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SKeeM · Post by **SKeeM** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:14 am

The work is great man. But I agree its overkill. I have boxed out the area's in red that would not have camo due to heat from the engine and the laser range finder would get no returns if the lense is blocked.

jb · Post by jb » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:09 am

SKeeM wrote:The work is great man. But I agree its overkill. I have boxed out the area's in red that would not have camo due to heat from the engine and the laser range finder would get no returns if the lense is blocked.

If you would go to army technologies leopard II you will see that the camo system covers all of the areas.
the rear starboard side you have outlined is not an exhaust,the exhaust is in the rear.

SKeeM · Post by **SKeeM** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:42 pm

You should post the full link to that site you speak of so i can see what your talking about. But honestly in my experiance(6 years as an M1 tanker) I know for a fact there are 4 areas of a tank you dont put camo on.
1) Any optic's.
2) Smoke grenade launchers.(on M1's there on the forward part of the turret. on Leo's there on the rear=smarter designe)
3) Turret hatches.
4) Engine compartment(do to heat. granted the M1 generates alot more heat than a Leo)
Also its a fact that a tank is an offencive weapon system. Meaning the enemy should always be to your front. Not your rear! Even in a defensive position you shouldnt be worried about your rear.

Bigtim · Post by **Bigtim** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:53 pm

hello again all i should have in a few days another bb and cl and the rest of my dd ready for showing^^

(must....buy...more..cannot...escape.....)

lol

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:13 pm

SKeeM

This is the site jb is refering to

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/leopard/

This site has some good pics of the MCS

http://aeronautics.ru/archive/armored_v ... b_gallery/

More pics on this site. You'll need to scroll down to the thumbnails. They're Aussie Leos but there are some excellent close-ups of the MCS as applied to the glacis and turret.

http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/Armour ... rdph_1.htm

jb

Nice job! But I have to agree with some of the other posters that it looks a little heavy. I used a different approach on my Leos. In the locations where I wanted to have the MCS I brushed on a coat of white glue and then added a mixture of fine ground foam and baking soda over it. I then brushed on a coat of diluted white glue over this. In the areas where the MCS matting noticeably changes the shape of the tank - like the side skirting and under the hull front - I used tissue paper pieces applied with white glue. After the glue dries I painted, washed, and dry brushed it in the normal fashion. To my eye this seemed to give a more scale texture.

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:20 pm

ronin wrote: I don't know why the 2nd and 3rd links don't work(too long ?).

You've started the links out with [/url] in front of them. You need to have in front, and at the end.

Just type them into google.

Well, yes, that works too.

Or just past the part from "http:// ..." on into the address line of your browser.

tstockton · Post by **tstockton** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:16 pm

ronin,

A feature I really like about this message board is the ability to go back and edit your posted messages; all you have to do is go back and delete the "slash" characters from the "first" [/url] in each of your attempted links -- that should "activate" them!

Regards,
Tom Stockton

ronin · Post by **ronin** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:25 am

Thanks guys.

I went back and corrected the post. Again. All the links now work. I need to get better meds.

Talk about having a homer moment.

jb · Post by jb » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:41 am

Thanks ,guys

SKeeM · Post by **SKeeM** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:48 am

If your talking about this picture. that is a very heavy duty tarp that has the proper cut outs for all the tanks equipment. Its also made to hide the heat signiture of the tank. Now if thats what you were looking to imitate I understand why you coverd your tank like that. The only problem is that your work looks like foilage not a special rubber composite.

ACWBill · Post by **ACWBill** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:24 am

Here are a couple of 10mm ACW shots which we don't discuss much on the site but I love as you can tell from the user name.

HMSDiomede · Post by **HMSDiomede** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:45 am

ACWBill, please feel free to post more of your 10mm ACW pictures anytime

Terrain and figures both look great!

David

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:35 am

I second that - well done.

Ritter

thetourist · Post by **thetourist** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:25 am

Those look great! I have always been interested in ACW but I haven't bought any of GHQ's great line yet. Now I'm tempted.

jb · Post by jb » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:38 am

ACWBill ,great job, man! Most enjoyable to view.

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