Dinky Leopard AA Tank (Gepard).............

[oradour]

Gents, I threatened to do another restoration job on the Dinky range of die cast Leopard tanks...there were three such die casts, Leopard 1 tank, Leopard AA tank (Gepard) and a Leopard recovery tank (Bergpanzer)...this is my second restoration, unfortunatly I did not take a "before" photographs....but it was not as bad as the first one, the Leopoard tank, it just needed flatting down and repainting with further parts aerials etc added, as was a decal sheet...however when bought one of the AA gun barrels was missing (common fault) so I sourced a replacement part, shown.....it will do, but sadly not 100% ! I will try to source an original from a damaged/donar toy. Now for the recovery tank................For further information on the "Gepard" Flakpanzer see here Flakpanzer Gepard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and this video is outstanding !
Flugabwehrpanzer Gepard - YouTube the music is good too !
Prost ! Steve.

[Woolgar]

Thats a beauty Steve! Good work!

The Leopard is such an amazing tank, I remember admiring their prowess when on excercise in Germany in the 80's!

However I always thought our Chieftains had the edge

Nick

[oradour]

Thats a beauty Steve! Good work!
The Leopard is such an amazing tank. However I always thought our Chieftains had the edge
Nick

Nick...the Chieftain was certainly a great tank, but I will have to be biased ! Just as would choose a Mercedes Benz over a Rover.... lol
Prost ! Steve.

[Hagen]

Very cool!

[Adrian]

Good job Steve!

I am very curious though - where does one begin to look for a spare anti aircraft gun barrel for a Dinky Leopard tank? Are there sellers of such spares?

[oradour]

Hi thanks for the comments Gents......Adrian, here model-supplies.co.uk ..............and there are others to !
Prost ! Steve.