The Leopard 2 Tank Thread [Updated 2021/01/16]

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Re: Leopard 2A6/ 2A6M CAN/ 2A7+/ 2A8/ (Updated 2016/2/27)

Post by Steel_Valkyrie » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:09 am

An interesting idea would be to provide variant instructions, minus the pieces, for the buyers to build themselves using their own parts. Just a thought.
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Re: Leopard 2A6/ 2A6M CAN/ 2A7+/ 2A8/ (Updated 2016/2/27)

Post by RedRover » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:25 am

Steel_Valkyrie wrote:An interesting idea would be to provide variant instructions, minus the pieces, for the buyers to build themselves using their own parts. Just a thought.
Yeah, I'd see people considering paying $10-15 for some quality pdf instructions.

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Re: Leopard 2A6/ 2A6M CAN/ 2A7+/ 2A8/ (Updated 2016/2/27)

Post by Valiant » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:26 am

I've actually been thinking about doing that for some time now. However, I would still charge $ for the variant instructions, as they do take time to put together.

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Re: Leopard 2A6/ 2A6M CAN/ 2A7+/ 2A8/ (Updated 2016/2/27)

Post by Vami IV » Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:44 pm

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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/3/10)

Post by Half-Moon Molly » Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:06 am

This seems like a good idea, and i'd be willing to buy some, but the price is kinda high. If i wanted to, i could just order from Brickmania and get a 15% Astarte discount. Oh, and by the way, it's good to see another Canadian who likes to blow up minifigs to smithereens. :D
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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/3/10)

Post by Valiant » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:38 am

What do you mean by 15% Astarte discount? Do you mean 15% start discount?

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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/3/10)

Post by Half-Moon Molly » Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:19 pm

Sorry about that. E A S T E R is translated to Astarte.

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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/3/10)

Post by Valiant » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:09 pm

Oh yeah; I totally forgot about the Brikwars translation software :D

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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/3/10)

Post by Valiant » Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:35 pm

Rebuilt the Leopard 2A6 from scratch last week, and incorporated new suspension and hull techniques into the build!

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For my idea to create a kit based off of the previous Leo. 2 model, those plans have been dropped. Mainly because it's a lot harder to source pieces than I thought!
Instead, I will make the previous Leo. 2 instructions available for sale sometime this week; just have to set up a Paypal account :D

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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/3/10)

Post by Kaplan » Fri Apr 22, 2016 5:25 pm

Valiant wrote:Rebuilt the Leopard 2A6 from scratch last week, and incorporated new suspension and hull techniques into the build!
http://i.imgur.com/kP2l3fk.jpg?1
For my idea to create a kit based off of the previous Leo. 2 model, those plans have been dropped. Mainly because it's a lot harder to source pieces than I thought!
Instead, I will make the previous Leo. 2 instructions available for sale sometime this week; just have to set up a Paypal account :D
Is there a 1x1 tile missing on the right side of the tread cover?
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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/4/19)

Post by Valiant » Fri Apr 22, 2016 6:25 pm

Forgot to add WIP XD
Still need to finalise the roof, sides and rear of the turret.

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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/4/19)

Post by Valiant » Thu May 05, 2016 11:47 pm

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Almost done! Once I finalise the turret side armour, I will once again make the engine deck accessible, with a removable power pack. Once all that is done, I will make a digital version of the model for production :D


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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/5/5)

Post by Valiant » Fri May 06, 2016 12:14 am

Nope, it's dark-blueish gray. However, I adjusted some of the colour and lighting with my phone* before I uploaded the photograph.

*So, I photographed the model with a Cannon, emailed myself the best pictures, edited them on my phone, emailed them back to myself, and then uploaded the photographs to Flickr and Imgur.

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Re: The Leopard 2 Tank Thread (Updated 2016/5/5)

Post by RedRover » Fri May 06, 2016 12:20 am

Do your tanks have a smokescreen ability since they have the smoke-grenade tubes?

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