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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.

Zbynek Honzik
😃

Ben M
Looks like a pleasant place.

Martin Oostrom
Do we have the same wife 🤔

Lebloge
we are in the presence of a man of taste… Leffe blonde… triple Westmalle « que du bon »😄

Mark Sherwood
Zybnek, Ben M 👍 it's cosy, stick a cd or record on and zone out modelling. Martin probably 🤣 Lebloge 👍 I have a few bottles of Duvel and La Chouffe too. Here's to escaping Thee Wife and the DIY It's either T'Club or the Box Room. 🤣🤘🥸🤟🤣

Lebloge
Duvel, is the best bier of the world... BUT… it's Duvel OR modelism 😂😂😂

Nicolas
Not just nice modeling stuff, but great books too. I love Terry Pratchett.

Mark Sherwood
Lebloge, Tetley's Imperial and you're right Beer or Modelling not both at the same time 😳🤣 Nicolas I agree. It's terrible that he succumbed to Alzheimer's. No more Discworld adventures.

Rui S
And a big Windows and WC near by 😄 😄 😄 but I don't see a Bench, where do you build them?
And I disagree. Alcohol and model making are perfectly compatible, even your hands feel more firm, and steady 😄 😄 and if you mess things up you can blaim the licor and not your clumsiness or lack of tallent. I've a small fridge in my cave, só i know it hehe

Mark Sherwood
Hi Rui, your cave just gets better, beer too 🍺🍺🍺🍺👍. I build to the left of the air brushes, it's small, but then I'm a short arse anyway 🤣 I intend to shelve the existing picture rails and the back wall which at the moment is piled up with tools,paint,nails, ladders and screws (Thee Wife, has got me painting the landing and the drop) I'll move the building over to the back wall as I will have natural light coming in. Come to think of it a fridge and Beer is not a bad Idea! 🤣👍🍺🤘🥸🤟🤣 Happy modelling mate.

gorby
My happy place is also a box room (and also my daughters room when she was young). My other half used to complain about the state of it so I stripped it all back and started again. Glad I did as it suits my needs perfectly now.
The Gorby sanctuary resurrection. | Album by gorby
Obviously it's now descended into a bit of a tip again – or as I like to think, a lived in look. 🙂
Oh, I'm another fan of combining alcohol and modelling. Maybe that explains my modelling. 😄

CaptGPF
This is the first craft room I have seen with more books and CDs than kits! 🫠. Tastefully done!

Mark Sherwood
CaptGPF, that's only half of it. The rest is in the loft, what you see there are my favourite authors, reference books, comics, vinyl, graphic novels and kits etc. Like Thee Wife, you don't want to look in the Loft. 😳🤟🤣🤘🥸👍

Michael Kohl
Oh, that looks promising. I hope more pics will come.

Thomas E.
Thank you for comment and like. I am training my photographic skills ... at least I hope so. But I have to choose another camera aperture ...

David Taylor
Watching.

CaptGPF
Ditto - looking forward to this!

Cuajete
Interesting...

Treehugger
For the longest time I had no idea that this jet was a competitor to the F-15 project back in the old days.

DerMattes
When I compared this kit with the Revell F-16, it seems like the XL one is a little bit too small. Or the Revell F-16 is a little bit too big. How does this kit compare to other F-16s, like the Hobby Boss?

Kesa Tiho
That looks really well made, youve really out done yourself capt. Having built my fair share of revell im really surprised that the cockpit has such a good level of detail

CaptGPF
Thanks Kesa! You can give that credit to Eduardo! 😀

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

CaptGPF
Welcome guy! Progress will be a bit slow due to work, but stay tuned! 😀

gorby
Nice work so far Capt. The cockpit looks great.

Gary Victory
Very nice build Maksym. Top Job Sir.

gorby
Lovely work!

CaptGPF
I agree!

gorby
Excellent result! Very nice weathering.

Doubtingmango
Great job on the bare metal!

Neuling
I agree. 👍👍

scaleffect
Thank you both

gorby
Lovely!