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Michael Hickey (mikestomcat)
AU

The Leopard Stalking in the Woods.

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4 June 2018, 11:30
Michael Hickey
Started with a rough base and placed a few trees to get the feel of what is to come. Next is painting the Leopard and deciding what I'm going to use to represent the ground cover.
4 June 2018, 11:35
Murad ÖZER
in!😎
4 June 2018, 11:54
Michael Hickey
👍
4 June 2018, 11:57
Spanjaard
in too 🙂 👍
4 June 2018, 12:50
Michael Hickey
The more the merrier I say, hopefully it won't take me too long.
4 June 2018, 12:56
Hoodlum90
Cool idea. You could probably use Asparagus setaceus for the branches on the tank.
4 June 2018, 13:42
Michael Hickey
Thanks for the tip Hoodlum90.🙂
4 June 2018, 21:54
Michael Hickey
Found some great artificial ground cover this morning in Spotlight & a junk shop that was next door to it. Managed to find some fake Asparagus setaceus looking stuff.
5 June 2018, 04:22
Patrick Hagelstein
This setup really looks promising!
5 June 2018, 05:18
Michael Hickey
I feel like I'm stuck in the mud, I don't know what to do next, continue with the base or start painting the tank.🤔
5 June 2018, 05:38
Glenn
Maybe do the base first then you will know what color to weather the tank with later? (my guess?)
5 June 2018, 06:05
Michael Hickey
Sounds like a plan. Thanks Glen.👍
5 June 2018, 06:51
Murad ÖZER
Mİcheal go with your gut, there is no 1 correct way of this.
5 June 2018, 12:43
Michael Hickey
Tonight I fixed the edging of the base, I'll let it harden for a few days give it a sand and then start putting on the vegetation. In the mean time I will start painting the tank, thanks for all your support guys.
5 June 2018, 14:10
Michael Hickey
Slowly but surely this beast is getting painted, hopefully by the time I go to bed tonight all the Nato Black will be on. Then tomorrow will be the painting of the Nato Brown.
9 June 2018, 11:36
Michael Hickey
Changed my plan and decided to get the base done before I continued on with painting anymore of the tank. Just have to make some very minor changes to the base and it will be done. Should have the whole dio finished by the end of next week.
16 June 2018, 12:43
Hoodlum90
Looks good! Maybe you can recreate the frozen dew by spraying clear mixed with some white. Its hard to recreate that look but it would be awesome!
16 June 2018, 14:06
Michael Hickey
Thanks Hoodlum90, and thanks for the tip.
17 June 2018, 01:37
Murad ÖZER
Michael we do not visit the cosmetics section for clear/zero nail polish! 😄
17 June 2018, 02:54
Michael Hickey
🙂
17 June 2018, 05:41
Michael Hickey
Thanks Lode, today the Nato Brown will finally get airbrushed on.
17 June 2018, 22:41
Michael Hickey
Finally, after much delay the Nato Brown is on. Now I'll do a gloss coat and do the decals and weathering.
20 June 2018, 09:24
Glenn
Yep! It's starting to look like a tank Nice!
20 June 2018, 14:17
Michael Hickey
Thanks Glenn & James.
21 June 2018, 00:04
Michael Hickey
After a month and a half she's finally finished, the pics aren't the best but it's pretty good to have her in the cabinet.
2 July 2018, 12:50
Murad ÖZER
Michael way to go, great scene!😎
2 July 2018, 13:36
Vincenzo
Well done, very good! 🙂
2 July 2018, 18:06
Ingo F
Awesome! 👍
2 July 2018, 18:08
Spanjaard
nice job.
2 July 2018, 20:04
Michael Hickey
Thanks Guys it was really a lot of fun to do.
2 July 2018, 21:13
Glenn
Looks Great! Tanks for showing us!
3 July 2018, 02:49
Michael Hickey
Thanks Glenn, and my pleasure.
3 July 2018, 05:32

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I'll build my Tamiya Leopard 2A6 from the German Bundeswehr Leopard 2A6 from the 2nd company of 393 Tank Battalion.

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1:35 Leopard 2A6 (Tamiya 35271)1:35 Leopard 2A6 (Eduard TP080)

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