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In the cold morning of December 19, 1944
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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2016 - 02:22 AM UTC

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Hi there great job i love the way you display the ancient European Forrest's. Since I'm not building anything right now I'm humble in my comment.

Looking at where the German anti tank ammo hole in the Sherman tank is positioned would it not have misted/vaporized the poor guy sitting there?
It makes me think that anybody alive crawling out of that Sherman has to be covered in his blood.
It is not a criticism but more a thing that made me curious on the shape of crews that "survive" a direct hit like that.

Eric





Hi Eric , thanks for the compliment and your thoughts are welcome . You have your opinion about the wounded tanker and that's okay but don't focus on the tanker or the shape of crews in their tanks when they got hit . That's not the point here . The point is that the poor guy doesn't get helped and interrogated instead so for him it's a very cold (hard) morning .

Kurt
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 03:31 AM UTC
Hi everyone ,

well ...the Panther turned out to be a disaster ! Everything went well until i started with the suspension on the lower hull , o man and then fixing and aligning the wheels ...... boy o boy .....the tracks o man.... it didn't work out for me so i opened the window grapped the tank and kicked it out as far as i could. A few seconds later i heard my neighbour yelling that someone was throwing some kind of toy on him ...

no no i was kidding haha . However the Panther from Dragon is a very expensive loss if you know what i mean ...
I bought another Panther tank type G this time Tamiya from someone who was willing to sel it to me. So soon updates .

Thanks !

Kurt

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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 04:40 AM UTC
Commiserations Kurt, some kits just fight back – mine was MiniArt’s T-70, the suspension & tracks became so caked in superglue I just painted mud-colours over it to save it from the bin. Got some good primal-scream therapy going during the build, though

So what exactly was the nature of the problem – uneven suspension not fitting onto bumpy terrain? Whatever, good luck with Take 2.

Cheers, Tim
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 12:58 PM UTC

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Commiserations Kurt, some kits just fight back – mine was MiniArt’s T-70, the suspension & tracks became so caked in superglue I just painted mud-colours over it to save it from the bin. Got some good primal-scream therapy going during the build, though

So what exactly was the nature of the problem – uneven suspension not fitting onto bumpy terrain? Whatever, good luck with Take 2.

Cheers, Tim


Hi Tim ,

thanks for your sympathy , the problem was that i probably fixed the wrong axes in the wrong holes so that the guiding wheels didn't fit very well. I bought the kit from Dragon especially for its suspension . But i have to be honest as much as it hurts my pride .... i have to blame myself and not the wonderful kit from Dragon.

To all ,
As i said before i started to build the Panther from Tamiya it's less detailed but at least i'm sure i can finish this one , i also forgot to mention that there's a commander in the cupola .

The pictures ,




Thanks for watching .

Kurt
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 07:11 PM UTC
My condolences over the death of your Dragon !! I hope it didn't suffer too much ?
I am sure you can drive on from this and this will have a happy ending.
J
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Posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 01:28 AM UTC

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My condolences over the death of your Dragon !! I hope it didn't suffer too much ?
I am sure you can drive on from this and this will have a happy ending.
J


Thanks Jerry for your reply , well let's say that i honered the Dragon by giving its photo etch parts to the Tamiya Panther .


Kurt
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Posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 04:12 AM UTC
Smaug will be happy !
J
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Posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 04:24 AM UTC
Where does the Panther fit into the existing scene? I am following this to see how you add on to an idea and expand.

You all are amazing here and I am in awe of armored diorama builder type guys!
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Posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 11:18 PM UTC


first of all to the administration , what's going on in my Topic ? I have tried three times to add my reply and my screen went dark ??? Like someone is switching the light on and off ??? It's no longer Halloween you know and i'm not scared in the dark !

Thanks

Jerry and Patrick ,

thanks guys for your replies .

- Jerry , sstt.......

- Patrick , the Panther will be on the dirt road in front of the Sherman and besides the advancing guys but please stop telling everyone that i'm the guy here for armored vehicles.... i'm not !

Kurt
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Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 06:15 PM UTC

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first of all to the administration , what's going on in my Topic ? I have tried three times to add my reply and my screen went dark ??? Like someone is switching the light on and off ??? It's no longer Halloween you know and i'm not scared in the dark !

Thanks


Jerry and Patrick ,

thanks guys for your replies .

- Jerry , sstt.......

- Patrick , the Panther will be on the dirt road in front of the Sherman and besides the advancing guys but please stop telling everyone that i'm the guy here for armored vehicles.... i'm not !

