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Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:13 am
by tomhugill
Thanks! Some good info on there
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Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:14 am
by tomhugill
Raminator wrote:Coming along spectacularly, Tom. I've always thought the big slab-sided turrets looked better than the pointy spaced armour on the A5 onwards, and the extra details on the skirts really make it pop. It's going to look gorgeous once it's all coloured in!
Thank you! I agree absolutely on that, I'm surprised we haven't had one commercially available in 1/16 yet
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Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:17 am
by tomhugill
Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:29 am
by tomhugill
Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:36 am
by jhamm
Excellent work!
Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:44 pm
by EAO
Tom,
Fabulous work! The primer is a huge improvement and does allow one to see all the fine details too! I've always loved the big Leopard, so Teutonic looking!
Regards,
Eric.
Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:39 pm
by r32
I actually cut a lot of details off the original Leopard 2A6 turret to add to the 2A4, and that included the flag posts that were on the right side of the turret. Based on the video I saw, the crew used it to signal if they were live or safed when they were on the firing range.
Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 11:34 am
by tomhugill
Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:51 pm
by Gillaspy2005
Wow that's looking absolutely spectacular already! Superb.
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Re: Tamiya leopard 2a4
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:34 pm
by tomhugill
The Leo 2a4 has had a bit of attention as a break from the abrams. I realised that the lead foil I'd used as a mantlet cover was going to fatigue fail so a new material was needed. I've had mixed results over the years with different fabrics and have never been entirely happy. Some times you totally fluke onto a solution. I was never able to get a material that was thin, flexible and durable enough to model 1/16 material easily. My solution was a total fluke. I found a bin liner, a really cheap nasty one with very thin plastic on my garage floor. Whilst pretty bad at containing several kilos of waste it should be plenty tough enough to make a rain cover on a tank. It gives a nice crinkled look and is nice and flexible.
Something that's not correct on my tank was the mantlet, there should be another boy extending from where the end was. I'd looked into brass rod for this but was struggling. In another bit of serindipity I found if I you cut some of a tamiya tiger mantlet it fits perfectly.
I wanted to add the dust cover on the barrel, none I had seen had manage to do this without it being static and having the tube slide under it. I thought I'd see how the bin bag material would react. Was a bit of trial and error but I got something close to reality which didn't foul the recoil.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Gj-nm1rjGnE?feature=share
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