hello men

i have just finished my dml jadgpanther (6458) smart kit. i have added the atak zimmerit set and a set of fruil tracks and the mini man is from verlinden.
any feedback good or bad is greatly appreciated and i promise not to tell anyone to shut up!

thank's for your interest & enjoy the pictures..........
neil.

Nice clean build Neil.
Almost looks like it just rolled off the production line !
Very nice, subtle battle damage and wear and tear !!
Good to see a vehicle that doesn't look like it's been through the wringer !!!
Oops.... I guess that's sacrilege to some !!

Cheers

jjumbo

Very nice model Neil!

Good and realistic weathering!
The figure though looks to be outstanding! Great job! May I ask what kind of paint you used for the comamnder? I really like it!

Heli

Looks real nice I love the Jagdpanther and you certainly did it justice,the wheels and tracks look great.How was the zimm to work with ? What kit # for the zimm ?

How did you know this is the very SPG i'm going to
build next?

Now i've got a pattern to go by,thanks

Tony aka Mutt

A really nice looking build You've given me a good reason to pick this kit up. Thanks for sharing , Bob

Hi Neil,

It was one of the shortest build logs I've seen Few things. IMHO the weathering is very subtle (too subtle in my taste). I see you've finally decided to damage this expensive zimm. The problem is that it's just cut out in straight lines. It's ideal (too). Doesn't really looks realistic. Under the zimm the hull should be reddish from the red oxide primer. What I do like is the camo pattern really well done, also the figure is outstanding.

spit

Neil-- ouutstanding workmanship....she is a beauty.
DJ

thank's for the great feedback men

the figure did not come out as good as i had wanted it to. basically it's a verlinden peice and the sculpting of the face is not good at all.so i did my best useing oil's for the face and arms and vallejo acrylics for the uniform.german grey lightened with some white and darker for the creases.

as for the zimmerit i glued it to the model using a two part epoxy glue (araldite) but it did not adhear to well round the edges.so i flowed in a little bit of thin super glue and it worked. but i missed a couple of places and decided to try and chip the zimm but it only wanted to break at its weakest point and that is why it looks a little bit to anguler.

the chips are painted in a light grey because the book by mig jiminez (FAQ) says so and who am i to argue with him !!!!!!

i do not really feal confidant enough to weather my models any more than i do at the moment although i do try to make them look a bit muddy and chipped some people like heavy weathering & some dont its just that my modelling skills are not really at that level yet.

thanks alot for all the comments
neil............

Neil,way to go on a good build.You did just enough I thank on the weathering,wasnt over kill.Keep up the good work and set back and be proud of your build !

Neil - I really like it. Terrific job all round.

I have one of these in the stash myself.

- Steve

the atak zimm is simple to use but next time i'll just use super glue.the number for the resin atak zimm is 'atak35043 jadpanther A early version' £17.00. i bought mine from lou stener armour models and can highly recomend lou's service. http://www.armour-models.co.uk/model_kit_atak.html

jeff,steve
thanks for the kind comments

neil.

I like the restrained weathering. I agree though that the zimm would chip off in a more irregular pattern. But over all it is a very nice build.

Darryl

Great Jadgpanther! Came out fantastic, like your tracks and camo job. Thanks for sharing some pictures!

Cheers -

Tim