Tiny Tanks: 1/72 Revell Leopard 2
After a pause of many months, I finished a new tiny tank, a modern one this time: A Leopard 2 A5. This tank is the tank of choice for pretty much any modern nation that doesn't produce its own Main Battle Tank (MBT) nationally. The kit itself was frustrating in places. The frustration started with me looking at the tracks. The tracks came in four pieces, which you were supposed to bend via hot water into the proper shape. The instructions came with a helpful note: " Bend with the help of hot water, do not use boiling water in any case! " Long story short, the tracks were a nightmare jigsaw of superglue and tepid water when I followed the vague instructions and got nowhere. After the fact I did work out a procedure for making the tracks work. A proper assembly would read: 1. Assemble drive sprockets, return wheels, road wheels. 2. Boil a kettle's worth of hot water. 3. Just after boiling, pour 2 cups or so of hot water into a medium bowl, preferably...