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George Williams
Super underside detailing.

Roberto
Thank you, but I could do it better. Maybe next models will be better than this.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, that's spectacular!! Makes me think about giving up modeling!

Lebloge
Totally agree with Mike !! 🫡

Pepe
Great!!!!

J35J
Mindblowing! Congrats to an excellent build!👍🏻

Doubtingmango
The figures and stowage are spectacular!

Mr James
Mike says it all. Outstanding detail expertly done

Ben M
Holy cow, that's outstanding!

Neuling
Excellent work. Inspiring details to see here. Reason to keep on modelling! 🙂

Robert H.
many thanks guys 🙏🙏🙏 glad you like it, keep on modeling !!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Robert H.
thanks Guy 👍

mschwery
A very lively model!

Marcin Dudek
Holly smokes, I can't takę my eyes off all those cool details. Greate job 👏

Michael Kohl
Well, nothing to add actually. Just splendid.

Mike Siemers
Great job, love the Pin-up in the back of the turret. Fantastic detail.

Rui S
Impressive indeed 👍

Robert H.
really glad you all like it, thanks guys 🙏

Neuling
Top notch. Model and photography.

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Oleg Smilyk
👍

RichardF
Thanks for the comments - appreciated.

Felix
Wow, just gorgeous!! Absolutely brilliant! Amazing weathering.

George Williams
Fabulous.

Spanjaard
Wow, what a superb work Gorby!

Robert Podkoński
You're fantastic, Gorby! Really good work!

Guy Rump
Beautiful build! 👍

Adrian Forest
Full interior at 1:48 is a lot to take on!

gorby
Thanks very much mates. Glad you like it. 🙂

Murad ÖZER
gorby you'r a brave one for sure, i wouldn't attempt this in 35th scale let alone 48th. however the end result is beautiful, well worth the trouble me sez! 👍👍👍

gorby
Thanks Murad. I'm not sure about brave. Maybe if I knew what I was taking on. Foolish would be much more appropriate. 🙂

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍

John Hughes
Nice job on your Panther Cabriolet, Gorby!

Simon Nagorsnik
Congrats and my respect for this Gorby!
You did an awesome job here👍
Out and inside are just real eycatcher!
I'm amazed😁

gorby
Thanks Rui, John & Simon. 🙂
It really is an excellent kit - but make sure you carefully read the instructions and engage your brain as it's easy to stuff it up.

Neuling
Gorby: it´s the result and the qualitiy that count, all´s well that ends well! May be your early quick builds were not quite as good as the late ones?

Roberto Rocat
Great and interesting work!

gorby
Thanks mates I'm glad you like it.
Neuling: One day I might get to be as good a modeller as you. Obliviously it won't be in this lifetime...perhaps the one after next. 😄

Random Penguin
Nice build, Gorby!
Any problems with zimmerit during priming? Which primer did you use?

Random Penguin
Oh, man! After seeing all the trouble you had with interior it's cool that you didn't drop the build.

Christian Abraham
It cames out really great. Perhaps I should try one myself.

gorby
Thanks mates. 👍
Random Penguin: I used a cheap rattle-can plastic primer from Halfords (a car accessories retailer) without any problems at all – other than the Zimm decals are quite brittle.
I never give up on a build – don't think 'cool' think 'unhealthy obsession'. 😉

Spanjaard
there are much worst obsessions out there, my deal gorby. i think you have a good one 🙂

David Taylor
If it's a disease I hope they d'ont find a cure.LOL.

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Random Penguin
I fixed the zimmerit on my kit by melting it down with plastic glue, so I wasn't sure if it would hold up to a can of primer. But since you say that everything is OK, then I probably will try. It's a pity I don't have much left of zimmerit except for Suyata's logo - there is almost nowhere to check how the chemistry will react with it.

gorby
It didn't occur to me there would be a problem with the primer and fortunately there wasn't. Give it a go and you'll probably find the same.
(PS If it's a disaster, I can delete this comment can't I?) 😄

David Taylor
If this is your first you should carry on this route.

gorby
I might need to give it some time until the mental scars heal. 😄
I'm more into 1/72 armour now (it's all Zsolt's fault I tell you!) and if anyone suggests building a 1/72 tank with an full interior, I won't be responsible for my actions. 😉

John Hughes
Never saw some of the old Esci Shermans or Nitto M36's then, eh?

Bruce Huxtable
Really liking the results, Gorby 🙂 Your notes and comments ring true for soo many of us, I'm sure 🙂 Ah, impetuous youth, where are you now...? Our discerning 'eye' is so much more developed, I'm sure, but the satisfaction of doing a nice job is the same 🙂 (I still kick myself when clumsy fingers break off fragile parts.....)

gorby
John: I've concluded that any right-thinking person would agree that a tank model with a full interior is a ludicrous concept at whatever scale – 1/72 & 1/76 scale doubly so. Obviously if you don't agree I'm not going to categorise you as right thinking and therefore can be safely ignored. 😉
Thanks Bruce, I've reached the stage where I know when gluing a fragile part on that it's without doubt going to get broken off at some later point in the build. I find it always helps to have some favourite swear words on hand.

Random Penguin
Finally tried Tamiya Surface Primer can on mine, worked fine.

gorby
Good to hear. I'll have a look at your build.

Mick Burdett
Wonderful work Gorby of probably the best tank of ww 2

gorby
Thanks for your comment Mick, glad you like it.
As to best tank, Al Murray doesn't agree. 😄
Youtube Video

Rui S
Hahahahaha what a clown hahahahaha

Marcel Chmura
Wow looks fantastic.

gorby
Thanks Marcel. 👍

Kesa Tiho
A+ really nice finish. Loooove it. And the riger modelis joke had my laughing so hard i cried 🤣

Lebloge
Just… Superb !! 🫡

gorby
Thanks very much Kesa and Lebloge. Glad you like it. 🙂

Pepe
Woooooooow!!!!

gorby
Thanks Pepe. 👍

Pietro De Angelis
Really impressive Gorby, congrats, and congrats also for the jokes, i can only imagine the patience it took to finish it so well...

gorby
Thanks very much for your comment Pietro! 🙂

Bohrmann
Very nicely executed 'effort' as you call it. I think the colour scheme comes out very well with the subtle camouflage patches. You built the model in a 2-month time frame but do you have any idea how many hours you put into it?

gorby
Thanks for taking the time to comment Bohrmann. 🙂
Some days I might have work on it for 3 hours and then it might be half an hour or nothing, so it's difficult to say with any accuracy how many hours it took. I do know that I spent a surprising amount of time cleaning up the parts, there are a lot of ejector pin marks and a significant mould line on many parts.
Having said that it's an amazing kit which really pushed me to the limit of my (limited) skills.

Mr James
Lovely lovely work. I like your camo painting and the interior details are great

gorby
Thanks very much Mr James. 🙂
And thanks to all who have 'liked'. 👍

Nik Watson
Absolutely superb work, the colour and depth of shading and shadow you've achieved is excellent.
Congratulations on your one and only full interior kit.....go on,you've got to do another.....👏👏👏

Watto. 🍻

gorby
Wow thanks Nik, if I did any of that with the painting it was purely accidental. 😄 😄
No further full interior tanks are planned as I still clearly remember the pain.

Robert H.
very nice, I like it, for sure was a lot of work 👍👍👍