1/72 Leopard 2A4 Can, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
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Details on the green A6 hull are more refined , the tools are in the right places and the rear camera system is already installed.
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Driver's section can't be changed easily to A4 standard, so ...
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fltr: Revell 2A4, T-Model Abrams, Revell 2A6
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fltr: T-Model Abrams gun, Revell 2A4, Revell 2A6
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Plug and play - almost.
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OKB Grigorov wheels look so much better. The A6's were deformed in my rendition, the A4's looked too simple.
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German engineering at it's best 🙂 The wheel hubs needed to be milled down, then carefully be placed and aligned.
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OKB Grigorov tracks. Pretty good detailling on them.
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Not easy, but could have been worse.
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Thinned down the side skirts.
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Revamped the front hull and the bullet deflector.
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A small brass rod simulating the rear skirt hinge. Opened the two grip/step holes on each side.
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Front camera (?) installed.
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Коментарі
34 29 March 2021, 20:10
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Interesting build. Curious to see how a detailed 2A4 can be built. 👍
12 April 2021, 22:46
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Thanks Łukas and Patrick, much appreciated. Hull detailing is ready.
14 April 2021, 17:23
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After lots of fiddling, sanding, test fitting, the turret-bash is done thanks to the crew.
15 April 2021, 20:05
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Just out of curiosity, what's the blue stuff in pictures 28 and 29?
21 April 2021, 14:04
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It's highly thinned Tamiya paint, just for checking the joints. Looks ugly but did the job. Same as our chancellorette ?
21 April 2021, 17:30
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Ah, Angie 😄
I tried some markers for the same purpose, but they are still visible under lacquers.
21 April 2021, 20:06
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Right now everything looks fine again, it's all primed in black without any hue of blue. ?
21 April 2021, 20:25
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Yes Łukasz, I had the same issue with Sharpie peeping through lacquer paints... I use Sharpie to check my seams and sanding progress, but am very rigorous in cleaning it with alcohol or SLT before priming.
21 April 2021, 20:39
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Looking good! I like the scruffy look you achieved with those multiple tones of green.
10 May 2021, 14:52
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Thanks Patrick, it needs to be a little over the top, as these training tanks are quite dusty. So most of the effect will be reduced with further coatings. It will look even worse after a glossy coat. ?
10 May 2021, 16:25
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Gloss coat, wash, highliting and dry brushing, decals, matt coat. Puzzling the number plates number after number was real fun, highly recommended!! 😉 Now on to tow cables, detail painting and building a machine gun mount from scratch for a FN MAG C6 from ACE's IDF Nagmashot APC.
16 May 2021, 16:26
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I can not stress enough how I love the faded paint! Very nicely done being pale on the horizontal areas and getting more saturation further down the sides.
22 May 2021, 05:04
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That's so nice, thanks everyone, also for the many likes! Crew added, not sure about the dio (tree is not ready yet), more dirt!
22 May 2021, 18:48
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Thank you Tom!
@Patrick: As long as it's monochrome, it's pretty simple airbrushing without masks. Endlevel is doing it on digital camo! ? Glad you like it, thanks!
22 May 2021, 18:59
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Tempting to add a Keep Off The Grass sign 😉 I'm impressed by the level of detailing you have added, but even more by your modifications. A very 'clean' result, that belies it's 1:72 scale for sure.
16 June 2021, 16:48
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Thanks guys ? I'm just not sure about giving it more dirt, as some hard laboured effects would vanish for others ... Who knows... ?
16 June 2021, 19:17
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First, very nice indeed!
Second, I see that picture 40 shows the Leo along with five important materials used 😉
Third, if you don't mind my asking, did you happen to serve in the LdSH, or are you just familiar with the regiment?
Lastly, I only experienced the Leopard C1, so I don't know how accurate your's is, but if I was to imagine what it would be like to transition from the old C1 to the Leo 2, I imagine it would like just like yours :-D
5 July 2021, 05:04
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Thanks Rui, much appreciated comments!
Second thing is most important!!
Third is just by pure interest in Canadian vehicles. I served as a conscript in the Bundeswehr with PzPiKp 150.
At least I tried to be accurate, as original and model are kind of hybrids in the Leopard family. Glad, I could give you a little flashback. 🙂 You can find my Leopard C1 here:
Leopard C1, 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's), 4 CMBG, Lahr, Germany | Album by MonoWyvern (1:72)
5 July 2021, 13:42
Album info
Non-mine-protected A4 currently used for training purposes in Edmonton, Canada.
Wheels and tracks from OKB Grigorov, as both kit-supplied wheels didn't look right.