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Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 09:41 PM UTC
Step 4

Dry fit

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Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 10:09 PM UTC
Have a question here, how do you glue the torsion bars

Thanks Jay
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Posted: Saturday, May 28, 2016 - 10:09 AM UTC
I figured that I just glued the tip of the torsion bars.

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Left side-Tamiya Right side-Meng

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Posted: Saturday, May 28, 2016 - 07:54 PM UTC
Belly armo

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Fits perfectly.

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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2016 - 10:50 AM UTC
Wheels are all up.

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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2016 - 09:33 PM UTC
Stiffeners

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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2016 - 09:57 PM UTC
This Part looks wrong to me, Meng should have provided the PE part for it.

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http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/in_detail/leo2a7/leo2.htm

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Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 10:22 PM UTC
My first book from Tankograd. Jay

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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 - 09:14 PM UTC
The rear hull

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Posted: Thursday, June 02, 2016 - 09:43 PM UTC
Left-Meng Right-Tamiya

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"This is possibly the most disappointing aspect of the kit as the fume extractor is distinctly short and skinny (same problem with their 2A4 kit)"-Michael Shackleton review

http://leopardclub.ca/reviews/Meng/2A7/

Agreed I might replace it in the future.

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Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2016 - 11:07 PM UTC
Next step

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Everything is fine at this step except the turret is very tight against the hull when I try to move it around.

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Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2016 - 11:41 PM UTC
Add on Armor

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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2016 - 12:44 AM UTC
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S1

Those clips are off.

Leopard 2A7

S 2

Leopard 2A7

Fixed, sort of.

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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2016 - 08:58 PM UTC
Comparison between Meng and Tamiya

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Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 - 09:59 PM UTC
Mg and commander's Com Screen, travel lock added.

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Posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 - 09:16 PM UTC
Step 22- 23

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Commander's sight

Drilled 2 holes and used a part from Eduard PE.
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Marking on the back is still missing
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 10:38 PM UTC
Commander's hatch and loader's hatch

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Gun fire simulator

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Nice details

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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 10:07 PM UTC
Gunner's main sight. A few details were missing from the kit and there were two sticky sink holes.

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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 - 11:03 PM UTC
Meng made a mistake on the left side smoke grenade discharge set, the angle of the upper left side and right side individual smoke grenade launchers are not identical. Fortunately it is fixable, check your Ref pictures before you do it.

right side

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Left side

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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 09:09 PM UTC
Meng's L55 looks awful, I am saving up for the replacement.


Leopard 2A7
Meng
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Tamiya
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 09:59 PM UTC
You might want to use this one:
http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/kij7adq7veuafeydj0x0.html
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Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 11:57 PM UTC
Thanks Paul, that looks good but I am not a big fan of metal barrel so I might buy the resin gun barrel.......still thinking.

Step 25 is completed

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Posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016 - 09:31 PM UTC
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AC

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Main Storage box

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Left side storage box

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Posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016 - 09:39 PM UTC
Right side storage box

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Small storage box

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Posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016 - 09:51 PM UTC
Left side basket

Just finished it then found out the error.

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http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/in_detail/leo2a7/leo2.htm

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I don't think there is a way to fix it, so I decided to.........hide it or you need to wait for the after market PE set.
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Jay

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