RFM Leopard 2A7V finished

Armor/AFV Modern
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After my health problems I am getting into the swing of things again but fighting arthritis and fat shaky fingers.
Starts of with drilling a few hols to mount the IED belly armour.

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Tub assembled with Tamiya extra thin rapid and the fit is very good.
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Running gear on. All very straightforward, a nice touch is the front suspension is movable to adjust the tension of the tracks as IRL.
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Test fit of hull, a bit warped but nothing major.
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Tracks come with assemby jig and I am only making enough to show below the side skirts.
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I ignored RFM’s instructions to add all the bits to the upper hull before attatching it to the lower.
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Tracks painted and basic weathering applied.
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Basic paint job on wheels and masks made on my Cameo 4 cutter.
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Lower hull painted, wheels and tracks attached.
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All the stuff RFM wanted you to put on before joing the hull attached.
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Turret built.

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I left the baskets that go hafway along the turret off because I knew there was going to be a decal there and it would be very difficult to place it after fitting.
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Home mix base green applied.
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Followed by the brown and black.
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Lots of plastic left over.
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Finished
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Great job. :+1:

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Thank you I am not that happy with the camo netting but overall I am happy with the result.

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You should be happy with the results. I get the netting but from what I see it’s the material not the execution that is the issue imo.

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Sweet looking RFM Leopard 2A7V you finished!

Roughly how many hours to build?

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Beautiful result

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Thank you both.

I worked on it most days for the last two weeks from 5AM to 3PM.
The most tedious part was unsurprisingly the tracks.

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Very nice. I don’t know if you used a gray for the black or applied a heavy filter over it, but it has the right look.

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Very nicely done, sir!

:beer: :cowboy_hat_face:

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Great build! I am a bit jealous that you are done and mine is still in the box. That appears to be more spare plastic than a Dragon 3 in 1 kit. Are the spare parts from sprues used on previous versions?

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Thank you all.

I am always suprised the amount a paint job darkens with a clear coat on top so yes I did lighten the colours.
I read the mixtures used in an article from AFV magazine but the author did not specify any ratios.
The green is XF-67 NATO Green +XF-3 Yellow + XF-21 Sky, the brown is XF-68 NATO Brown +XF-52 Flat Earth and finally the black is XF-69 NATO Black +XF-21 Sky.

Yes lots of it is from the last RFM 2A6 iteration.

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