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Building Tamiya Leopard 2A6
catdude01
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 01:45 AM UTC
Hi Fellas, back in business again! This time a easy kit for me, the Leopard 2A6 from Tamiya, wonderful kit, very easy to work with. Mine was a trade with a friend from FB, everything was ok, but the rubber tracks were over stretched, so I have to replace it, I choose the Friulmodel tracks, metal barrel and whatnot, a small PE Set too.



catdude01
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 01:46 AM UTC
Construction was very straight forward, no problemas at all. Done in 3 weekends more or less. Gun barrel consist of 8 parts between barrel, rings, PE and Resin parts. Metal tracks took me 8 hours(4 each side) to complete it.

catdude01
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 01:47 AM UTC
Once the kit was 90% built, I started to coat it with tamiya white primer.

catdude01
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 01:48 AM UTC
The next phase was to Add shadows using black very thin with the airbrush and with the help of plastic cards and tape I "modulate" the kit. Its very dark at this stage, in the next part I will add white to add light then I will paint particular parts by hand using other tone of white to enhance the appearance of the kit .

chefchris
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 03:13 AM UTC
I love the shading technique you are using... very nice.

CHris
catdude01
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 06:05 AM UTC
Thanks Chris, Glad that you like it, more to come!
catdude01
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 06:07 AM UTC

Well what next? I need to soften a bit that black color, so this time I use tamiya xf-2 white for that task, very diluted and applied in thin layers until the color accumulate. Later I hand painted all the rings, lines and bolts.


Cookiescool2
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 07:56 AM UTC
It's looking very nice! Can't wait to see the next update!
catdude01
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 05:18 PM UTC

Here a Quick view of how the kit changed in 3 steps.

Armored76
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 07:45 PM UTC
Very cool! Looking forward to seeing more of this!

Cheers,
Cristian
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 09:45 PM UTC
Pedro, great looking build so far ! I love the black & white pre-shading. It looks almost like some of the CAD drawings in the new release postings. Can't wait to see it with the NATO tri-color camo scheme. Please, keep us posted !
Thanks for sharing !
Tom
catdude01
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 05:17 PM UTC

Christian & Tom:

Thank you very much for your encouragement! A few more steps in black and white ahead, chipping, scrachtes, some filters then I start with the base color, more pictures soon.
roland97
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 07:02 PM UTC
Hey, it's looks good! I'm looking forward to the next steps in painting.
griffontech
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 07:39 PM UTC
I would almost suggest keeping the white with black shading. Looks like some sort of very wicked NATO winter camo.
I have this one in the stash (along with baout 500 other models....)
catdude01
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Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 07:06 AM UTC
Thank you Roland and Dave! Well here is the next step. After roaming the internet looking for modern tank chipping and scratches pictures I done my part on this matter, here the results.



catdude01
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Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 07:10 AM UTC
A closer look of the scratches, chipping and fine detailing of lines and shapes of the kit using more black and white diluted with water.
(Vallejo paints).

cheswickthecat
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Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 03:47 PM UTC
Pedro, your Leo looks killer! Will be watching to see how you finish it up.
Terry
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Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 11:11 PM UTC
You're shading is spectacular
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Friday, August 28, 2015 - 11:00 AM UTC
Hola Pedro,
A quick question : Did you use the kit supplied mesh for the turret baskets or a PE Mesh ? I'm working on the A5 Leo and that kit supplied mesh is making me crazy. Any tips ?
Have a good weekend and thanks in advance !
Tom
catdude01
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Posted: Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 07:37 AM UTC


Terry: Thank you very much, glad you like it!

James: Thx! still a newbie on this kind of art, but I guess I'm on the right track.


Hola Tom:

I have the same problem a while ago with a Abrams from Tamiya and It was a bad experience, so for the Leopard I went safe with a PE SET. Tamiya even have one, so I you ask me, go for it!
catdude01
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Posted: Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 07:41 AM UTC

I finished last night the work on the wheels and the tracks, so here is the pictures of the progress.

acebatau
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Posted: Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 08:00 AM UTC
Nice one, will following closely
salazareric
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Posted: Monday, September 07, 2015 - 08:43 AM UTC
That is some wicked shadow effect. Love it!!!

Eric
catdude01
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Posted: Monday, September 07, 2015 - 05:08 PM UTC
The next step is the base color, thinking of a Nato Green I used the XF-71 Cockpit Green. This color is more lighter, but no worries, this color will get darker in the weathering process. Next I will revise the darker areas then I start with the next color.

catdude01
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Posted: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 - 04:43 PM UTC

Last night progress, I retouched the shadows in green.

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