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Leopard Painting Question
gkicsak
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Western Australia, Australia
Joined: April 21, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 04:48 PM UTC
Hi All,

Is there any other color schemes besides Olive Drab for painting a Kampfpanzer Leopard?

Any suggestions?

Thanks again.

Gabe
geronimo
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Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Joined: April 02, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 07:32 PM UTC
Hi gkicsak !

Depends on the country, the version (Leo 1 or 2) and time period you choose. Modern [german] Leos usually have the 3 color camo of olive drab, brown and black, older [plain od-painted] machines being simply overpainted with black and brown. During my army sercive in 1990, we had all the six variations (new, overpainted and od, on both Leo 1+2) in the workshop.
Hope that helps


Frank
gkicsak
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Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 11:19 AM UTC
Thanks for the information on this one. So many choices and only one model.

Suppose I better get some more models then...

Cheers,
Gabe
armyarne
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Joined: December 09, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 11:18 PM UTC
Hi all,

The things geronimo said are true.
Vehicles painted "olive-drab" were painted in RAL 6014 (German paint discription). For this color try using Revells No. 46 for a bleached paint.
Nato 3-color camo is Bronzegrün, Lederbraun and Teerschwarz.
They are also avaiable from Revell.

Greetings
armyarne
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