nice job guys

@Paul: This is the new Meng Leopard 2A7. My first Meng kit and I really like it.

@Lou, Garry: Thank you, guys! The soft blend comes as a result of free-hand painting. It is _very_ time-consuming (around 6-8 hours for the black and brown) but well worth the effort in my eyes.

That is a huge rocket/shell. I'll bet it was nasty to fire it as well as receive one of those babies. Was it a late war vehicle made in small numbers? It should be a fun model to build.

Between the shapes and the colors I was so impressed with your build of this big modern kitty that I just ordered one myself. I usually don't mess with post Viet Nam subjects but this one is too pretty to pass up. Thanks for showing it off!

Thanks all for the positive comments.

Tat: I commend you for working in the smaller scales. My eyes are past that stage; hopefully I won't be forced to move up to 1/16 as I haven't the room for that.

Rob: Probably right about the tow cable, but it was fighting me trying to lay it down so it ended up where it ended up. I might end up doing a scene with some figures lounging around and play it off like they were in the middle of doing something and hadn't finished putting it away.

Paul: The color scheme for the Panther was cribbed from late war patterns shown on some Bison Decals sets, as was the Wespe. The Stug's camo came from the centerfold of the Osprey New Vanguard #37 on the III and IV series. And the Pz III was "easy" because it practically one color except for where it's worn off (obvious hairspray job, but I put on more than I thought so I got a few chunks off but I have seen a few examples of severe paint loss before so I went with it).

I credit a good deal of the paint success to my new Iwata I got to supplement my old Paasche VLS. Big improvement plus it feels better in my hand which helps.

I have a commission build to do a 1/30 Bandai Hummel in a Western Front scheme which I'll post pics of if anyone's interested. It's an old 70's kit with thick ugly rubber tracks (it's a motorized kit) made of metallic dark gray plastic with a strange textured surface but otherwise not too terrible, but when you collect 1/32 21st Century and FOV as my friend does, you take what you can get. The figures are comically horrible - I think the driver has on swim flippers. The thing goes for stupid money; there's one on ebay with a $250 BIN. Don't know what my friend paid but I hope it wasn't anywhere near that.