Roel Geutjens

@ Anton: Thank you very much! @ Tommy: I intend to insert 2 figures in the twe turret hatches.... 1 with a helmet and the other with barret or naked head don't know yet... My leopard is actually situated around 2005. Thanks fo the help and the great link. @ Erik: Thanks for pointing that out Erik!! I will add that antenna once the rear turret bustle tarp is in place. Maybe with a little hole in it and just the top of the antenna visible. I noticed that I did not have the enlarged turret rear stowage basket.... But that problem should be fixed now . The figures should not be a problem now to!! Thank you very much for the help. @ Roar: The time period that I want to show is mid 2000. That paint will be a special thing...... More to follow @ Einar: Thanks for the comments @ Jorgen: Your friend looks kinda frosty Thanks for the comments. After looking through some pictures from Eric I noticed that I forgot to make the extend turret rear stowage. I intend to situate this tank around 2005 during the FTX battle griffin. A friend of mine was so nice to hand me over his side turret extra armor since he is in no need of them. So I made some changes after the first paint was on Thanks for looking and have a nice weekend Roel

Hey Knut-H thank you very much for the comments. Finished the build a couple of days ago. We still did some extra detailling on the sides off the turret but that was lucky for me not to much work. Now we can start the painting. Is there someone on this forum that can help me search some figures for this tank? Maybe some information about crew clothing and helmets? Thanks guys!! Cheers

Thanks for the comments and having a look my friends! Started working on the turret and for some reason not everything fitted that well! With some small plastic pieces glued in place we solved the problem. The turret frontal armor is about finished now. After that we created some cast texture using Humbrol glue and a stiff brush. To bad there are now decals for the turret numbers and the drawings some tanks have on there old fish eyes. Is there somebody who manufactures norwegian tankers? What helmets do they use? Thanks Roel

Hey Edward I'm glad somebody likes the show here Thanks for looking and commenting more will follow soon Grtz Roel

Happy for me I had lots of time this week to do some modelling and the effort payed off. We constructed and painted the turret interior black. The hull was finished also except for the rear towing hook (STILL DON4T KNOW WHICH MODEL TO USE ) and the gun travelling lock. The travelling lock might not be installed don't know yet. I'll get straight down to bussiness with some pictures! The turret: The rear hull: The front mudguards: And the hull finished pictures: Thanks for looking any comments are welcome! Greetings Roel

Hello everyone Since the last update we have been working hard to get the hull finished. Still not reached the end of it but we are making good progress. I have finished the right side of the tank with all of it's equipment. Next I focused on the engine deck. Here we did some minor adjustments and added also some PE: And finally the rear of the tank. First off all we noticed that the rear did not fit that great so we started to adjust everything there before adding details. That was all for today folks. I just have an urgent question about the tanks rear central towing hook. I noticed that it is of different shape with some Leopard 1A5 NO2 . Was that an upgrade together with the extended turret basket or introduced from the beginning? Is there any Norwegian decal manufacturer who makes decals for military vehicles? Thanks for the help Cheers Roel

@ Erik: Tank you very much for pointing that out. I think I will not do the extended basket! @Havard S.: the white parts make the suspension arms workable! I can put them in any random position as shown on the pictures. The purpose is to be able to put them in a correct position for a future diorama. I hope this is an awnser to your question. I will make some measures tomorrow and hopefully post them during the week! I'm glad you loved the M-109! Some new update today:using super glue and sanding a lit made it possible to get rid of the ugly engravings! The left side is almost finished let's say about 85%. We also started doing the right side of the vehicle. Thanks for looking! All comments is welcome Greetings Roel

So here we are again with a new update. We managed to paint the interior hull black this way we can let some hatches open without having a nasty reflection of unpainted interior. Next up was the finishing of the front stowage box and mounting of the little piece to the front hull. After this was set I started filling the hull sides, Italeri made some nice engravings of where to put the shovels etc > Some cyanoacrylate glue and lots of sanding does the trick. Thanks for having a look any comments are welcome! I would like to ask 2 questions: The pictures from KCAMPS and a book from tankograd I bought show 1A5NO2 all with extended turret baskets. Was this standard issue or just a modification used at the end off there tour in the Norwegian army before being replaced by Leo 2's?? If there is still someone who has some good quality pictures of Leopard 1A5NO2 in splinter camo and is willing to share to aid my build I would be very greatfull!!!! Further I want to wish everyone up in the high North a Merry X-mas and a happy new year! Cheers Roel

Somehow I managed to delete my previous post :doh: Dumb ass But anyway I remade the post. My new current project a Norwegian Leopard 1A5NO2 from italeri on scale 1/35. For this build I'm using the excellent walk around from Erik which I found on prime portal and off course the links he provided me from KCAMPS. This is very helpfull in building everything right the way it is. So no more bla bla some pictures Workable suspension: The hull front: Again sorry for my obvious dumb action! Grtz Roel

@ Jens: I don't now Yet. Telford is that in Holland? Do you know the exact date? I'm going to the nationals this weekend in Nieuwegein. They are on saturday 18 october. Grtz

Good evening all Thanks for the comments I would really likt to thank all the people that helped me out by searching information ginving me pics etc.... @ Kyrre: I would really love to do that some time. But I'll be serving my third tour in Kosovo from December till next year april. Grtz Roel

Hello I finished my current model saturday morning around 10 o'clock. Started it last year December. I want to share the end pics now with you guys. I'm sorry for the bad pics. The light was not great and I had to take some quick pics. Better pics will follow within 10 days when I return from an excercise. The pics: Thanks for viewing. Comments are welcome Cheers Roel

Hello guys It's been a while since I have posted my last update but I have a new one. I finished the chips on the vehicle. You have to look and search well to see them but they are there. Because it is not a WW2 tank but instead a modern vehicle with proper maintenance done on it. I decided to a minimum of chipping. I now have to paint some details like headlights, pericsopes, the tracks etc... And last but not least the dust. Just a little more and it should be finished within a week I hope. The pics Thanks for viewing comments are welcome as always. Goodnight Roel

Hello Thank you very much for the comments everyone they are of great help!! Finished the turret yesterday. It has been drybrushed also, now the hull and turret have the same level of wheatering. I also had some time to make the license plates and installed them on the hull and turret. On we go to the next step in the wheatering progress. The pics: An overall view of the model now: I have more pics on my HD but I don't know if my photobucket account will like such a load of pics... Thanks for viewing comments as always are welcome Greetings Roel

Thanks for the comments guys. I have finished the pinwashes on the turret today. Tomorrow we will start the drybrushing. After that is finished I hope to start with dust end of this week. That's all for now. Comments as always are welcome!! Cheers Roel