Tamiya Panther Ausf. A
My First Panther

Roy McKenzie
Not a bad kit for it's age. The paint scheme is endless 🙂

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It's a pretty good kit to start with i think. It fits pretty well, and doesn't have a gazillion tiny details.

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But i've made some stupid errors while building, like glueing on the unpainted wheels. It might work if it's just a single row of roadwheels. But 3 rows of interlocking wheels is a bit.. difficult to paint properly i think. 🙁

Roy McKenzie
Paint the wheels the base color and for the rubber part do a thin black wash. let it zip around the rim. This may need repeated applications but it gives a clean edge plus you do not have to reach all parts of the wheels. Also some parts of the wheels are hidden from view. This link shows how to do this. Hope this helps.

scalemodeladdict.com..g50112.html#msg50112

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Thanks for the link. I'll give it a try.

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The panther now has a nice coat of Dark Yellow. I wanted to apply camouflage, but i like it's current color.

Roy McKenzie
Any pictures?

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I uploaded a picture. I will upload some more when i have them. The tracks are on it just to see how it looks. I removed them after taking this picture (they weren't attached)