Victoria, Australia
Joined: November 03, 2008
KitMaker: 294 posts
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Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 - 01:00 AM UTC
Hamilton, New Zealand
Joined: May 09, 2007
KitMaker: 298 posts
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Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 - 01:37 AM UTC
Excellent pics and i will be watching this build as it progresses
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England - North West, United Kingdom
Joined: November 23, 2008
KitMaker: 357 posts
Armorama: 353 posts
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 - 06:16 AM UTC
Hi Sam! I'd like to hop onto the engine deck for this one also! This does look like an excellent release... I might have to make room for one amongst the Tiger stash!
Really looking forwards to this Sam... Phil
You screamed. "Give us liberty, or give us death!"
"Now you've got both,what do you want next?" (Justin Sullivan/Rob Heaton/Nelson. NMA 1993. 'Here comes the war')
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California, United States
Joined: October 06, 2006
KitMaker: 580 posts
Armorama: 499 posts
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 - 10:05 AM UTC
Hi Sam,
I also looking forward to building an Ersatz M10 and will follow your build. Thank you for posting all the pictures. I need to hunt down that volume of Panzer Wrecks for my library.
-Doug
Ontario, Canada
Joined: September 18, 2005
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Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 - 11:53 AM UTC
I have one on order and can't wait for it to arrive! I know its Panther with sheet metal, but its just a neat looking vehicle!!
Sam I will be following your blog
Darryl
blackpoolkennels.com
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: September 18, 2005
KitMaker: 1,226 posts
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Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 - 12:45 PM UTC
I have one on order as well and can't wait for it to arrive!
Darryl
blackpoolkennels.com
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Hame, Finland
Joined: February 04, 2009
KitMaker: 702 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:34 AM UTC
I had to bookmark this buildblog because I´m gonna order that kit too. Just keep this rolling, Sam.
An anti-modulation modelist.
Hame, Finland
Joined: February 04, 2009
KitMaker: 702 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 04:20 AM UTC
Just one thing, is Rainbow 10 really to only shop at the moment, which has M10 in their stock
An anti-modulation modelist.
Gelderland, Netherlands
Joined: July 11, 2006
KitMaker: 2,229 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 07:10 AM UTC
Well.... the pictures all indicate the box-art isn't accurate, so better check the kit contents when you get the box.
And can you spot the error?
Current projects:
DML Tiger-B late conversion into final
DML Panther-G late
CH Panther-F
DML Panther-G Steel Wheel
All at the moment postponed until I've moved and settled in my new home! YAY!
Hame, Finland
Joined: February 04, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 07:27 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Well.... the pictures all indicate the box-art isn't accurate, so better check the kit contents when you get the box.
And can you spot the error?
Markings in the turret???
An anti-modulation modelist.
Victoria, Australia
Joined: November 03, 2008
KitMaker: 294 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 09:32 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Well.... the pictures all indicate the box-art isn't accurate, so better check the kit contents when you get the box.
And can you spot the error?
Ah yeah thanks Herb - i'll not condemn the kit till I have it, but thanks for your 'positive' input on the tread anyway.
SD
Virginia, United States
Joined: July 05, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 09:56 AM UTC
The tank on the box art has a muzzle break and there isn't one on 4 of the pictures of the real Ersatz M10's
Time is a great teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all it's students.
Indiana, United States
Joined: June 10, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 09:58 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Well.... the pictures all indicate the box-art isn't accurate, so better check the kit contents when you get the box.
And can you spot the error?
Don't keep us all in suspense Herbert ... what is it? Oh, and by the way. Aren't you supposed to have the model kit FIRST, then start a build blog on it?
Hame, Finland
Joined: February 04, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 10:10 AM UTC
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The tank on the box art has a muzzle break and there isn't one on 4 of the pictures of the real Ersatz M10's
Are my eyes twisted but isn´t there muzzle break on last two photos?????
An anti-modulation modelist.
California, United States
Joined: October 06, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 10:29 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Well.... the pictures all indicate the box-art isn't accurate, so better check the kit contents when you get the box.
The box art looks like a pretty good match for the one below, before burning out and the gun tube getting spiked (or perhaps simply removed):
-Doug
Joined: December 30, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 11:22 AM UTC
"And can you spot the error? "
"Markings in the turret??? "
If you are refering to the missing circle around the star, there was at least one vehicle without it.
BTW: Most interesting thread...the first build blog without building a model...
United Kingdom
Joined: February 25, 2007
KitMaker: 3,033 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 12:55 PM UTC
Well Sam
it wouldn't surprise me if you just continued with your vbench on this over on planetarmor and didn't bother continuing with this one considering.......
I'll be following it over there as I know the excellent modelling skills you have and how well this will turn out.
Alan
England - North, United Kingdom
Joined: February 20, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 09:09 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Well.... the pictures all indicate the box-art isn't accurate, so better check the kit contents when you get the box. And can you spot the error?
Herbert - you're always diving into threads and telling us how this or that isn't accurate etc. and commenting on guys' builds.
And yet you never show us any of your own work. At least I can't recall ever seeing any, and at the time of writing your personal gallery is empty.
Those of us who've been around this site for a while know that WWII German armour (and Tigers / Panthers in particular) is your 'thing' and that you're well read and knowledgeable on the subject. And that in itself is fine - I'm not knocking what's obviously a keen and genuine interest on your part.
But how about finally showing us some of your own builds, my man?! Maybe even do a build log? It's one thing being an 'expert' on a subject - but why not show us the fruits of all that expertise?
You know, how it
should be done? Because I'm sure that if your modelling skills are on anything like the same level as your detailed knowledge of the "big cats", your work would be a treat to see.
Or are you more of a theorist than a practitioner?
- Steve
I don't need you - sixty feet of bridge I can pick up almost anywhere.
South Australia, Australia
Joined: August 14, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 09:30 PM UTC
Last three photos all show tanks with muzzle brakes. I winder who the bright spark was who decided to damage the cafe by traversing the gun around into it. Two pictures show the tank with the gun traversed to the right, but the first two show the Cafe wall damaged and the gun traversed to the rear through the wall. There is a good idea for a diorama!!
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Pennsylvania, United States
Joined: October 21, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 06:24 AM UTC
Different buildings! One with the hole has a small vending(?) machine hanging on the corner. I wondered about that also until I spotted the box.
United Kingdom
Joined: February 25, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 06:51 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Different buildings! One with the hole has a small vending(?) machine hanging on the corner. I wondered about that also until I spotted the box.
Nope. Same building if you study the pictures properly. Read my previous post on the repaired wall, look at the architectural features. As for the vending machine, how difficult is that to remove especially as it's been broken open and is probably damaged beyond repair.
Alan
Indiana, United States
Joined: June 10, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 07:04 AM UTC
As soon as mine arrives I'm taking down it's measurements and modify a 1/16th Panther as a future R/C project.
That will be a surprise for the Allied side!
And of course, the DML will get built too.
Ontario, Canada
Joined: November 05, 2006
KitMaker: 384 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 09:03 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Well.... the pictures all indicate the box-art isn't accurate, so better check the kit contents when you get the box.
And can you spot the error?
The bow machinegun is not covered over in the photos as it is in the box art, this is the only common thing I can see between all of the pictures that display that area.
United States
Joined: July 28, 2009
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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 10:59 AM UTC
it looks like the area around the panthers original tow shackles is wrong.
nick
Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Joined: November 23, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 11:04 AM UTC
Does anyone know which ones of all these Panther got knocked out and which ones were simply abandonned or broke down? Just curious...
John
"Do not allow yourself to be programmed." UR, Detroit
