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Wheels and Wings Hobbies - Scale Model Build Feature Kyle Builds the Tamiya Leopard 2A7 - Arid "What If" Scheme Tamiya 1/35 - Armour - Full Build Feature 1/35 Armour "This is what a German 2A7 would look like in an arid environment." Fictional but grounded in real-world arid camouflage patterns - inspired by vehicles deployed in Afghanistan. Kyle felt that painting it in standard NATO green would be the safe choice. The safe choice was less interesting. There was a Leopard 2 demo vehicle wea …

Wheels and Wings Hobbies - Scale Model Build Feature Kyle Builds the Cyberhobby 1/35 Panzer III Ausf.K Cyberhobby 9118 - 1/35 Armour - Full Build Feature ? 1/35 Armour Cyberhobby kit 9118 - long discontinued, unfortunately. The Panzer III Ausf.K is a rare German command variant that kept the 5cm cannon while most other command versions substituted a dummy gun to blend in with the rest of the formation. The kit is built in the markings of the Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland, Easter …

Wheels and Wings Hobbies - Scale Model Build Feature Kyle Builds the Tamiya 1/35 Panzer IV Ausf.F Tamiya 35374 - 1/35 Armour - Full Build Feature 1/35 Armour The Tamiya 1/35 Panzer IV Ausf.F (kit 35374) - a mostly new tooling stamped 2020, built on the lower hull and suspension from Tamiya's mid-90s Ausf.J and H kits. Six years on from our original build review and this kit is still every bit as good as any other Tamiya release. This build represents a vehicle intended for deployment to Nort …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Scale Model Build Feature Building the Tamiya Renault R35 with AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylics Tamiya 1/35 · Armour · Full Build Feature 1/35 Armour The Tamiya Renault R35 is a beautifully engineered little kit - a four-colour French camouflage scheme, clever tapered axle engineering on the running gear, and link-and-length tracks that represent the best compromise between detail and sanity. Finished here as a vehicle of the 23rd Combat Tank …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Scale Model Build Feature Kyle Builds the 1/35 StuG III Ausf.C — Winter Scheme Dragon/Cyber Hobby 9119 · 1/35 Armour · Full Build Feature ⚙ 1/35 Armour Kyle's Dragon/Cyber Hobby StuG III Ausf.C in a hand-applied winter whitewash scheme. The base Dunkelgrau is airbrushed first, then heavily thinned Off White is streaked over it by brush in successive passes - wet, crude, deliberate - to simulate the look of field-applied whitewash wear …