has anyone here on armorama built the hobby boss leopard II a5/a6, i've seen it on evilbay for a cheap price before, is this kit worth buying and building????

Their Leopard 2A4 is really quite decent, with some photoetch parts thrown in. I suspect the Hobby Boss Leo 2A5/A6 would be better than Italeri's, but not as nice as Tamiya's. Most people just get the Tamiya A6, which has the A5 gun barrel included, as well as some improved parts suitable for either variant.

Hi,

I have built a HobbyBoss Leo 2A5/6NL, it is basically the same as the German ones. They are not that much better than their inital releases, the Strv.122 and Leopard 2A5DK. They have the same hull with the doggy crack at the anti-slip panels. If you are prepared to spend a bit of time bringing it up to scratch then it is worth it. Otherwise if you want it to be nearly perfect just building it out of the box, I'd get the Tamiya Leopard 2A5/6, If you want an A5 then don't buy the A6, even though both barrels are provided. If you get the Tamiya kits, I swear, get the photo etch set, the plastic mesh is a pain in the arse when you are trying to cut it out and make the turret buckets.

/Josh

May be 13, but know a lot!

You can get a Tamiya 2A5 on EvilBay from China for $US 18 plus postage.

I get many of my kits from China and I have them a week after I've purchased. I guess it depends on how cheap you can get the HB kit for......

Paul