Been Following this build ,your panther is coming along nicely, really like the zim. milvehfan

Thanks alot.
Jeff , yes they do just click together ( ww2 tracks ) , and Lars , I had been gathering it all up for a couple of years . Was allways looking for the right tank to model . Finally found two pictures of the same tank from both sides which will make painting a bit easier . Might have to use some artistic licence on the colours though , which looks like green over dark yellow hard edged pattern , but some soft edges on the turret ( hhmmm ) .
By the way , I will be painting soon.
John.

Looks good so far John, great work on the Zimmeret. I gave on the Milliput as the place that have it around me hold onto it too long before someone buys it. Cheers

A few photos before the paint goes on , just had to make sure the tracks fit with the side skirts in place ,





Sorry about my photography skills , I'll get the hang of it soon . It never looks like that to me in real life.
As a foot note , I also have some photo-etched foliage to place on the tank , but not as much as this...



The actual tank I'm modelling only has a little dotted around it . But that was two full sets ( aber ) used on the tiger . You would probably need about ten for a propper job.
Thanks for looking ,
John.

i really like that tiger.

Jon I agree with you I like his Tiger as well.

John your photos aren't as bad as you think. Keep charging forward. Looking great, so far. Take care.

Been busy painting , under-coated with halfords plastic primer ( halfords is a car parts shop for all our American freinds ) and brush painted the red undercoat , like a heavy dry brush.



I did the wheels in black for a slight colour variation.
Mixed up dark yellow , cleaned my favourite tool , and liquid masked some parts for the red under-coat to show through.
Paint chips , uh-oh !



The first pass of dark yellow....



Now I was not too pleased with the dark yellow and after a further study of the photos of the actual tank there did not seem to be any on the fender .
So I mixed up some more dark yellow , this time a bit lighter and fixed the side skirts in place , and gave it another go....







The turret....



Next up is painting the camo.
Just for a laugh....
here is what I practice air-brushing and paint consistency on...



Thanks for looking ,
John.

hi john

firstly ive got to say those chips are stunning no german afv should be without them they looooook fantastic please please more chips

on a serious note can you tell me more about the photo etch foilege. where it comes from and how do you paint yours.....
great looking panther by the way
neil

Hi Neil , the foliage is aber and to paint it , first under-coat with halfords the I spray it green , then brown all over .
Then comes the long bit , which is brush painting the leaves different tones , then finally picking out the branches again with browns and maybe a little dry-brush here and there.
Its quite brittle but any leaves which fall off I just stuck them on the tank.
Hope that helps ,
John.

John, Have seen alot of your practice model on the news lately! Dan

Here is the model masked up for the green and a very little brown to go on..



looks a right mess ,
this is the result.....





the side skirts , which I think turned out nice....



the results of the liquid mask around the hatches , keeping it subtle and not over-doing it



the turret roof and cupola , you can just make out the base colour over-spray to tone down the green and give it a sun bleached effect



Hope you enjoy the photos . It looks a bit garish at the moment but it will be toned down considerably with pigments and washes and so on .
I know some people will say the camo does not line up and so on , but it looks as if the actual tank was brush painted and there is no camo on the upper surfaces at all . So it's artistic license I have used . Who can be 100% from a black and white photo any-ways.
All the best
John.

Nice job so far Jon, the finish line is in sight on this one. Nice work.

Great progress John, nice updates. Tiger came out well too, thanks for sharing!

Looking forward to your paint scheme! Awesome job with the tracks!

Cheers -

Tim

Well its been a long time......reading the thread about what you can do for the site got me to show you all whats happened to the model.
Basically , I made a huge boo boo.


Can you tell what it is...........
correct answers might win some-thing , har har .
Sorry about the photography , forgot how to use it





as you can see it now resides on the back of a dragon wagon which is stuffed in the back of the display cabinet.......never to see sunlight again......





Any-how , can't be bothered with re-painting any of it , I seem to be cursed when it comes to Panthers , this one came close to the bin on severall occasions.
The side skirts turned into mitigated disaster , thats why they're not fitted.
Looking for a crew man to stuff in the hatch and finish the foliage just to draw a line under it all.
But as might have gathered it won't get done any-time soon

Love visiting this site and feel a bit of a let down to you all , but felt I owed it to all of you to show you what happened to it.
Maybe the next will be better , untill then,
John.

Hi John
I really like that paintscene - It differs from what 's normaly seen. Great job!
Best regards
Jacob

Hi John

I like your Panther, especialy the paint scheme. I wouldn't bother repainting it. The extra storage on the rear deck is a good touch, a bit of eye candy. A nice job you've done on the Panther and the Tiger looks great too.

Rob