GD Panther A
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The example
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Running gear mostly completed, forward quarter
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Running gear mostly completed, rear quarter
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Engine compartment
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Hull hatches insert installed
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Rear plate fittings added
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Turret basic construction
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Test fit of cupola and main gun
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Test fit of turret to check removal of turret to hull top deck gap.
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Right side thinned down under 1mm, left side approx 1.5mm as molded
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Thinned zimmerit pieces added to hull and turret, as well as driver vision flap and hull mg ball mount
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Thinned zimmerit pieces added to hull and turret
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Putty used for missing zimmerit behind mantlet
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Engine compartment area and parts painted up and installed
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Center engine deck piece glued into place
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Left side tool racks added
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Right side tool racks added
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Test fit of current progress
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added PE engine deck screens and cover flange for S-mine launcher
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front deck small bits added
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cleaning rod tube modified to early 1944 style, removing reinforcement strip
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PE on engine deck primed and painted Dark Yellow
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Mud texture added to bottom of sponsons
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Mud texture added to lower hull right side and running gear
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Mud texture added to lower hull left side and running gear
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Close up of r/s sprocket mud and inner surface of track painting
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Close up of l/s sprocket mud, and track inner surface painting
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L/S track on
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R/S track on
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Coupling device attachment points added and kit jack swapped out for better one from my spares bin
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Test fit frontal overhead view
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Hull vision block and periscopes installed, interior
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hull vision block and periscopes installed, exterior
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cupola periscopes installed, interior
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cupola periscopes installed, exterior
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side skirt armor glued in place
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Hull top glued to bottom
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Final bits added... assembly completed... ready for paint
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Final bits added, assembly completed
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Base coat of Dark Yellow fully on
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Camo colors in
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Camo colors on
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Decals on over a gloss coat
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Decals on over a gloss coat
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Flat coat on
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Flat coat on
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Stowage and final bits & weathering added
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stowage and final bits & weathering added
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Kommentare
42 11 June 2023, 21:31
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Thanks John. Doing it at this stage makes it so much easier than after its all together and the tracks are on.
15 February, 19:39
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Thanks Jennifer. I made a concoction of sifted dirt, pigments, water and Future to make the mud.
18 February, 03:27
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Thank you! Yup, the weathering is when it all starts to really to take final form.
26 February, 02:04
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Thank you Mr James. The head on shot is a hard one to pull off properly to get it all in focus due to depth of field. Of course in this case the muzzle brake is out of focus, but the rest looks pretty good. But the angular lines of the Panther look so menacing from that head on eye level view.
2 March, 00:25
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Yes Carlos, A good job capturing the menacing angularity of the Big Cat, with only the muzzle out of focus. Well presented
2 March, 01:09
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Italeri 1/35 Panther A