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Canadian Leo 2A6M Conversion for Tamiya KIt
haribeau44
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Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 11:49 PM UTC
Hallo, Andy,

I'm sure you got my order?

What about a picture of the whole set, so to speak as anticipated pleasure for all who im/patiently wait for it?

Harald
Intruderbass
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 09:06 AM UTC

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Hallo, Andy,

I'm sure you got my order?

What about a picture of the whole set, so to speak as anticipated pleasure for all who im/patiently wait for it?

Harald


Here you go



I sent the sample to Jason last sunday. I am sure pritty soon we will see the review of it here.

Thanks everybody for orders! I will be sending them out in small batches - I have time to cast basicly only on weekends. Please be paitient - I promise everybody who sent me an e-mail with the request will get the set.

Cheers!

Andy

ppawlak1
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:12 AM UTC

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Quoted Text

Hallo, Andy,

I'm sure you got my order?

What about a picture of the whole set, so to speak as anticipated pleasure for all who im/patiently wait for it?

Harald


Here you go



I sent the sample to Jason last sunday. I am sure pritty soon we will see the review of it here.

Thanks everybody for orders! I will be sending them out in small batches - I have time to cast basicly only on weekends. Please be paitient - I promise everybody who sent me an e-mail with the request will get the set.

Cheers!

Andy



Nice Andy !

Does the conversion come with instructions & pics ?

Looking forward to Jason's review.

Great work

Paul
LeoCmdr
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 10:14 AM UTC
The review is almost done......be patient.
junglejim
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 12:24 PM UTC
I got something in the mail today...
Well done Andy, looks to be very nicely cast. Now, where's that Echelon Barracuda netting...

Cheers,
Jim
gcdavidson
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 08:31 PM UTC
OK, I have to make it to the next IPMS meeting now Jim!
hugohuertas
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Friday, November 14, 2008 - 12:33 AM UTC
Got mine on wednesday
Nice and smoothly done, great job Andy!!!
Oh, and received Eduard slat armor yesterday!
Have to put hands on it
rfeehan
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Kansas, United States
Joined: July 20, 2003
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Posted: Friday, November 14, 2008 - 09:42 AM UTC
The ones I ordered arrived yesterday too they look very good. I guess my last excuse in putting off the slat armor attempt is gone

Good job Andy they look great.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Friday, November 14, 2008 - 02:06 PM UTC
My review of the conversion set has been in the fine hands of Armorama since the beginning of the week.....stand by.
NebLWeffah
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Friday, November 14, 2008 - 02:32 PM UTC
Received my order from Andy on Wednesday too, looks reeeeeally good!!

Bob
ppawlak1
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Friday, November 14, 2008 - 03:59 PM UTC
Looks like mine is on the way very shortly

Paul
KEB
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: September 28, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 12:52 AM UTC

Mine arrived yesterday, very nice Andy. All I need now is the AFV club tracks and I'll have everthing I need.

Cheers,

Kristian.
Treadhead12
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Kentucky, United States
Joined: September 26, 2007
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Posted: Monday, November 17, 2008 - 03:42 PM UTC
I received my kit today in Birmingham Alabama. Andy, t'anks. It came out very well. Looking forward to using it in the near future.
GVoakes
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Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 02:55 AM UTC
My sets have arrived!

Very impressive! Thanks, Andy! Some real quality work there.

Now, I just need to find my Leo 2 kit....
kbm
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 03:09 AM UTC
Mine also arrived yesterday here in Houston, Texas. The set looks great Andy!

Keith
f1matt
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Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Monday, November 24, 2008 - 08:42 AM UTC
My set arrived today. Thanks Andy. Looks great!

Matt
ppawlak1
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 05:44 PM UTC
Got my kit today !

Looks great Andy, my Aussie Leo "What if ?" is going to be a beauty !!

Cheers

Paul
Gotrek
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 03:25 PM UTC
Hi can you tell me if your conversion kit will fit the HobbyBoss Leopard. I had bought this kit on the advice the hobby shop owner that it was the closest kit to the Canadian tank.
ppawlak1
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 07:16 PM UTC

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Hi can you tell me if your conversion kit will fit the HobbyBoss Leopard. I had bought this kit on the advice the hobby shop owner that it was the closest kit to the Canadian tank.


G'day Gotrek !

That question has been asked in the "/review thread" earlier.

Here it is:

http://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/128678&page=1

You're probably better off using the Tamiya kit as the conversion was originally made for that Leo.


Cheers

Paul
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 08:31 PM UTC

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Hi can you tell me if your conversion kit will fit the HobbyBoss Leopard. I had bought this kit on the advice the hobby shop owner that it was the closest kit to the Canadian tank.


Which Hobby Boss Leopard did you buy?
Gotrek
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 05:59 PM UTC
I bought the German Leopard 2 A6EX kit.
ppawlak1
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 06:54 PM UTC
Jason will confirm this, but that's the wrong one for a 2A6M in Afghanistan. A 2A6 would have done the trick, although the Tamiya kit would be the best (that's what I'll be using).

I'm going to build a A6EX at some stage also (just out of the box though), perhaps just build that one as a German machine mate. Or you could make it a "What if ?" project

Cheers

Paul
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 07:51 PM UTC

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I bought the German Leopard 2 A6EX kit.


I don't think that kit will be correct......due to the changes in the turret top armour and the glacis armour and I think there are some changes on the back deck.

I don't know the Hobby Boss kit very well at all so I don't know if you can convert back to a regular 2A6 easily......probably not.
Gotrek
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 05:13 AM UTC
Thanks for the info. I wish I had discovered this site before I got sucked into buying the wrong kit. I'll just have to make do with what I got.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 06:18 AM UTC
My first clue that you might have the wrong kit was this.......


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on the advice the hobby shop owner


Not to knock hobby shop owners becuase some are actually very well informed but the old I heard it from guy who heard it from a guy that heard from a guy just doesn't cut it when providing advice on kits.

Can you return the kit or exchange it for the better Tamiya Leopard 2A6 kit?
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