Leopard C2 MEXAS w/Dozer Blade MBT The Ultimate Leopard Variant in Afganistan

Award winner built with realistic paint Leopard C2 MEXAS and dusty weathering finishing. Canadian Force Desert Green with accurate unit markings. Top building quality with outstanding details throughout whole model and very high standard accuracy on every individual part. A superb kit of Canadian C2 Leopard and really ups the game in Leopard 1 with total of over 500 parts. Working dozer blade. TPE tracks; clear light and periscope parts with add on fine PE parts. Details under add-on armor are completely replicated. Rotating turret and gun elevation. Add on vehicle tools and more add on details.

* Top building quality with great details overall model.
* Excellent and finely detailed capturing the Canadian changes for the MEXAS fit.
* Length 270.2mm and 86.5mm high.
* PE brass on deck and engine grill; vision block; turret; tiedown and more.
* Metal towing cable add on.
* Excellent exterior features (great rivets; panel lines; and appropriate weld beads).
* The dozer blade is liftable and lower-able.
* Details the dozer sub-assembly which is superb.
* The MEXAS mounts are supplied as separate pieces and are well done.
* Main gun and machine with great detail.
* The mantlet has a lot of fine detail such as the searchlight mount.
* Turret is a new tooled shell with sublime nonslip texturing.
* The turret details are excellent and the loader’s C6 MG (FN MAG 58 version) is superb.
* The gun tube is a four-piece affair slit longitudinally with a 2-piece muzzle cap.
* High detailed turret and components including turret armor and on-vehicle equipment.
* Open-able hatches with great detail both sides.
* The dust covers allowing either an elevated or normal gun position w/sharp detail.
* The Anti IED Jammer is very detailed.
* Smoke grenade with lots of detail.
* Jerry Cans with PE strap are included for the turret.
* Turret rear stowage unit well detailed with the interior.
* The upper hull shows a new tooled engine deck which is superb.
* The upper hull with plenty of fine detail including cooling exhaust grille.
* The lower hull realistically reproduced features some nice details such as axles and more for good detail definition.
* Detail on the suspension arms is good.
* Various return roller mounts; bump stops and other details.
* Excellent set of individual Diehl tracks exhibit great detail.
* The road/idler wheels and drive sprockets have detail on both sides with great tooth ring details.
* Add on flag; antenna; on-vehicle tools and more accessories.

Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Washing to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels; doors; hatches; rivets; bolt head and more. Dry brushing to emphasize and highlighting texture with edge for good wear; tear and fading. Multi-color filters for blend color effects. Add nonglossy paint for better finishing. The great detail paint job on rust and paint chips off with scratches; worn and bare metal realistic simulating; flow rust and rain streaks effects; grease with staining appearing; engine smoking and muffler burned representing. Also smear and dirt with dust and real mud and more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection.

The C2 is an updated Leopard 1A5; which was developed in Germany in the 1980s. This tank deploys with a crew of four; including a commander; a driver; a gunner and a radio operator/loader. The 105-mm L7A3 gun is capable of engaging targets day and night; while on the move under adverse weather conditions; through the use of a fully stabilized fire control system with an integrated thermal imaging system and laser range-finder. The Leopard C2 Tank is also fitted with a gunner`s secondary fire control system and a commander`s fire control system. It has two 7.62-mm C6 machine guns. One is mounted inside the turret and another can be mounted externally on either the commander`s or the loader`s station.

The Leopard C2 is also fitted with two banks of four smoke grenade launchers on the turret. The tank may be “sealed-off” against nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) threats. It is a minimum-maintenance armoured fighting vehicle and complete replacement of the engine and transmission is possible in 30 minutes under field conditions. When properly fitted with a conning tower; it is capable of deep-fording or submerged fording where riverbanks are prepared for exit and entry.

The Leopard C2 was designed so it can be fitted with add-on armour and all of the new battlefield sensing and communication systems the Army plans to introduce over the next few years. Of the 114 purchased; 66 remain in service.