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Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:06 pm
by tomhugill
Some more done, to try and get the green more where I'd like it I used I initially used the ammo tan filter for tricolour camo. It helped but still not quite there. I added some lamp black and burnt umber to the mix and I think its where it should be.

Next I've gloss clear coated for the decals. I'll leave it a day to cure as the future has a habit of reacting with the microsol/set if applied too soon.

Wheels had their red dots added.
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Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:05 am
by c.rainford73
looks brilliant :clap:

Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:17 pm
by tomhugill
c.rainford73 wrote:looks brilliant :clap:
Cheers Carl!

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Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:22 pm
by tomhugill
A little bit more done on the leo. Struggling with the mm paints. They seem really really fragile, paint scrapes as if it has hairspray under it even with 24 hours dry time. However I'm confident that with some more future and then the final layer of dullcote this will be fine.

I've added the decals, tidied up some areas of the paint, painted the mg 34, done some more on the wheels and suspension and painted the blue lens on the commanders site.

Next up will be the pin wash.
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Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:35 pm
by jimbo_wa
That looks rather smart.

Seems that the bargains are out there at the moment...




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Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:47 pm
by PershingLover
Am I mistaken, or is that a sub driver in the background?

Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:05 pm
by tomhugill
jimbo_wa wrote:That looks rather smart.

Seems that the bargains are out there at the moment...

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Definitely, when people say tamiya are over priced I just smile and keep picking them up cheaply.

The colours gradually growing on me. I put it on my tank shelf and it looked nice along side all the others.

I've put another coat of future on, I wonder if the last was just too thin. Hopefully that will seal everything properly

Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:14 pm
by tomhugill
PershingLover wrote:Am I mistaken, or is that a sub driver in the background?
Its is (sorta), its an R&R twin piston wtc, I use them in my type 214 and my type 21.

Are you a bubblehead too? Here are some of my boats. ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:46 pm
by c.rainford73
Wow Tom and I thought your tank collection was envious very cool!

Re: Heng long long money Tamiya Leopard 2 restoration.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:16 pm
by PershingLover
Bubblehead? I wish, that's too expensive for me