I could be wrong, but isn't the Leopard 2A4 this?

1/72 Hasegawa Leopard

1. Think i need to brush up on my building skills so a place to pick up a book would really help!

2. A reliable shop to go to....cos i went to a jap owned hobby shop near Selegie n they werent very helpful..

3. Some advise on basic equipment setup that i may need, stuff like paints, brushes, airbrush systems etc without burning a hole in my pocket!!

Any help will be much appreciated bros!! Many thanks in advance!!

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1. Think i need to brush up on my building skills so a place to pick up a book would really help!

2. A reliable shop to go to....cos i went to a jap owned hobby shop near Selegie n they werent very helpful..

3. Some advise on basic equipment setup that i may need, stuff like paints, brushes, airbrush systems etc without burning a hole in my pocket!!

Any help will be much appreciated bros!! Many thanks in advance!!

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1.) a book, it's hard to pinpoint any particular book, i myself started with shep paine's book, but this was published ages ago, a bit old but still very relevant as an all around book. Old in the sense that there are tons of new techniques and kits that has appeared since that book was published. Osprey has some basic beginner and intermediate how to modelling books and if you want to target how to model specific tanks then, Osprey would be a good way to start.

2.)as for the shop, the problem is that the shop in selegie that you mentioned probably is more geared towards planes, for armor, go across the road to sunshine plaza (it's opposite NAFA along bencoolen street, with its back facing the empty lot in front of peace center) - there are a bunch of model shops there 2 specialising in armor and 2 in gundam stuff...those armor shops usually have modellers hanging out building models and are quite well stocked - so it would be a great place to pick up some advice on getting started again.

good luck! and welcome back

btw, sorry for deviating off topic, 'totenkorp' its better to move this discussion to a new thread

Just wanna share some of the photo taken at the recent Army Open House at PLC. Too bad the interior of the MBT is not open to public.

yeah, i felt its quite small too.
but my fellow modeller, i don't think this will be the final version. i think there will be some upgrades on them.
but for now, its the original leo 2a4

Btw, having fun with some schemes on our A4s:

Hi guys,

The kit to have in 1/72 is Dragon. In 1/35, go for Hobbyboss - not a perfect kit (a lot of simplified details) but I believe it's a lot easier to build than Revell/Italeri/Testor. Hull wise, it's similar to Tamiya kit's breakdown in parts and assembly. Turret wise, it follow's Revell/Italeri but made some improvements (positionable mantlet). Plus the anti-skid areas are more up-to-date (reflected by later batches of 2 A4s).

The HB kit has a lot more to go if you want to bring it up to "perfection". If you're interested to know, I can point to you the areas that needed major improvements. Not hard to do, just need extra time and patience, but that's what modelling is about.

If I were you guys, I'd keep a Tamiya 2A6 / HB 2A6, EX kits handy, as you'll need some of the parts not found in HB's 2A4... I'm refering to upgrades... *hint hint*...

The Italeri kit does depict an older Leopard 2 but that may work for Singapore's. They'll be, ahem, pre-owned, and countries like Poland and Finland have already had first refusal on stocks of unwanted 2A4s. They may well have had the more recent ones.

Yet another option opens up for my Leopard stash ... and I'd buy any of those what-if schemes!

seán