Kimmo,
the guide horns are different on the AS-90 set look at
http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/zoziscrfsrmfldzubxxg.html for the spade ace leopard set and
http://www.hlj.com/product/brncba3524 for the AS-90 set and click the bottom right picture this will show the differences.

Kimmo you can use spade ace you can find them at hobby easy
Dave

Hong Kong Creation Workshop (HKCW)

Best Leo 1 tracks that I know.





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Hi Kimmo,

Have you looked here?

The Tamiya 1A4 lacks quite a bit of detail when compared to drawings in the Tankograd books or even against the superior Italeri 1A4 kit. Aside from missing tow cables, antennas, and the highly prominent power cable for the searchlight, it has some aweful detailing on the hull parts that cannot be easily fixed. And the roadwheels are a tad undersized. I've "upgraded" one and the basic design isn't that bad, but the Italeri kit is much finer, if you can find one! (Sadly the 1A4 hasn't been re-popped in recent decades - I wonder if they still have the tooling? I know the hull parts are used in the other Italeri/Revell Leo 1 variants, but if they lost or damaged the turret mould it would be expensive to recreate.)

Tom

Trackjam has them listed on their website.

http://trackjam.com/hkcw/hkcwlist.htm




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Trackjam has them listed on their website.

http://trackjam.com/hkcw/hkcwlist.htm




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Thanks. Guess I'll ask for some in my next Red Cross package from thataways.

I can't seem to find any articles or pics that show how bad the actual bad stuff is. Reason I ask is I can get Tamiya A4s for 18 euros or so and Italeri A5s for a bit more. I might just get 1 each and see what can be done.

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Trackjam has them listed on their website.

http://trackjam.com/hkcw/hkcwlist.htm




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Thanks. Guess I'll ask for some in my next Red Cross package from thataways.

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We might be a little backwoods up here, but we know how the postal service works.


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I can't seem to find any articles or pics that show how bad the actual bad stuff is. Reason I ask is I can get Tamiya A4s for 18 euros or so and Italeri A5s for a bit more. I might just get 1 each and see what can be done.

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Well, about a million years ago I built one for a campaign here.



The missing stuff was made from Evergreen (look for the white in the pic), but in retrospect the tool clamps are poor too. The turret was a struggle for reasons I cannot remember (hence Evergreen in the joints). I decided to live with the wheels and track rather than throw good money at it. I suppose these days you could cross-kit the Tamiya turret onto the Italeri 1A5 hull since it is the same one Italeri puts in their 1A4. The Italeri engine grille needs replaced though...

Tom

It's not too bad - until you compare it to the Italeri kit. Aside from adding cables, there are those empty periscope hoods around the driver's hatch that need filled. Then there's the empty glacis, where the racks of ice cleats should be. And the lack of weld seams where the armour plates meet, and around items like the lifting eyes. (Italeri had all of these sorted...) Of course there are no sponson floors - this was a Tamiya "rug runner" so if the hatches are open you can see daylight coming up around the tracks. And because the hull needed to come apart to replace batteries there are big ugly joints at the front and rear to fix. Oh, and the tools are a bit crude and have no real clamp detail. I haven't measured the dimensions of the hull, but as these rug-runners were built around the bateries and gearbox I assume it may be a bit too wide...

Here are a few more pics:





But in fairness, it isn't a complete dog (unlike the earlier "Kampfpanzer Leopard" kit!) and with a little effort it can be made presentable.

Tom

Elite in Germany may have the HKCW ones, how's your German?!:
Leo 1 tracks They list them as Elite but they are the HKCW ones.

Jim