Military Vehicles

Leopard 1A5 8th EAN Hellenic Army February 2018

The first ever tank in the Hellenic Army to receive an anniversary finish was a Leopard 1A5 belonging to the 8th Recce Bat. of the 8th Mechanized Division, in February 2018. to mark the 105 th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Ioannina. The tank was painted by a team consisting of Master sergeant P. Kavathas, members of the Ioannina Modellers' Society and the graphic artist George Santamouris and was displayed in Ioannina. The turret carried the insignia of the Armoured corps and the 8th Mech. Div. and a bull, which features in the divisional emblem. The side skirts displayed the Greek flag and the formations' title, while the flat storage box on the hull's left side carried the script "Bulls of the 8th Recce Bat." The vehicle's number plates were covered for the duration of the display.

This set of decals was produced with the full cooperation of the project's design team and faithfully reproduces the original markings. This set can be printed in any scale required.

Austin K2 Ambulance "Katy"

"Ice Cold in Alex" is a1958 British war film starring John Mills. The real star of the film however is a Austin K2 Ambulance, named "Katy", in which the film's heroes travel across the desert in order to get to Alexandria. A number of vehicles were used during the film and the superstructure from an Austin K2 was apparently transplanted onto a CMP chassis making the ambulance a 4x4.

This set of decals was originally designed to be used on the good old 1/76th scale kit provided by the Airfix RAF Emergency Set. The vehicle's markings in the film are completely fictional and, as it was in black & white, we can only guess at the colours. The set even includes the marking for the vehicle's name which appears on the dashboard! As the set is designed to be combined with the kit's red cross markings, only the red cross marking that goes on the rear doors is provided.

These markings can be printed to any scale required by the modeller and if required all of the vehicle's red cross markings may be provided.

 T-80 "Afxentiou" Cyprus NG

During exercises the Cyprus National Guard regularly use temporary mud camouflage on vehicles. Mud is also often used to apply temporary patriotic slogans to vehicles. Among those seen with such slogans in exercise "Fiery Arrow 2020" were T-80U tanks. Painted onto the bow skirts is the name " Afxentiou", a tribute to Grigoris Afxentiou, an EOKA fighter, during the Cyprus struggle for independence. On the rear portion of the side-skirt the slogan reads "I shall return", probably alluding to the areas captured by Τurkey in 1974.
This set of decals allows the modeller to reproduce this unique and short-lived livery. These decals are printed to order in any scale required.

US Constabulary Jeep

The United States Constabulary was a United States Army military gendarmerie force which acted as an occupation and security force in the U.S. Occupation Zone of West Germany and Austria from 1946 to 1952. Its mission was to maintain general military and civil security and to control the borders of the U.S. Occupation Zone. Its vehicles carried distinctive yellow and blue stripes and the Constabulary badge, which gave rise to the nickname of "circle C cowboys" for the force.

These decals may be ordered in any scale required.

 M113 Anniversary finish 25-3-2021

25th March 2021 was not only Independence Day for Greece but also the 200th anniversary of Greek independence. LM Decals is proud to have been be part of the team that applied the special anniversary finish to the M113 for the 25th March, Independence Day parade along with IPMS Hellas and Icarus workshop. The real markings were self adhesive vinyl which has a natural sheen. Τhe modeller can simulate the same effect by retaining the decals' natural sheen.

For this set the original artwork by Icarus Workshop was used, in other words the same artwork that was used for the real thing ! You can't get any more accurate than that!

M1117 anniversary finish 2022

For the 2022 Independence day parade in Athens an M1117 Guardian vehicle, which had only recently entered service with the Hellenic Army was given a special anniversary finish. This consisted of a waving Greek flag painted on the vehicle's hull sides. 
LM  Decals is proud to have been part of the team responsible for this, along with Icarus workshop and IPMS-Hellas, that was in charge of the project. The finish was applied at army base workshops with the cooperation of IPMS - Hellas members, who applied all the necessary masking and then took care of all touch up work required. 
With this set of decals the vehicle can be recreated in any scale required. For the decals we utilised the design for the masks that were used on the real vehicle, incorporating all the small alterations that had to be done when the masks were being applied to the Guardian's hull.

This set cost 23 Euros in 1/35 scale and 6 Euros in 1/72 scale. For other scales please enquire.