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JULY/AUG 2019 •
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AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS - TAMIYA’S NEW SHERIDAN
CONTENTS
2
C2 Mexas
Mark Neville builds Meng’s Canadian Leopard.
10
Jungle Bustin
Tamiya’s new M551 Sheridan test driven by Sam Dwyer.
18
Massive M-ATV
Mauricio Mena goes all out to detail the 1:16 Trumpeter kit.
28
Nord Wind
Bernard Bassous models Hitler’s final throw of the dice.
36
Panzerkampfwagen IV Part 25
The Editor continues detailing Trumpeter’s 1:16 kit.
46
Keeping Track
New releases.
56
Monnumental Coq-up
Tito Costa describes his French campaign diorama.
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ISSN 2059-4305
W
E TAKE A LOOK
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L
EOPARD
1,
OUR FAVOURITES
AT
CERTAINLY ONE OF
needs little introduction as
the latest in the line of famous German big cats it’s
constant development and engineering prowess still
make it one of the most feared combat opponents.
In 1:35 there’s always (well, since the 1970s) been
kits to work with from Tamiya, Italeri, Heller and
Revell with an endless supply of detail updates and
conversions from the aftermarket. Fast-forward to
2013 when Meng stepped-up with one of their earlier
releases to bring us an all-new Leopard 1 kit. With
obvious improvements in refinement and accuracy
over the vintage offerings the A3/4 kit proved popular
with an A5 version following and versions of the
Leopard 2 also released offering us excellent
renditions straight from the box. I’ll be honest and
say the only Leopard that’s really tickled me is one
the Editor built a few years back, it sits with a
purposeful stance in the display cabinet in the AFV
modeller studio; the Canadian C2 using the Perfect
Scale resin conversion, our cover star in issue 78.
With it’s huge turret bins and add-on armour this
leopard was certainly changing it’s spots and taking
on a whole new look so when Meng’s samples of the
2
The Leopard MBT
new C2 MEXAS arrived it was time to build my
first ever Leopard.
The Canadian C2s were up-armoured A5
turrets mounted to the original 1978 hulls
(showing the longevity of the initial design)
but fielding the EMES 18 fire-control
system from the Leopard 2 allowing night
and day operation of the 105mm L7A3
gun whilst on the move and in adverse
weather. The C2s rolled-out in 1999 but
their future use was questioned only a
few years later, would there be a use
for heavy armour in combat of the
future? Canada was part of the
NATO counter - insurgency
operations in Afghanistan, in 2006
the International Stabilization
Assistance Force (ISAF) were
faced by a change in enemy
tactics with the Taliban occupying
well dug-in defensive positions among the
densely packed and mud-walled buildings of the
grape and poppy fields.
Without heavy armour at their disposal
civilian bull-dozers were employed to cut
paths enabling the infantry to engage with
the enemy at close quarters throughout the
complex terrain. These successful actions
proved the need for heavy armour in
Afghanistan and the first of the C2s arrived
at Kandahar Airfield in October 2006, the
seventeen-tank squadron Leopards were
equipped with the new MEXAS (Modular
Expandable Armour System) composite
armour developed by IBD Deisenroth
Engineering of Germany which added a
whopping ten tonnes to the C2 and gave it
a whole new look. A lot of these tanks were
older than their crew members but with
extensive maintenance they continued to
serve in the harsh environment alongside
the new Leopard A2s deployed right up to
2011 where the C2 MEXAS was used with
dozer blades and mine clearing
attachments in real ‘workhorse’ roles.
1:35
MODELLED BY MARK NEVILLE
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