Spence Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Morning everyone!Well, it's been a long time since I've posted anything on here that's armour related and so I'm pleased to finally be able to reveal my new Dutch Leopard 2A4NL. Built from the new(ish) Revell kit, this model has been a real labour of love; I've wanted to build one of these for over twenty years and so its been great to finally add it to the display case!The model has been detailed from the box, with old-school additions, plasticard, rod and strip, the tarpaulins were sculpted using very thinly rolled Magic Sculp and then the crew figures created from one heavily converted VP figure and one scratchbuilt, the latter using only an off-the-shelf head and hands.In terms of finish, I decided from the outset to create as true to life a finish as possible and so avoided any definite effects, concentrating only on what I could see and replicate in my reference photos and though not exactly eye-popping, captures I think, the spirit of the original.I'd really like to publicly thank Olaf Kievit and Axel Repping for their help with this model, as well as anyone else who, through my Facebook page, chipped in with ideas and offers of pictures and the like. Thank you all! If you would like to know more about this model please check out the July, August, October and November issues of TMMI.I hope you like it! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Stunning, love the deatil, including the footprints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADMUSKY Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Simply Stunning, beautiful weathering, the figures are superb, Outstanding is what I have to say!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 OH, that is amazing, love the minute details! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Outstanding,love not only the finish on the Leopard but the small details like the footprints and the drinking bottles, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XL929 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 That is superb, thank you for sharing such a lovely piece of work with us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamboRamage Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Simply stunning! Loving the details, really brings it to life. -Stuart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Very well presented. Love the attention to detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vajled Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 great build Cheers Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Modelling Knife Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 An excellent piece of work. Congratulations! Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 What an absolutely incredible result - you are a very, very skilled modeller with an amazing eye for detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Moon Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 That is an excellent model with a very convincing finish. Nice to see a piece of armour that isn't covered in chipped paint and rust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Your painstaking works has really paid off – amazing sense of reality! And the arguing figures set it off perfectly. Respect! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ayrey Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Absolutely brilliant, saw it at Euromilitaire yesterday and looks stunning in the flesh, hope you got a well deserved awared for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtvmodeler Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Excellent work friend!. Those all details are very good and the figures looks great too! Regards!Rodolfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Awesome work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykay Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I have an Aztec which is ok, but got a Neo (kindda made by iwata) last year as an Xmas pressie and its very very good. Can do superfine lines on 172 camo with it. Low air pressure and thin paint works for me. They are about 50 quid. Can't rate it high enough, although never tried anything more up market. Your builds look v good, Jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Excellent, keep looking and finding more snippets of detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1drop Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Great build, well done. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruudster Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Looks great! Nice to see a KL Cat. The loader doesn't look very Dutch though, shouldn't he either be blond or have long hair :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Top stuff, very realistic and well detailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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