Yup, I’ve been busy–working on this braille-scale 1/72 Leo 2A6 from DML for a little dio I’ve been doing for Jenn. I thought I’d show off the tank here, as it’s a pretty nice stand-alone piece. It has one-piece tracks, but they really fit surprisingly well, and took Tamiya paint no problem. I glued them with regualr CA glue. It also comes with the cables on the back. Painted with Tamiya paints, and weathering done with a MIG filter and “splatter effect” with acrylic paint for the mud effects.
and heres the setting so far–still wating on a 1/72 scale girl civilian figure to come in… Gunner Jenn…[:I]
Very cool splatter mud effect! Hard to do in 1/35, even more so in braile scale. NICE. My wife, the horse nut in these parts, really likes the horseys! Again, really cool looking kittie. Great idea you have there dude!
I love the camo and the weathering. But the tank… Hmm… I much rather like the Leopard 2 with the more square turret. But this is nice as well. How was the 1/72? Is it in DMLs ArmorPRO serie?
And the horse… Love it! So the cow! Or is that a horse with a cow camopattern? [swg]
Who made the cow and/or the horse?
And… Well…I like it. Way better than mine for sure!! [:D]
Doog impressive mud splatter and horse - but the piccies - aren;t they a bit dark? Can you lighten them up a it in post-production? Also, the turret rear baskets; have a look at some piccies of the real thing here:
Thanks for theheads up on that! I honestly did’t even realize that the one is crooked! I can break that off and reglue…
The pics were taken last night–usually I do it during the day in natural daylight. I could lighten them up in a program, but I don;t want to have to reload them all…too much work right now! [:-^]
The horses are from Preisser. They’re copies of Historex 1/32 horses, as far as I can tell?
The patttern on the one horse is a common pattern to many breeds–not just cows! LOL! Jenn calls it a “ghost face”–a dark horse with a light face. [:)]
I do like that Leo 2A4 with the square turret. It’s funny; I ws thinking of building that in 1/35 soon! THis was just a regular DML kit, not a Pro series.
Very Nice Karl. Gotta luv those little ones. One little hint. The caps of the smoke grenade dischargers are black and not the vehicles colors. I built the DML 2A6 about 3 years back but unfortunately it took some moving damage so I am not going to post a pic. I still have a RoG kit of the Panzerhaubitze 2000 thinking about painting in a desert camo for possible deployment to ISAF.
Whoa!!! That is very impressive, Karl (but I’ve come to expect nothing less coming off your workbench! [tup] ). Great paint work, especially for such a small scale. I seriously don’t know how you armor guys do it. Jen’s gonna be thrilled with that one!
Karl, the desert camo would be a what if. Since Germany has not any Leo’s deployed to Afghanistan yet. But they have the Marder now there for the QRF in Masar- Al- Sharif. Here are a Dingo and a Fuchs that they use in Afghanistan. I have also seen pictures where the green was just replaced with sand color or the whole vehicle ws covered in dried mud which would make it a 100% Karl project…lol.
The greek Leo has shall we say a unique camo…lol. As far as the Urban Leo is concerned it is only a prototype called Leopard 2 PSO ( Peace Support Operation). And yes it is intended for urban warfare. It is based on a Leo2A6M and modified with a 360 degree infrared tv system as well as a remote weapons station for either a .50cal or a 40mm grenade launcher. It aslo includes additional armor like for the smoke granade dischargers and on the engine deck. Here is a little video.
First he rusts, the he gets old, then he gets into animals, then he grows wings, now he shrinks. He’s like some sort of X man or something. I’m soooo confused, it must be a dream.
I’ll take two shots of Scotch and check again in the morning…
