome and the first of its kind out on the market. I very much look forward to seeing what Cromwell Models' Barracuda looks like too for the HB kit.

Modelling should be fun....yes, it can be very nitpicky and detail orientated but it is still fun. Is Hobby Boss choosing to produce an out of box Canadian Leopard 2A6M CAN?....YES! So, we should be happy.....and modellers are very grateful that you and PSM are taking the time and effort to correct issues and provide modellers with options to increase the accuracy of the kit.

For many modellers cheap is totally acceptable....and affordable.

I look forward to the many more products that all model and aftermarket producers will be coming out with to help us modellers accomplish our goals!

Happy Modelling Everyone!....from a happy Canuck!

Perhaps it would be good to sell a slat separately for those modelers who can not do PE slat armor.

Miloslav

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Perhaps it would be good to sell a slat separately for those modelers who can not do PE slat armor.

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Maybe a resin slat set?


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I don't know jack about the Leopard, so the Canadian version is even more of a problem for me. But I love the look of this tank. It was brought up for a moment, but I am not sure answered - from the photos provided thus far, does it look like the Barracuda kit will alleviate the need for buying the upgrade set by Perfect Scale? It seems most of the detail is covered by the camo net.

If I were to look for reference, what is the best book? I tried to find the Tankograd book on Canadian Leopard but my sources do not have it right now. Is that the best, or is there another book that is helpful?


Bob

I don't know jack about the Leopard, so the Canadian version is even more of a problem for me. But I love the look of this tank. It was brought up for a moment, but I am not sure answered - from the photos provided thus far, does it look like the Barracuda kit will alleviate the need for buying the upgrade set by Perfect Scale? It seems most of the detail is covered by the camo net.

If I were to look for reference, what is the best book? I tried to find the Tankograd book on Canadian Leopard but my sources do not have it right now. Is that the best, or is there another book that is helpful?

Bob

Thanks guys. I am reaching out to Ken.

Milo, when is the book coming out? I enjoyed the first book. Good photos. Inspiring too.

Bob