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Hobby Boss Leopard 2A4M CAN!!
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 10:21 PM UTC
On your marks, get set, go!!!

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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 10:41 PM UTC
Views of the sprues, PE, and decals.















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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:04 PM UTC
What a better time to get your reference material for the Canadian Leopard 2A4M CAN in order to build your new Hobby Boss Canadian Leopard 2A4M CAN kit!

My Canadian Leopard 2 Reference Image DVD Set is still available. Over 1700 images (over 9 GBs) on three DVDs.

You are going to want these high res images to ensure you place those hundreds of decals representing the Velcro strips properly!

For those awesome modellers who reside outside Canada take advantage of the low low low Canadian dollar. Even more bang for your buck when the Canadian dollar is at .69 Cents on the US Dollar!

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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:06 PM UTC
Is it everything you worked for? Looks good from the pics,hopefully it will be available soon.Good Job!

Mike
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:13 PM UTC

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Is it everything you worked for? Looks good from the pics,hopefully it will be available soon.Good Job!

Mike


Any kit of a modern Canadian tank OOB is well worth working for! It was definitely a team effort and kudos to Hobby Boss for really investing time to develop the kit. According to Hobby Boss the kits are ready to ship!

There are always details that can be added to a kit but I think this one is a winner. Even the unique Maple Leaf cut outs are included as PE parts for the frontal armour footholds.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:22 PM UTC
Great stuff Jason. I can see that they include the cuds's velcro attachment.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:26 PM UTC

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Great stuff Jason. I can see that they include the cuds's velcro attachment.


Yes indeed...506 decals to replicate the Velcro strips!!!
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:46 PM UTC
It looks great!
I agree anytime we see Canadian vehicles in plastic it is a time to cheer!!
The only thing I can see is the molded on guides on the turret roof for the Air Conditioners might be a problem. Will need to scrap those off to model a Canada side Leo.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:46 PM UTC
Instead of use velcro straps I prefer build the MCS Barracuda.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:47 PM UTC

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Great stuff Jason. I can see that they include the cuds's velcro attachment.


Yes indeed...506 decals to replicate the Velcro strips!!!


With a bit of work you can make the turret armour to be able to swing out. The tank that went back to Canada would have the ECM boxes removed as well as the slats. Or you can add the full barracuda to depict the deployed version.

I can't wait for this one Jason.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:49 PM UTC

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Or you can add the full barracuda to depict the deployed version.


That would be my choice, Barracuda looks cool.

Thanks for all your efforts on this one Jason, I'm sure it will be a great model.

Mario
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:49 PM UTC

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It looks great!
I agree anytime we see Canadian vehicles in plastic it is a time to cheer!!
The only thing I can see is the molded on guides on the turret roof for the Air Conditioners might be a problem. Will need to scrap those off to model a Canada side Leo.


I'm not sure why they made the guides so prominent for the Electronic Counter Measure storage boxes. When the tanks were initially delivered the boxes were mounted so it would be acceptable to leave them on if a brand new tank was depicted.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:49 PM UTC

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It looks great!
I agree anytime we see Canadian vehicles in plastic it is a time to cheer!!
The only thing I can see is the molded on guides on the turret roof for the Air Conditioners might be a problem. Will need to scrap those off to model a Canada side Leo.


This needs to be removed and a different guide needs to be added to depict the removed ECM box. I don't think its an air conditioner unit. Jason or Anthony can verify this.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:53 PM UTC
Fabulous! A couple will be winging their way to me for sure.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:53 PM UTC

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Or you can add the full barracuda to depict the deployed version.


That would be my choice, Barracuda looks cool.

Thanks for all your efforts on this one Jason, I'm sure it will be a great model.

Mario


There are limitations with any model moulding technology. It's also the balance between keeping the cost acceptable for modellers. Maybe we will see an aftermarket Barracuda solution in the near future.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 11:55 PM UTC

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It looks great!
I agree anytime we see Canadian vehicles in plastic it is a time to cheer!!
The only thing I can see is the molded on guides on the turret roof for the Air Conditioners might be a problem. Will need to scrap those off to model a Canada side Leo.


This needs to be removed and a different guide needs to be added to depict the removed ECM box. I don't think its an air conditioner unit. Jason or Anthony can verify this.


The box on the far left is the carbine stowage box. The two boxes on the right are ECM stowage boxes. They were mounted when the tanks were first delivered but then removed to avoid damage during training.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 12:24 AM UTC

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There are limitations with any model moulding technology. It's also the balance between keeping the cost acceptable for modellers. Maybe we will see an aftermarket Barracuda solution in the near future.


Absolutely. I'm not sure if Barracuda could be made in plastic at all, but there are number of aftermarket manufacturers which are eager to start the process of making the conversion. I might even be persuaded to add my own Barracuda, although I would probably need tons of netting sets from Arkebuza Model Art.

Mario
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 12:31 AM UTC

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There are limitations with any model moulding technology. It's also the balance between keeping the cost acceptable for modellers. Maybe we will see an aftermarket Barracuda solution in the near future.


Absolutely. I'm not sure if Barracuda could be made in plastic at all, but there are number of aftermarket manufacturers which are eager to start the process of making the conversion. I might even be persuaded to add my own Barracuda, although I would probably need tons of netting sets from Arkebuza Model Art.

Mario


Dont perfect scale models already have a conversion with the barracuda net? Is it something wrong with that kit? Nice kit by the way, think i must have one...
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 12:34 AM UTC
Yes, they have the kit. It's great and probably the best way to do a Leopard 2A4M CAN with the Barracuda. The only issues is the base kit is the old Hobbyboss kit, which isn't all that great. However, the wheels and lower hull is really all you use. Their slat armor is thin PE, which can be hard to build and get everything looking uniform and square (at least it is for me)
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 12:40 AM UTC
That is really nice. I sure wish they have included an internal bracket for the hull, in order to support the upper hull part.

All their previous Leos had the hull upper part bending down without proper support.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 12:45 AM UTC

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That is really nice. I sure wish they have included an internal bracket for the hull, in order to support the upper hull part.

All their previous Leos had the hull upper part bending down without proper support.

This one is redesigned, so maybe that sag isn't an issue any more?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 12:57 AM UTC

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Yes, they have the kit. It's great and probably the best way to do a Leopard 2A4M CAN with the Barracuda. The only issues is the base kit is the old Hobbyboss kit, which isn't all that great. However, the wheels and lower hull is really all you use. Their slat armor is thin PE, which can be hard to build and get everything looking uniform and square (at least it is for me)


Here is a couple of pics of my Canadian Leopard 2A4M CAN with Barracuda using the PSM conversion without and with primer. It is very well detailed resin conversion but the PE slat is troublesome. I replaced the PE slat with the resin slat from the Y-Modelle conversion. The new Hobby Boss kit will look great along side this build.



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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 01:04 AM UTC
That looks great. Too bad Y-Modelle doesn't sell the slat separately.

I know the PE manufacturers go with thinner PE for accuracy, but personally I wouldn't mind if they made it thicker/stronger. Eduard's PE bends if you think about it too hard, and once it's bent you can't get it perfectly straight again.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 01:19 AM UTC
The slat is included in the Hobby Boss kit. You should be able to combine the plastic slat with the PSM conversion quite easily.

For a Canadian based 2A4M CAN you won't need the slat so it will become extra parts in the kit.

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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 01:21 AM UTC

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The slat is included in the Hobby Boss kit. You should be able to combine the plastic slat with the PSM conversion quite easily.

For a Canadian based 2A4M CAN you won't need the slat so it will become extra parts in the kit.


That's a great idea! Thanks!
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