Here are some pictures of me building the Field of Armor Panther G in 1/6 for a customer.
Getting the boxes I started to unpack the parts and sort them out...
Hull sheet metal sprayed in red primer like the original.
Hosted by Darren Baker
Building Field of Armor 1/6 Panther G
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Friday, October 05, 2012 - 03:54 AM UTC
Posted: Friday, October 05, 2012 - 04:15 AM UTC
Looks promising. My work bench wouldn´t probably be big enough to lay out this one.
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Friday, October 05, 2012 - 02:40 PM UTC
I used a shopping cart and a large piece of plywood on it, leveled by another piece of wood...
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 11:38 AM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 11:40 AM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
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Posted: Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 11:41 AM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 11:43 AM UTC
Petro
Connecticut, United States
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Posted: Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 01:05 PM UTC
Pretty cool.
How much will this weigh when complete?
How much will this weigh when complete?
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 03:42 PM UTC
It will be about 20KG or 40lbs
BigTanksofAmerica
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2012 - 02:13 PM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2012 - 02:15 PM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2012 - 02:19 PM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2012 - 02:22 PM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2012 - 02:26 PM UTC
Tiger_213
California, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2012 - 03:54 PM UTC
Very interesting; waiting to see more.
ccfrccfr
Hunan, China / 简体
Joined: November 07, 2012
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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 03:45 AM UTC
That's a big one~
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 02:27 PM UTC
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 02:31 PM UTC
That was my first attempt that I did like NOT !
After way more weathering and fading and other detail work it looks like this in the finished version:
BigTanksofAmerica
Florida, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 02:34 PM UTC
Note the dents in the side skirts are from real .22 lr bullets that could not penetrate the steel
Now that the cats were out to play I am finished here with my little introduction the the Field of Armor 1/6 Panther G.
Feel inspired to build one yourself, it was not that hard at all !