W.I.P Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 - Part 5

Alright people... I have some updates for you all - 

The first thing I did was putting on the decals -










And I followed that up with the optics and lights -

Driver sights


Front lights 


Rear lights 


Gunner sight


Commander periscopes and sight 


Now what comes afterwards is something that I have never done before - foliage Camouflage

The first thing I did was a camo net with lots of leaves on it. 



The net was bandaged soaked in thinned down ''Field Green '' to ease painting and the leaves are Parsley. I thought of using coriander but I couldn't take the smell LOL. The net was wrapped and glued on with science bond glue as it is better to use then super glue. 

And I ordered some leaves from Plus models and made myself some branches from wires, painted them in brown and I got these - 



Which will go on the model like so -




I noticed the Clear varnish I put on have misted a bit. Probably the cold, windy weather must have affected it. Doesn't matter, it will be gone after weathering so I don't really mind. 

Starting from here, I will be working on with a little artistic license as to how the foliage and camouflage are placed. 

I have seen those tanks draped with some kind of tape and fabric on top of the camouflages and also on the barrel so I decided to try putting these on -


so combining all of these, this is how my Leo is looking now -






I wanted to try out something that is new for me. How that didn't came out very bad.