@ Geraint: Thanks for the motivation! If you don't practise you never get good results. Unless you're a natural genius...

@ James: Thanks for the compliment and the motivation! I had to slow down a little because studies were calling But I'm trying to invest much time as possible.

So here's a very little, little update:

After the filter/wash with yellow I applied a very decent dark brown-black pin wash with oil colors. Then there was a very light coat of Tamiya flat.
Next thing will be the oil dot method to break a little bit the surface and perhaps another pin wash.











Thanks for looking and commenting!

A little bit more done:

I used the oil dot method to get a more used look. The barrell doesn't fit in with the color, still have to get some washes and filters...

There are still the wheels and tracks to work on. And many other little things.

Thanks for looking and commenting

PS: Sorry for the bad pics. It was already dark outside when I took the shots.

Finally I made it to the wheels...

A circle stencil is very useful to paint the rims:

1. I painted the rubber mantlet an shaded the rim.



2. Search the according size, cover the other circles and do the work.





3. Et voilà



Tank with wheels attached, they look green on the pic, but they aren't...





And exhausts with pigments...





Regards!

The weathering on this one is coming out very nicely. NIce work on those very rusty stacks. They look very real. Nice job. Stick to the books. You'll be better off. But don't forget to keep up with the models.

Moving to the finishing line:

The tracks had something against me I don't know but something was not so magic about this tracks, but I think it was just me

Ok first thing I did after attaching the wheels was a wash with dark oil colors. (One wheel is missing, I searched for more than an hour but it had to be one from the front row... )
Well, after this wash I dusted the model with tamiya buff and flat earth. Mainly on the road gear.

I sprayed the tracks with tamiya red brown, mixed with nato black. Then washed them with the same oil colors as the wheels. As last step before attaching them I wet over with a very soft pencil stick.

After the whole fight with the tracks and attaching I mixed some pigments (European earth and dry mud) with water and applied them over the gear and tank. After drying I stippled away some pigments with a stiff brush.

But now, to the pics:





The mud on the shovel and the rear is now softer...



Exhausts are too red and rusty...



Please ignore the missing wheel...





On the pictures I saw, that some pigments were too strong applied, so I brushed them away. Mainly on the shovel, rear hull and road wheels...

If my e-guitar strings are broke, I'll add an antenna.

So, I don't know what to do next. Perhaps someone could give some comments?

Regards,

A. W.

Great model, it would make an excellent diorama with a crew beside it.

A.W. Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

Hi

Nice build and very well done considering the amount of experience you have.

One small point. The two pipes running either side of the left hand exhaust are cooling pipes, not exhaust pipes, and would not be subject to the heat, sooty ends and other effects of the exhausts. Easy to correct with painting.

Alan

@ Phil: Thanks for the compliment! I have in mind to build a small vignette, but I'm not very fond of figures. Only the ones which are perfectly painted

@ James: Thanks for the compliment too. I'll share many more of my workbenches, I hope it doesn't get boring

@ Alan: Thanks for the compliment! I think I gained experience with looking at many pictures and reading posts about techniques and so... But using them on a real model is very different. So now I'll try to get as much exercise as possible

I'll keep in mind for my next Jagdpanther build that the two pipes are for cooling. Unfortunatly I didn't have any useful references and real pics of the tank.
Such comments are very useful to me, because I'm more into building than searching reference and data about the tank, and the instructions weren't detailed enough or I overread it...


Is the Jagdpanther worth it to open a topic with pics of the finished model on the general afv forum site?

great job your paintjob is realywell done thanks for sharing

@ Chicane: Thanks for the compliment. I was very happy with the result of my paintjob before I started the weathering. I use this preshading and hairspray chipping on my next tank too. You get a 2 for 1 weathering

Have fun!