VK 16.02 Leopard

[Edumardo]

Hi friends,

I've been busy with other projects, but it's time to finish this one. I'm a bit ashamed to be the designer and not have finished the first prototype , knowing that there are at least two others in the world

The model is ready to paint (turret is partially primed). Finally it has ended up being a mix of heng long parts, 3d printed parts in filament and resin, and some scratch building. Bosch light and convoy rear light are functional and I will show later.

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detachable turrret roof:

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I made the antennas detachable thanks to small neodymium magnets:

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Best regards.

[ColemanCollector]

That is a stunner!

Mike.

[Eend]

First of all: Edumardo, thanks for your excellent work!

It looks great!

As we speak my 3D printer is printing the very first layers of my own VK

[Eend]

Small update: I'm slowly printing all the parts i need, i already have a box full of parts.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Edmuardo, good thinking! Why didn't it occur to me that a magnet could hold up antenna minimizing the risk of breakage. Nice idea!

[Edumardo]

Small update: I'm slowly printing all the parts i need, i already have a box full of parts.

nice! I am looking forward to seeing it

Edmuardo, good thinking! Why didn't it occur to me that a magnet could hold up antenna minimizing the risk of breakage. Nice idea!

Thanks

[Edumardo]

Hi guys,

After 3 years, I think I can consider the project finished. I've tried to do a simple but appealing paint job, I'm still catching up with this part of the hobby and all the techniques involved.

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[Edumardo]

Moreover, last weekend there was a tank meeting in Madrid, and I took it there, so I took the opportunity to take more pictures of it in a more fitting context.

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Just a little disclaimer, you can download this 3D printable model completely for free here: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/1- ... 02-leopard. Additionally, it includes other parts that I’ve also designed myself and are available for purchase on my profile on the Cults website

[tankme]

It's a great little tank. I actually just bought a scratch and dent Panther from Motion RC so I could strip the part off of it to make this little guy.

[tankme]

I've got just about all the parts printed out now, but I was curious if you had added the tools and upper hull accessories to the files? I checked the Github and redownloaded the files...that stuff wasn't in the files.