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Tamiya 1/35 Flakpanzer Gepard

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Tamiya 1/35 Flakpanzer Gepard....

This is my second piece of armour so, please be gentle.

Loved this build from start to finish. Cracking kit to build and 30 years old too!


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Sweet! I like that it's not overly weathered which most are because they go into muddy terrains, but, it's nice to see one with subtlety. Fab paint job, inside and out! :thumb1: :thumb1:
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Cheers buddy, I prefer subtle :th:
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Congrats on the finish Lee
It looks great even with out a large amount of dust and dirt
Suprusing that an old kit can give such a result
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Looks great!!!!
The tank looks as if you've never built anything else except armored vehicles :th:
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Very nice Lee. The subtlety of the finishes is excellent. Not bad for your second in the genre - I have to consider returning to them.
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Nice work mate, defo needs some more weathering though imo.
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Cheers for the comments fellas, does the confidence no end of good :th:

Paul wrote:Nice work mate, defo needs some more weathering though imo.
Why does it have to be ultra dirty or battered to death Paul?
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Lee wrote:Cheers for the comments fellas, does the confidence no end of good :th:

Paul wrote:Nice work mate, defo needs some more weathering though imo.
Why does it have to be ultra dirty or battered to death Paul?
When did i say that?
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Beautiful job for your 2nd armour kit Lee.... you should be proud ...
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Thanks Gary :)
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Hey Lee congrats on finishing a kit! :D lol she looks superb, love that subtle weathering, it really suits this vehicle :thumb2:
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lol - Thanks dude :)
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Very nice build Lee , we could say that you build armor all your modeler life ! :th:

And the kit for an oldie seems very nice , some very nice details .

Done a great job on this , if you are like me now that we started in armor ( My D-Day churchill is a little bit ( just a liitle...) more weathered :P )we will build a lot more :lol:

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Nice job Lee, looks fantastic. Monkey see, Monkey do. I've started looking around for the kit.
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Cheers guys :)
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Very nice work
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Lovely build lee, when in Germany on Excersize I remember seeing one of these fire, the amount of lead they chuck in the air is quite staggering!
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Very good work Chief :clap: ...but why so big ? :mrgreen:
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That is one fine looking piece of war machinery!
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This turned out great especially for an old kit. I have avoided the 70's Tamiya armour assuming them to be compromised for motorization and generally a bit clunky but I may have to think again. I think an ideal stablemate for this beast would be the Tamiya Leopard of the same vintage. I would love to see you give it the same treatment. Nice :th:

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Thanks a lot guys :D
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