ESCI 1/35 Leopard 2A3 questions

Modeling Subjects Armor
1

I found this kit for a good deal and picked it up the other day. Overall it looks pretty good in the box. Does anyone have any feedback on this kit. I know it is an older one and ESCI is very hit/miss on their 1/35 armor. Any pitfalls to watch out for? I plan on building this in Dutch Army markings and it is the only kit I have seen with the smoke grenade launchers and FN/MAG peculiar to the Dutch Leopard 2s.

2

I believe back in the day, this kit was sought after for the Dutch fittings to be added to Italeri’s kit. I don’t recall much more about it other than it was the lesser of the two Leopard 2s from the 1980s.

3

Thanks Rob. Info on the web on this kit is really non existant. I compared it to my (old) built Testors/Italeri kit and aside a from a few detail differences, it is hard to really tell comparing in the box to and old build.

4

This is a handy Leopard 2 modeling site: http://www.onepointed.com/dan/model/LeopardList/Leopard-2.shtml

5

Thanks for the site link. I found a good site for the tank itself. Much appreciated, sir.