PHOTOS!!--Leopard IIA6's at Wolfhagen, Germany, PART I

Wow, you sure got a ton of fantastic pics!!! Can't wait for part II!

Achtung! Hope you noticed the sign in the tank before hitting some buttons in the Leopard 2A6, doog.

I'm jealous......

Super cool pics, doog. Thanks!

Outstanding pic's Doog!

I have an idea how to simulate that texture one the fume extractor.

I bet you could use the same method that the aircraft guy's use to "skin stress" their kits?

As for the safty wire on the bolts, well ther's something else I am going to have to detail now darn it .

Looking forward to the next series.

P.S. glad you made it back in one piece.

disastermaster wrote:

How convenient! I just got this kit last week. Gee...rock star goes to germany to get me some pictures too.... what a friend, Wow, thanks!

WOW! Excellent luck, Steve!! Hey, PM me your address and I'll shoot ya a disc of photos!

Glad you guys are enjoying them--here's a few more:

Moving out of the shed

The smoke/HE dischargers--can you see the little tiny numbers on them?

Turret castig numbers, just aft of the TC's hatch, at about 10:00 o'clock; partially occluded by the anti-slip stuff. This is actually synthetic diamond carbide suspended in resin--it is nasty stuff!

I'll try to get the next installment up by Friday evening!

Great pics Doog.

You must be really happy finally can touch and even go inside a living tank.

---
Ben

Carves wrote:

Great pics Doog. You must be really happy finally can touch and even go inside a living tank. --- Ben

Fantastic pics and great to see you home safe.

It looks like you got a lot of really cool pics (you can always tell when a modeller takes pictures...lol...the average person stands back and takes a shot or two of the whole unit...the modeller's in tight shooting wear patterns and bolt heads...lol)

Outstanding stuff...and glad to see my countrymen were proper hosts. Anxious to see the next installment.

Cheers

the doog wrote:

One happy doog...

-----...Oh lord...---awesomeness.. OVERLOAD!!!

Doog, you have to be one of the luckiest people I know... I've long dreamt of seeing real "live" Leopards ever since I first saw a picture of one..and not only that, there CANADIAN too!!! I've never even seen a "real life" tank before and heck, I'd sell every kit I've ever owned just to get to do that!

and also:

doc-hm3 wrote:

Hey, do you guys know if our M1's main armament is still interchangeable with the Leopards?

Not anymore, the current Leopard 2A6's main armament has been upgunned to L55 calibre, however the main gun of the Leopard 2, 2A1, 2A2, 2A3, 2A4, 2A5 are still interchangeable with the M1's M256/L44 cannon.

stikpusher wrote:

Townsy, those Leopards look German. Unless the Canadians train on tanks with German markings in Germany...

Some of the German guys were telling me that some of the hi-tech stuff would fool foreign crews; like, they'd not be able to get something working, and they'd start to tear apart something, when all they had to do was to hit a switch or a "reset" button. So the Canadians were there to learn all that stuff.

I think they also had some of the modifications to the tanks being performed there, and I believe that these tanks were going to be shipped to Afghanistan as well, because they had the additional add-on armor on the front lower hull on on the tanks in the shed--I'll be showing that in the next installment.

Bottom line though, most of these WERE German marked Leopards! 

CaSSIus, your fellow countrymen were consumate hosts, great conversationalists, and man, could they drink! WOW! LOL!  

Nice, the only thing missing would have been a smell of muzzle blast! It was really nice of them to give you the tour that they did.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Can you imagine tooling around the woods of upstate NY in that as opposed to your bike???

Now, the Leopard is German....You have plenty of reference photos....sooo you should buy and build it ASAP....And as far as figures....well you should replace Hanze and Franze with Doog and Jenn. She can be in the TC hatch and you standing out front. You have no excuse, you have everything you need.

Thanks for thinking of the forum and sharing you photos with us.

Rounds Complete!!

Wow. That must have been some day! How'd you arrange to get into the base motor pool?

This is the only one of the "modern" MBT's I'm missing - guess I better look a bit harder and secure one now...

So Doog, when should we expect a full build (interior and exterior) from you?

LOL! Mike, Jenn loved the idea of modeling her into the tank! I'm actually building a 1/72 Leo for her so she can say "I was in this tank!!!"

dupes, our video director and cameraman Neal Johnson was talking to the Canadians in the bar one night and happened to mention that one of the band mebers really was into tanks, and they actually invited me, sight unseen! It was unexpected, and a real thrill!

I don't know about an interior build, but I've already built the Leopard 2A5KWS in KFOR regalia. Here's a few impromptu photos of mine....

One thing I should mention is that, I asked them about camo painting, and about using the same scheme or pattern, or whether or not they would just get the camo paint and start spraying; they said that as long as you got 3 colors on the tank, they would not follow any prescribed pattern or anything like a "plan"--they just did it basically freehand. 

   DOD releases new military strategy:All tank TC's will be manned by beautiful females while drivers will be red headed rockers. This way while the enemy is busy gawkin at the TC that wild looking driver will manuver to give our gunners that critical first shot advantage.

   Doog great pics I really like the close ups of the tracks great ref pics for just about any build.  

panzerguy wrote:

Doog great pics I really like the close ups of the tracks great ref pics for just about any build.

the doog wrote:

I don't know about an interior build, but I've already built the Leopard 2A5KWS in KFOR regalia. Here's a few impromptu photos of mine....

Hmmm...alright, so no complete A6 build - at the very least do you have a 1/35 Doog figure* you can throw in the TC hatch of your A5?

*I'm sure Verlinden or Warriors make one.

the doog wrote:

CaSSIus, your fellow countrymen were consumate hosts, great conversationalists, and man, could they drink! WOW! LOL!

Doog, I think that comes from the ability at home of being able to drink a 5% or more alcohol beer. It is a little stronger than your beers usually. 

Sorry, bud--they only had them opened that day.

Hmmm...I 'll check to see if I have anything else anywhere.

You might want to try this website. its in german but has tons of awesome picture. just pich on the left side referenz and then in detail. Pictures of about every vehicle past and present of the modern German Army

http://www.panzer-modell.de/