Thanks Barkindigger and Petbat, and that barrel also makes it less easy to park in my finished models cabinet…
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Very nice work; very nice.
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Great build, Bert! Very convincing and beautiful job on the camo as alrerady pointed out.
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In between a few medical distractions and the M48A2 project, I’ve managed to get a coat of paint on the mighty Dutch MBT-70; I need to apply another coat as I’ve missed a few places but progress perhaps:
The turret is just lodged on for the moment. As you will note, I use Tamiya’s XF-51 for the Gelboliv.
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Nifty!
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Very nice Brian. Looking excellent.
Thanks very much Chaps; I must say, even if so myself, it does have sort of presence doesn’t it? Not too much imagination required to envisage it on the NW German farmlands looking for T-64s!
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Remember this beast from the 1990s?
Well, it exists in kit form courtesy of Amusing Hobby. Now, I’m getting ahead of myself here; I have the MBT-70 to complete - although built, and my M48A2 is coming to fruition, however, I could not resist a decent looking Black Eagle that must fit the “Best Tank that Never Was” criteria easily, so here it is:
I’m not going to show every last sprue, but here’s a couple, including a 3D printed component nicely protected in a small plastic box:
That interesting looking turret:
And a mercifully small etched brass fret:
Whilst the tracks look a bit laborious, I don’t have to worry about a top run. As I plan to depict it as per the pics, I also don’t have to worry about a crew - unusual for me - and can model it all closed down.
The only accessory I thought necessary was this set:
So, 4 months left (in which to complete the MBT-70 as well), and I might be a bit pushed. We’ll see!
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I have this Black Eagle kit as well. It looks outstanding in the box. I’ve built 3 Amusing Hobby kits and they have all had excellent fit and finish. You should look forward to building this one!
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I missed this one. Looking very mean and purposeful I must say.
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I always liked the look of the Russian T-80 and the Black Eagle is a great choice for this campaign.
Wondering if this will be a ‘what if’ in GSFG service, or even GDR?
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Oh God - don’t! It was bad enough (by that I mean “fun”) identifying what needed what on my (fairly) recent T-74 project; I don’t really wish to go down a similar route with Black Eagle - although, although…….
No; this will have to be an OOB build I think. It should still look sufficiently mad with the paint job and the camouflaged turret.
However, an NVA green one with the DDR emblem……?
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……….. 
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I can’t recall if I posted a starting pic or not and I can’t be arsed right now to scroll back through eight months of posts, but I am going with Amusing Hobby’s Neubaufahrzeug, which I finally got a start on today:
And here is where I am stopping for the evening:
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Wow that’s a lot of work for one day! It looks great.
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Don’t worry about a starting pic! (I could look it up, but won’t bother as your recent pic is clearly raw plastic…)
Reminds me I need to restart my own entry!
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Me too.
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Okay, I have made a start to my entry. Too hot and humid here to do any airbrushing, so my other builds have stalled until better weather.
What I am building is Takom’s German VT 1-2. A cold war oddity with 2 guns. The VT 1-1 was a version with 105mm guns, but the VT 1-2 was equipped with 120mm guns - one auto loaded the other manually loaded, because they could not get the autoloader sorted as a mirror of the original.
The VT 1-2 is in Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung (WTS) in Koblenz, and I got to take a lot of detail pics when I was there a few years ago, so I will be adding missing detail as I go along…
Start pic and where I am up to:
The kit lower and Upper hulls are both a bit warped, but I am hoping when the sides are added, it will all pull into alignment.
So far fit has been good, although the instructions show the incorrect part numbers for the hydraulic 2 x 2 junction boxes to be fitted on each side. #35 is actually #36 and visa versa, same with #37 and #38 (these are the two rectangular pieces fitted close to the sponson in the first pic.
The real Beast:
And one of the junction boxes mentioned above:
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For those who may have missed it, I posted a 1970s article about the VT 1-1 and 1-2 earlier in this thread.
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