Just finished Trumpeter's Leopard II A4
(I'll leave the spots for an "arteeest" like Renarts to handle)
I got this kit on "Free-bay" (for very little) - it was going to be a "test" model for a nato color scheme, but it turned out pretty good.
I always thought the new stuff was too smooth and sterile. I have to admit, I definetly have more of a pull to modern armor than I did before. The size, the low profile, - I like it.
Anyway, this kit was tough. Not hard - tough, more like - not good - tough. I spent alot of time staring off into space while holding pieces in a vise like grip to keep them straight and together. The side skirts were the worst. There was a lot of "air gluing" because I don't know what else held it. The wheels were so wacked out, I had to break them off and re-glue them to the tracks to keep them straight and level. (Beware you hobby-craft buyers)
It's out of the box - no PE or add-ons
The camo, I think is maybe a little too jagged. (but I mucked it up) Other than that, I think it came out pretty good.
After fresh coat of piaint. Re-did areas - I wanted the tank to be more black than green
There was no
"stretched sprue method" used at any time in the making of this model
Later - Jim