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Sd.Kfz. 171 Panther D

HORSTHOPF

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Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 03:37 AM UTC

HORSTHOPF

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Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 03:44 AM UTC

HORSTHOPF

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Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 03:47 AM UTC

Sorry about that i seemed to forget how to post pictures.
anyway hope you alllike it.
H-MAN IS OUT

HORSTHOPF

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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 12:33 AM UTC

So i have been relegated to page 3 and moving to page 4 oh no. So i was a wondering if anybody had any advice on this piece, except for the fact that i need to take better pictures.
Also if anybody has this kit in their stash i would highly reccomend it as a great build it has everything in it except
for metal tracks of course.
Cheers

HORST

Nito74

Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 01:05 AM UTC

Horst I really like the paint job, nice weathering too.
It looks like a great model !

My only advice would be to paint the spare tracks steel and weather them with some track brown wash or rust.

HORSTHOPF

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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 05:56 AM UTC

Thank You Nito74 for your responce.
I used for a reference on the painting over of the tracks
the same color as the camo scheme from the campaign book on Kursk from Osprey which is an awesome read and reference book. It just looked cool
Thanks again
Horst

Nito74

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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 01:26 PM UTC

Besides the awful Dragon instructions, any issues with the kit ?

HORSTHOPF

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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 11:12 PM UTC

Yeah the dreaded picture directions.
No absolutly no problems putting her together.
A real joy

SHE fell together.
A very well engineered kit if i do say so myself.
THE Magic Tracks even went together without a hassle
Regards
Horst

thebear

Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 - 08:34 AM UTC

Hi Horst...You`ve done a great job on your Panther.. One little mistake you made and it is not your fault (Lousy instructions show it wrong ) are the butterfly bolt strips that you add to the front of the fenders. They should be vertical .. They were used to add the extensions seen here.

But this takes nothing away from your excellent model..Dragon should really redo these aweful instructions !!!

Rick

Rick

HORSTHOPF

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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 11:53 PM UTC

Thank you Rick for your kind words.
I have to look back on that part of the instructions
i dont seem to remember now what or how it was presented.
But it seems i am missing those fenders hmmm

Thanks again
Regards
Horst

thebear

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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2012 - 04:17 AM UTC

Those fenders were rarely used ,it is just the attachement plate with the three wingnuts that we get in the kit that is placed wrong in the instructions.

Rick

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