1st Tank Leopard 2 A5

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

1st Tank Leopard 2 A5

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:45 PM

First of all I would like to thank Lizardqing. A good friend of 13+ years and great resource on this build. I have been into RC for a few years but never anything this cosmetic as this plastic. Looking forward to the model show at HobbyTown next month.

Plastic modelling is challenging and fun. A great hobby for me while on the road staying in a hotel room. It is also significantly cheaper than the RC cars/ trucks I am accustomed to. I really wanted to learn as much about tanks as possible after I saw the Tamiya 1/16 RC Tanks. Im looking forward to building one. First I will have to finish the two models I picked up while working on my Leopard. Then maybe another tank or two. Quite possibly the 1/35 RC Leopard that Tamiya just came out with.

In case anyone is interested. My next Leopard is going to be painted like a Leopard. I feel comfortable enough with airbrush to attempt it.

Here are a couple pictures I took along the way. Pictures were fun with my new Sony DSCV-1 5mp camera. Sorry for the plug, lol. Only problem is I had to resize my pictures because the quality was set to 5.0 MP on my camera. Pictures ended up being between 4 and 5 MB (yikes). So to accomodate those of you on dial-up. formatted pictures below.

During this build I learned alot about superglue. Really does stick to everything. I glued my fingers together on multiple occassions. I also learned a little about weathering, paint, washout etc. One thing I definately recomend is Barrel Depot gun barrels. No seem and they ad realistic weight to the tank.

Anyway long story short heres some pictures:

Chasis Assembled

Turret Mounted

Fresh Camo

Ready for War

Until next time ,

Serverfarmer
Evil [}:)]

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:48 PM

Great job, serverfarmer. Cool looking leo you got there.

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:25 PM

Oh BTW welcome to FSM and to the "darkside".

One suggestion. You may want to reduce the size of you pics. Others using dial-up may have a hard time viewing them (or loading them in their systems) and that would keep them from enjoying the pics.

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JCon

Member since
March 2003
From: Northeast Washington State

Posted by JCon on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:37 PM

You can say that again, took 10 minutes to open on this lousy dial up service! Those things are very large!!! Approve [^]

But you did a nice job on the tank so keep up the good work! Bow [bow]

Happy Modeling, Joe Favorite Quote: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:43 PM

Thanks for the tip guys. I dropped them down to 100k or so they will open quicker. Thought I had them ok at 200k or so. Sorry, I am spoiled on 3.0Mbs

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:24 PM

Looking good!!

That Tamiya Leopard 2A5 is really a sweet kit.

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:35 PM

Welcome serverfarmer. Great build you have there. Hope to see more in the future.

Eric

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:35 PM

Looks kind of familiar! Glad I could help and turn another to the darkside Evil [}:)]

. Now on to the next.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:45 PM

AWESOME job!!!!

Kuddos to you chris for helping out!!!!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:35 AM

[#welcome Serverfarmer, real nice looking Leo there.

Thumbs Up [tup]

for the "mentor" too.

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:20 AM

Nice work!

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:54 AM

Nice work too leopard look nice

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:10 AM

Nice looking leopard. Good job on the camo. The lines look really crisp and clean

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:47 PM

nicely overdone serverfarmer.. which marking scheme ur doing? NATO scheme?

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:25 PM

Good job on the Leo Jon! Looks real good for your first one! Welcome to the forum and Chris did good getting you interested in the static stuff.

Looking forward to seeing you around the forum.

Eric

Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.

"Friendly fire...isn't"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:52 PM

KFOR because they had the coolest markings

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shermanfreak

Member since
January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:39 PM

Welcome to FSM serverfarmer and welcome to the Armour Forum.

Great job on your Leopard ..... very nicely finished.

Hope you plan on sticking around with us.

Looking forward to your future works.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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