About the tank:
Produced 1979–present
No. built ~3,480
Weight 62.3 tonnes (68.7 short tons)
Width 3.75 m (148 in)
Height 3.0 m (120 in)
Length 9.97 metres (393 inches) (gun forward)
Crew 4
Armour 3rd generation composite; including high-hardness steel, tungsten and plastic filler with ceramic component
Main armament 1× 120 mm Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun (42 rounds)
Secondary armament 2× 7.62 mm MG3A1 (4,750 rounds)
The Leopard 2A6 includes the addition of the Rheinmetall 120 mm L55 smoothbore gun and other changes. All German tank battalions of the "crisis intervention forces" are equipped with the A6. Canada purchased 20 Leopard 2A6s from the Netherlands. These were delivered in 2007. Portugal also purchased 37 Leopard 2A6 from the Dutch in 2007, with delivery in 2008. In January 2014, Finland purchased 100 L2A6s, as well as munitions, simulators, and a ten-year supply of reserve parts from the Netherlands. The tanks are being delivered in batches between 2015-2019. The Leopard 2A6M is a version of the 2A6 with enhanced mine protection under the chassis, and internal enhancements to improve crew survivability. In the summer of 2007, Canada borrowed 20 A6Ms from Germany for deployment to Afghanistan. The Leopard 2 Hel is a derivative of the 2A6 that was ordered by the Greek Army in 2003 - the "Hel" stands for "Hellenic". The 170 tanks were to be delivered between 2006 and 2009. A total of 140 will be built in Greece by ELBO, which delivered the first units in late 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
The kit
Revell 1:72 Leopard 2A6/A6M.
Considering Revell is touch and go and the quality is not always there, I find their military 1:72's quite decent kits. Having built 3 other vehicles I had no major problems and detail is adequate. This one is made with licence from KMW which manufactures the tank. I am planing to build modernised M variant.
Instruction is black and white older type Revell booklet
The kit consists of 5 sprues in dark green plastic. The detail seems to be quite good and part count probably rivals some 1:35 scale models. Molding is mostly crisp with chassis having anti slip material re-created.
There is occasional flash and no pronounced mold lines. Ejector pin marks seem to be out of sight as well. Tracks are link and length.
Sprues:
Decals:
Paint schemes:
Standard NATO 3 colour camouflage.
To be continued....Thanks!
and very poor moulding. Your doing a starling job mate, I'd have bin it by now It's obvious Revell haven't got any better from their days when I was a lad 
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those stupid tracks...
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