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Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:49 pm
by Beobachtungsbereich
Quick question for guys that have put these together. I read that they are made of ABS for the lower portion of the hull and other parts.

Can normal CA glue do the job or is there a different type that should be used?

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:31 am
by bigford
i use ten-x7r for all model building. it melts the parts together
for a stronger bond

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:37 pm
by Beobachtungsbereich
Bought it. Thanks much. Hopefully it's not so strong that it destroys the brush!

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:14 pm
by Beobachtungsbereich
Well, almost done the build. Fired it up on Friday night for the first time to make sure everything works and there are no hangups from the wiring. Stab is up and running as well.

Been painting as well and it's shaping up rather well. Still have more to do to tie in the wiring a bit more snugly/ neatly and some more assembly of the turret cover.

Regards

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:30 pm
by bigford
post pics

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:17 pm
by Beobachtungsbereich
Here you go!

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Still painting the turret top. Scratchbuilt the rear hull indicator out of a acupuncture needle (kit didn't have one and this is surgical steel).

It's coming together nicely!

Regards

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:58 pm
by Beobachtungsbereich
NATO Tri colour paint scheme is now on. Vallejo doesn't make a NATO match so it was a bit of experimenting and bringing the tank to work to compare off of the real deal.

It's extreemy close. The brown is suppose to be a touch darker but it doesn't translate well to the scale. It actually looked almost a red-ish chocolate brown so I had to lighten it up a bit.

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Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:43 pm
by maxmekker
looks good. I regret I sold mine some years ago.(traded it for a smashed traxxas t-max I had. Must be my best trade ever)

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IMG_0843 (Large) by maxsollie, on Flickr

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IMG_0579 (Large) by maxsollie, on Flickr

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:56 pm
by Beobachtungsbereich
Anyone know how to keep the antenna internal?

The antenna supplied by Tamiya looks horrible!

Re: Leopard2A6 - going to buy one, but have questions...

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:11 pm
by caddyshack
Make your own copper wire coiled one. Just get some copper wire and rap it around some thing thats around 10mm in diameter. Or go 2.4 then no long reciving wires.