My First Attempt at Armour, The Panther Panzer KampfwagenV Ausf A....

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Put some paint on a Tiger II on the weekend les, do you want them in your thread as I go along? or keep it separate..your call man.

 

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Put it all on this thread man, Id appreciate all the tips/tricks and pics that anyone can put here...

 

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Not my model but wanted to share with you!

 

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Interesting scheme TT any reference to it!! Looks good.

Ok Les, here is the first shot having applied the overall dark Yellow (Tamiya XF-60) followed by the Red Brown (XF-64)...

 

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Damn that looks good Wayne, thx for postin...

Thanks for that TT, great lookin tank....

 

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Third camo colour Olive green XF-58 to finish the main work. The Brown and the Green are full colour about a 50/50 paint and thinner mix, as you can see they are mottled on carefully to create the pattern but show differing thicknesses of application of the paint.

During this week at work I am using my lunch breaks to paint the tracks in a mix of Metallic Grey and Red Brown....pics on Sat'dy.

 

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Looking good, giving me new ideas all the time..... Thx Wayne...

 

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In my castle....

GREAT work fellas!

 

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Remember, Dan, make it look dirty. As nizzer rightly said, no tank was clean. I'm sure some of them on the Eastern Front were so caked in dirt that it added to their armour protection !

 

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plan_D said:

Remember, Dan, make it look dirty. As nizzer rightly said, no tank was clean. I'm sure some of them on the Eastern Front were so caked in dirt that it added to their armour protection !

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I think that no tank was clean bacause of Blitzkrieg and their later retreat.Simply German crews didn't have time to clean them.

 

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Got it guys, thanks..

 

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Let's see some pics, Les! Even little stuff would be fun.

 

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Wayne, that paint job is teriffic ! Hope, someday, I can paint that good.

Charles

 

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nice job wayne! as with charles someday I wish I get that good!

 

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The back of beyond

Construction review - Tamiya Panther Ausf. G (früh)

Panther

The first site is a complete construction review of Tamiya kit, the second is detail pics of the surviving Panthers in Europe. if you type 'Panther tank pics' in on google the first thing should be a picture gallery - stack of info in there!

Good luck Les, and let us know how she comes along!

 

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Man, frickin excellent stuff A4K, thanks for that... I havent done a single online search for the Panther yet, relying on u pricks to get me through it hehe...

 

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check out this website for tarting up the king tiger 8) , i'm half way through my 1/16 king tiger build

1/16 Tamiya King Tiger photo gallery

another site for great german tanks, etc,etc some beauties on there 8)

Dr.Shige's Tank world @ Shigeyuki Mizuno

...ian.

 

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Man what a beauty the Tamiya is. I love the piano wire for cable. You can get that stuff at Home Depot Les in all sorts of different gauges.

 

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Holycrap ian, the second URl is AWESOME!! Crappy website design since the links are disjointed, but he dioramas are fantastic.

 

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I agree Matt, I sat there with my mouth open on some of those dioramas.... This shot blew me away....