Trumpeter Abrams 1/16

[FullArmor]

Some finished parts.

[Barry]

Nice work Sir!

[FullArmor]

17 minutes ago, Barry said:

Nice work Sir!

Thank you sir!🫡😀

[FullArmor]

Added details. Adjusted angle. Some are better, some worse. But I believe that after the painting I can be much more satisfied with the end result.

[FullArmor]

Painted and some init weathering done.

[BlrwestSiR]

The barrel looks really good. Nicely done!

[FullArmor]

7 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

The barrel looks really good. Nicely done!

Thanks🙂

I will do final weathering on this piece after i have assebled/painted rest of the turret. 

[FullArmor]

Turret builds slowly but surely. And Bunna 12 to the rescue😀

[Alan_G]

I for one, approve of your choice of turret support 👍

[FullArmor]

1 hour ago, Alan_G said:

I for one, approve of your choice of turret support 👍

Yes. These are great👍. I used these successfully previously with my t-34 build. You can easily drill matching holes to metal bottom and put something heavy inside. So you can get stable platform.

[FullArmor]

Front CIP building.📏🔨🪚

[Bomber_County]

50 minutes ago, FullArmor said:

Front CIP building.📏🔨🪚

Nice to see an engineers set of callipers rather than digital readout cheat set…….still surprised for the scale there is not the amount of detail supplied, probably tooling costs are prohibitive at this scale……..

[FullArmor]

3 minutes ago, Bomber_County said:

Nice to see an engineers set of callipers rather than digital readout cheat set…….still surprised for the scale there is not the amount of detail supplied, probably tooling costs are prohibitive at this scale……..

old school tools are better. This kit has been mixed bag. Some details are nice and some are very crude. Some parts fit is spot on and others are way off...not even close.

[FullArmor]

I dont mind missing parts, but i hate poor fitting parts.

[HubertB]

2 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

Nice to see an engineers set of callipers rather than digital readout cheat set…….still surprised for the scale there is not the amount of detail supplied, probably tooling costs are prohibitive at this scale……..

One thing I discovered is that the digital calipers always run out of battery when you need them. « Old style » calipers at least don’t need any battery, and I use them all the time. This said, I have a digital one for measuring angles. So that is a 50/50 choice

Hubert

PS: I only recently got rid of my slide rule. The battery on calculators really lasts a long time …

[GusMac]

12 hours ago, Alan_G said:

I for one, approve of your choice of turret support 👍

Gotta love a nice peaty Islay malt! 🥃

[Alan_G]

I have no wish to derail your thread, but with the recent news from the Nuremberg toy fair, I just wanted to say that despite your amazing work on this Abrams, I'm unlikely to start my own kit as previously mentioned....

This is why...

https://www.das-werk-models.com/products/german-mbt-leopard-2-a7v

[DocRob]

On 1/26/2025 at 5:43 PM, HubertB said:

PS: I only recently got rid of my slide rule. The battery on calculators really lasts a long time …

I went back to my slide rule, as my veneer Texas Instruments calculator (with the sexy red colored display) eats 9 volt batteries like Garfield Lasagne .
Seriously, I only have a non digital set of calipers. No batteries and always reminding me of my days as a young engineer.

Cheers Rob

[FullArmor]

3 hours ago, Alan_G said:

I have no wish to derail your thread, but with the recent news from the Nuremberg toy fair, I just wanted to say that despite your amazing work on this Abrams, I'm unlikely to start my own kit as previously mentioned....

This is why...

https://www.das-werk-models.com/products/german-mbt-leopard-2-a7v

WOW🤯! When is this coming. I want one👍

[Alan_G]

9 minutes ago, FullArmor said:

WOW🤯! When is this coming. I want one👍

No mention of release date yet, but trust me, I will be scouring the internet on a regular basis so I'll let you know when the date has been announced.

EDIT - Modellbau Koenig in Germany have it up for pre-order already:

https://www.modellbau-koenig.de/en/Leopard-2-A7V-1-16-en

Another EDIT - and it seems that Tamiya will also be releasing a 1/16 A7V as an RC kit: (photo courtesy of the Modellbau Bundeswehr Facebook group).

Edited Tuesday at 11:13 AM by Alan_G

[FullArmor]

10 minutes ago, Alan_G said:

No mention of release date yet, but trust me, I will be scouring the internet on a regular basis so I'll let you know when the date has been announced.

EDIT - Modellbau Koenig in Germany have it up for pre-order already:

https://www.modellbau-koenig.de/en/Leopard-2-A7V-1-16-en

Another EDIT - and it seems that Tamiya will also be releasing a 1/16 A7V as an RC kit: (photo courtesy of the Modellbau Bundeswehr Facebook group).

Thanks!

[Alan_G]

OK, again I want to stress that I do not want this to detract in anyway from your brilliant build log of the Abrams, but I thought you might be interested to know that Andy's HHQ YouTube channel has recently posted a detailed video on the Das Werk Leopard 2. 

As he says several times, it's still an early prototype so there are things yet to be added. But even from this early video, it's going to be incredible.

[FullArmor]

9 minutes ago, Alan_G said:

OK, again I want to stress that I do not want this to detract in anyway from your brilliant build log of the Abrams, but I thought you might be interested to know that Andy's HHQ YouTube channel has recently posted a detailed video on the Das Werk Leopard 2. 

As he says several times, it's still an early prototype so there are things yet to be added. But even from this early video, it's going to be incredible.

looks nice! Tracks build very similar to abrams. fortunately track pins are thicker to prevent warping

[GusMac]

Price isn't as bad as I thought it might be either! I see a birthday pressie....

[FullArmor]

I just realized I have too much 1/16 kits in stash, so i pass this one. But i would definitely like to see WIP build in this forum.