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Building Canadian Leopard 2A6M
muttley
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Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 12:53 PM UTC
Looking good with the work on the slats there old man, you sure make good use of your magnifying gogles alright!

Didnt even knew you were still in country cause I just told Jimmy Stewart this morning that your already cooking your brains out in KAF

So are we gona see some finished pics of this monster before you leave?
sauceman
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Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 01:30 PM UTC

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Looking good with the work on the slats there old man, you sure make good use of your magnifying gogles alright!

Didnt even knew you were still in country cause I just told Jimmy Stewart this morning that your already cooking your brains out in KAF

So are we gona see some finished pics of this monster before you leave?


Hey Rei!

Don't forget that had the lazer eye surgery !!

Won't be leavin for another few weeks yet, hopefully get this done before I go

cheers
CombatKrieg
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Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 05:39 PM UTC
Crikey... Soldering seems tough... I've had experience with it in my schools design & technology workshop and it wasn't fun.
sauceman
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Posted: Friday, March 21, 2008 - 01:51 AM UTC

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Crikey... Soldering seems tough... I've had experience with it in my schools design & technology workshop and it wasn't fun.


As with anything, practice, practice, practice....if you are able to solder the photo-etch instead of using CA glue the bond will be solid, unable to break apart.

Got up early and started on the rear armour mounts. Once the rear armour is mounted, the sides are then installed using the rear as a guide.



Decided to install the tow cables at this point, don't want to muck around after all the mounting points are installed.



The upper mounts for the rear are three seperate pieces plus the little cable and bolt
The lower ones are a one piece folded type, much better.

cheers
sauceman
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Posted: Friday, March 21, 2008 - 11:59 AM UTC
Here's a little tease



cheers
sauceman
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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 03:58 AM UTC
Well the upper side hull mounts are made up of five seperate pieces each !!

So I made up a little assembly line to speed things up.



It's only a little time consuming LOL.

cheers
CombatKrieg
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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 05:25 AM UTC

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It's only a little time consuming LOL.

A little?
dtsolo
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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 02:10 PM UTC
i am building a 2A6M CAN too: )



sauceman
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 01:36 PM UTC
Nice job Solo! Always glad to see more Canadian armour! Keep up the updates.

Getting down to the final stretch and may start the painting process in a few days.



cheers
CombatKrieg
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Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 09:14 PM UTC
I see you have a tiny vice over there... How's the turret?
sauceman
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Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008 - 04:07 PM UTC

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I see you have a tiny vice over there... How's the turret?


The vise works nicely, never have enough hands LOL. The turret has come along nicely

Started with a flat black primer coat. I like to make sure I get into every nook and cranny with this, as it can give a shadow effect, and if you miss a spot with the clolour coats it won't be as noticeable.





Then I base coat with Nato Green. I use Tamiya acrilics exclusively because they are water based and they dry in minutes allowing me to spary all three colours at once.





gonna let this dry overnight and start the weathering tomorrow.

cheers
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008 - 04:50 PM UTC
Looks good Rick,

Just remember that the upper sides (above the side skirts) and rear of the hull (rear grill)were oversprayed in just NATO green after the mounts for the slat armour support arms were welded on.

Check out the high resolution Combat Camera images of the tanks when they were first arriving in Afghanistan off the aircraft.

Are you going to hand paint the tan on the slat armour supports?

There appears to be gaps between the front fenders and the front side skirts armour....those gaps shouldn't be there.

The one minor thing I see that is missing at this point is the mounting bracket for the C8 storage box between the gunner's sight housing and the Commander's hatch....easy to add if you want to.....all of the 2A6M CANs have it mounted.....they now have the rifle storage boxes fitted....I think the same time as the A/C units were installed.
sauceman
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Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 12:15 AM UTC

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Looks good Rick,

Just remember that the upper sides (above the side skirts) and rear of the hull (rear grill)were oversprayed in just NATO green after the mounts for the slat armour support arms were welded on.


Hey Jason thanks for the support! That was my first option to paint the sides green, but some pics seem to show sides are touched up with the nato cam. Check out this pic from Anthony's album,ldshrecceboy


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Are you going to hand paint the tan on the slat armour supports?


