This is Revell- Germany's 1/35th scale Panzer Haubitze 2000. It comes with an Aluminum barrel in addition to the kit plastic one.

Im waiting on the decals, then it will get a couple coats of Dullcote. Then the headlights, taillghts and whoopie lights will be painted.

Looking pretty good so far. I built this one a while back too. It can come out really nice. How are the tracks on yours? Mine had really soft rubber tracks that fell apart a few months after I built it. I had to replace them with Leo 1 tracks, which are not totally correct, but close and the only things that fit it since no one makes AM PzHow 2000 tracks.

Good luck and keep us posted.

these are the same rubbery tracks that you described. Im not holding out much hope for them either.

Looks good. I haven't checked the tracks on mine to see if they fell apart yet. Better go look...

Looks Good!

Looks really good, AJ. Weathering and dry-brushing came out nice. How did you make out on getting new decals ?

Cheers !

Robert

BARV said he would hook me up with a set of his.

Quick question about the 2000 kit's tracks-
Anyone ever figure out just why they break down?
I've looked around, and the only info I've been able to get on any track disintergration (not kit-specific) is one of two things:
1) Enamel paints - I've heard the gluable vinyl doesn't like enamels much, and
2) Alcohol (as a pre-paint cleaner, or thinning of acrylic paints) causes some serious dry-out, leading to failure.
Is it possible that, if I avoid those two situations with my 2000's track, the tracks will remain where they should be?

BTW, Darktrooper - I hope that I can get my 2000 to look as good as yours... excellent build!

I don't know about the tracks, but mine were soft and stretchy even before I painted them. I have never had a problem with enamel paints either. I just think the rubber sucks.

C'mon Gino don't candy coat it. Let us know what you think. I got the same problem with mine. The tracks seem to be melting before my eyes. Must have been a bad batch or something. I'll probably look for some AM replacements that are a close match. "Q"

I'm going to give the kit tracks a go (I've got a couple of ideas), but I'll keep a set from either AFV Club (the Leopard II tracks) or Trumpeter (from their Italian MBT) on hand - just in case

I built mine soon after they first came out. I used acrylic paint with windshield washer thinner on the tracks. They are still ok. Hope that helps.
capnjock

Thanks for the info, capnjock!
I was thinking about going the acrylic route anyway (the paint's more flexible), so your post gives me a bit of hope