Amazing work at this scale.



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Hi

Great work aon the Leo.
I like all the details. Looks very fine.

Cheers Daniel

like a fine Swiss watch

Val, you're going to need a vacation after this little build! Or a trip to the asylum! Simply fantastic, can't wait to see it finished!

Thanks a lot gents!

Kerry, Im over the edge with this!

@r2d2 – Val,

I know it’s been a while since your last post and this one but do take your time and work when you feel highly motivated, as you are doing a magnificent job!

~ Eddy

Thanks fellas!

I have managed to do the hull's left side slat armours. Aligning the whole assembly is a nightmare. Distance on the first 3 slats is 5.9mm in 72nd and the rest is 4.8mm. This has to be pricise as it will not look good if its off. The right first 3 main slats was in place but got to lazy to do the remaining armours plus the back. I will update evrything once fully done but for the meantime here are some detailed shots of the brackets, spacing and even the bolt heads.

Here are some shots of how it looks with the turret. Still a long way to go but i'm getting there.

Looking great!

Are the comms boxes, C-8 bin and glacis up armour included in the kit?




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Thanks Richard! All the white styrene you see are scratchbuilt. Basically the kit is the plane ol Leo 2 A6M and this is a full new mould including the belly armour. All the Canadian version you see here is my conversion.

Very impressive! Looking forward to seeing more.
Cheers,
Tim

Much appreciated Tim!

Construction is almost done minus all arials. Conversion for this Canadian version are all scratchbuilt. No details are compromise including bolt heads on the slats support brace. I have hallowed out both head lights in prep for the lens. Details are also added in the coms box, main gun cooling vents, all arial was turned, optics detailed and opened. Side mirrors redone in stowed position and cables replaced by scratchbuilding fine wires. I added a bit of drama to the lower hull slats by bending it producing wear and use because this are prone to damage in the field.

I will apply a thin primer and proceed to painting this next.
Picture heavy with lots of detailed shots.

More pictures.

More....





















Next is full painting and weathering....

absolutely outstanding...
been following the build and gotta say I'm truly amazed...
makes me want to build one of these right away...

Cheers, Max

Simply amazing, can't say that enough.



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Thanks Rick,Max. Will update after priming so that details can be seen clearly.

Finished the primer stage. Couple of pics showing the details of this build.

Updates: Sculpted the first few stowage from Milliput.



This is how it looks on the tank. Will add some more once I have the extra time.

Val

Job well done, keep us posted.

Anthony

Nice work on the stowage!



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Very accurate work, you are a very good modeler ! You have much more patience than me.


Did you use a magnifying glass to build the slat armor ?

Won't you put a MCS barracuda ?

@r2d2 - Val,

That actually looks like a 35th scale build! SWEET!!!

~ Eddy