Yes thats the plan, what colour of tan paint do you recommend?


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There appears to be gaps between the front fenders and the front side skirts armour....those gaps shouldn't be there.


Noticed that too I'll see what I can do to fix that.



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The one minor thing I see that is missing at this point is the mounting bracket for the C8 storage box between the gunner's sight housing and the Commander's hatch....easy to add if you want to.....all of the 2A6M CANs have it mounted.....they now have the rifle storage boxes fitted....I think the same time as the A/C units were installed.


I don't suppose you have any pics of the mounts?
bulivyf
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Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 01:10 AM UTC
Hi Rick,
very excellent work. I wait on you finish.
Miloslav
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Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 05:20 PM UTC
That's one mean looking kitty.

I'm glad they are on our side.

-Matt
sauceman
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 08:52 AM UTC
Thanks for the support!

This has been by far the most complex and intricate build to date.

I have finally finished with the slat armour and all I have left is the antennae's and some detail painting,..... I hope!

More pics later!



cheers
Sudzonic
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 09:22 AM UTC
that looks really good well done.
arpikaszabo
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 09:44 AM UTC
Well done, I really like this model.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 09:54 AM UTC
Great update....the painted support brackets and slat armour looks very nice.

Which tan paint did you end up using?

sauceman
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 12:56 PM UTC
Thanks for the replies!


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Which tan paint did you end up using?


I ended up using Games Workshop Desert Yellow.

cheers
kriegsketten
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 01:15 PM UTC

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Thanks for the replies!


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Which tan paint did you end up using?


I ended up using Games Workshop Desert Yellow.

cheers


Hi Rick,


Saw your magnificent build and thought I should drop by to say a few things. First off, hold on to your painting just before the markings stage, if you could wait that is. I've just sent the Canadian 2A6M marking artwork to the printer not too long ago. Plenty of grey ladder dudes to boot, 2A6M-specific black maple leafs, and to top it off - a full set of Canadian engine deck stencils (IN ENGLISH - many thanks to a great help from a kind fellow modeller)! These are just a few highlights of the set...

We're looking at roughly end May on the release of this set...

Thought you might be interested to know...

Cheers,

Lawrence
sauceman
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 01:22 PM UTC

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Thanks for the replies!


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Which tan paint did you end up using?


I ended up using Games Workshop Desert Yellow.

cheers


Hi Rick,


Saw your magnificent build and thought I should drop by to say a few things. First off, hold on to your painting just before the markings stage, if you could wait that is. I've just sent the Canadian 2A6M marking artwork to the printer not too long ago. Plenty of grey ladder dudes to boot, 2A6M-specific black maple leafs, and to top it off - a full set of Canadian engine deck stencils (IN ENGLISH - many thanks to a great help from a kind fellow modeller)! These are just a few highlights of the set...

We're looking at roughly end May on the release of this set...

Thought you might be interested to know...

Cheers,

Lawrence


Thanks for the kind words!

I am very interested in your decal set for the 2A6M. Please keep us updated with the details for release.

cheers
kriegsketten
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 06:39 PM UTC
Hi Rick,

No problem. Look out for Echelon annoucements towards the end of May (on Armorama). It's set D356044. Looks like you'll be the first to complete the Canadian 2A6M in it's full livery!

Cheers,

Lawrence
muttley
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Posted: Monday, May 05, 2008 - 12:30 AM UTC
Let us all not forget the wonders of a $5000.00 Laser Eye Surgery could contribute to the modeling talents of on old coot like Rick - cheers to science!

oh and yeah great build there Ricky!

sauceman
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Posted: Monday, May 05, 2008 - 05:57 AM UTC

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Hi Rick,

No problem. Look out for Echelon annoucements towards the end of May (on Armorama). It's set D356044. Looks like you'll be the first to complete the Canadian 2A6M in it's full livery!

Cheers,

Lawrence


That really is good news! I can't wait for it's release.

Thanks for the words of encouragement Rei! I'm now off to Afghanistan to help pay for more "stuff"



cheers
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