Tamiya 1/35 Leopard A4

[madhatter]

hey guys

Here's one I forgot to post when I joined. It's my take on Tamiya's rather basic but excellent Leopard A4 which I built on behalf on my club for the 2023 Interclub comp held here in Melbourne. Rules are simple: must be OOB with no add on's. You can paint it what ever you like but you have to use any kit decals (if needed).

I decided I would paint mine in an urban splinter style - just coz I thought it would be cool. Turned out to be a good choice as we won that section

I kept the weathering down to what was effective rather than what is considered "realistic" as I did not possess the products suggested for modern day weathering techniques, and given I rarely ever build anything armour related, this is unlikely to change. I do have the Border Models "Grizzly" Battle Tank in my stash which will come out one day (it's a very cool, sci-fi looking tank from Red Alert (game) if you haven't seen it)

Anyways, that's it, but as always, thanks for stopping in and having a look

Si

[kyledehart5]

Really cool!! Looks awesome in the camo you chose. Wonderful work.

[stikpusher]

Very nicely done! When build OOB that kit is lacking many detail items that Tamiya neglected to add. But as shown here, even when missing those details it looks pretty damn good when built. Bravo!

[Tojo72]

Great camo job,and effective amount of weathering

[Mike]

I still have this kit unfinished on my own shelf. I must admit I love your camo scheme, that's brilliant! But I believe you mean to call this a Leopard, not Leopold lol.

[madhatter]

OMG you're right-I hadn't realised I'd done that. Opps

[handiabled]

I love the camo paintwork! The subtle weathering looks great

[Mike]

Jul 22, 2024 1:45:08 GMT -5 madhatter said:

OMG you're right-I hadn't realised I'd done that. Opps

Hey, no worries. Just thought you should know. Just an honest mistake that doesn't take away from your build in any way at all. That paintwork is truly inspiring. I may have to finish mine lol.

[406 Silverado]

The camo and shading work on this turned out brilliantly Simon. OOB it beat any efforts I could put forth on armor subjects. lol 

[madhatter]

Thanks guys! This is only my fourth tank that I have ever built. The first (a Tamiya M60A3) came out terribly and I went to throw it out, but my son loved it and kept it fro the junk pile. The other 2 were a BMPT "Terminator" and a Merkava 3D with a scratch built 'experimental' barrel:





I don't have any pics of the BMPT as that was held on photophucket and I am not going to pay their ransom to get it back.

[handiabled]

The spectacular way these builds turned out I think you should definitely build more armor!

[madhatter]

thanks mate
I am not really into armor all that much - or at least, not as much as sci-fi, cars and ships. My only other tank kit in the stash is quite a bit sci-fi - but that won't be hitting my bench anytime soon.I do have plans to mod the barrel like above but better. I really need to invest in a 3D printer aye - be so much better than anything I can cobble together with styrene.