Kurt


Ok I won't tell everyone any longer... I'll let your work speak for itself!
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 05:29 PM UTC
Hi everyone ,

i'm almost done building and painting the Panther , do you believe it ? I put the Panther temporarily on his place to see what it looks like when the dio is finished , wow really i can't hardly wait to finish it up ....

Okay , the tank is not done yet , the tracks are not painted yet and i'll add some pine branches on the upper hull too.

The picture is edited in flickr and to Patrick the Panther appears .....


Thanks for watching ,

Kurt
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 07:22 PM UTC
That cat really adds a lot to the scene and I love the contrasty pic !
J
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 05:59 AM UTC

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That cat really adds a lot to the scene and I love the contrasty pic !
J


Thanks Jerry for your reply . Yes it is one of the effects that i use from a photo editor . The diorama is almost finished , just one figure to paint .

So soon the end of this build with the photos of course .

Thanks ,

Kurt
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 09:53 AM UTC
Hey Kurt,

To quote from my all-time fave movie (The Sting), “You move right along don’t you?”! Do you have some gnomes beavering away for you while you sleep?? I reckon that sepia photo above should be Armorama’s 2016 Christmas Card. OK so I’ve had a glass or two of a particularly nice Bordeaux but that Panther even looks like it’s rolling. Faaaantastic, and yes I do realise you’re not finished yet.

Cheers, Tim
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 02:57 PM UTC
Thanks Tim and cheers mate

Yes , good point about the Panther . My first idea was to turn the cuppola a bit to the left towards the Sherman .
But there's the advancing squad besides the tank and i didn't want to lose the dynamic effect on that particurarly scene. If the barrel of the gun points forwards you have more the feeling that the tank is rolling . The commander (not done yet ) sitting in the cuppola looks straight forward to build up that rolling motion a little bit more ..

I have chanced the position of the two guys in their overcoats , they are standing on the hull of the Sherman on each side of the wounded tanker , i had some second thoughts about that little scene and i can hear some fellow builders yelling '' YES '' . The dog becomes the pet of the senior wss commander and the translater got fired and is the squad leader now of the three guys standing near the stream .

Here are the pictures however it's not the grand final yet

The cat appears out of the fog ...


The pine branches on the Panther ,


The scene with the tanker ,

The new squad leader ,


Thanks for watching .

Kurt
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 05:56 PM UTC
Kurt , ........ now that's friggin cool , ....... the whole winter fog in the forest thing , fantastic work and photography .
COOL !!!
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 06:52 PM UTC
I like all of the changes that you put in there. They all make a lot of sense. The Panther rolling by reminds me of a scene from the movie "Slaughterhouse Five",the scene right after the main guy gets captured. That was kind of a sci fi film but the WWII scenes were some of the mosT accurate I ever saw. The author was,of course,actually captured in the Ardennes.
Nice work,my brother from another mother.
J
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 07:27 PM UTC

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I like all of the changes that you put in there. They all make a lot of sense. The Panther rolling by reminds me of a scene from the movie "Catch 22",the scene right after the main guy gets captured. That was kind of a sci fi film but the WWII scenes were some of the mosT accurate I ever saw. The author was,of course,actually captured in the Ardennes.
Nice work,my brother from another mother.
J


I believe you're referring to Slaughterhouse 5.
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 07:46 PM UTC

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I like all of the changes that you put in there. They all make a lot of sense. The Panther rolling by reminds me of a scene from the movie "Catch 22",the scene right after the main guy gets captured. That was kind of a sci fi film but the WWII scenes were some of the mosT accurate I ever saw. The author was,of course,actually captured in the Ardennes.
Nice work,my brother from another mother.
J


I believe you're referring to Slaughterhouse 5.


Correct ! I have changed my post,thank you.My apologies to Kurt Vounigut(sic).
J
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 10:10 PM UTC
Thanks Cheyenne for the nice words ! Appreciated .

* Jerry , you have to change your post again buddy . It's Kurt Vonnegut an American author and he was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge . But thanks also for your kind words of encouragement .

Soon the reveal of '' In a cold morning of December the 19th , 1944 ''

Kurt
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 10:31 PM UTC
Looking really good, Kurt! Are you trying to remind me that winter is coming again? Your dio is doing a good job of just that!

Standing by for the big reveal!

—mike
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 11:11 PM UTC

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Looking really good, Kurt! Are you trying to remind me that winter is coming again? Your dio is doing a good job of just that!

Standing by for the big reveal!

—mike


MIKE !!!!! I'm really , really glad to have you back old buddy . Well i'm sorry that my dio gives you the feeling to crank up the stove again , but i have to finish this one because next year will be a very bussy year for me in real scale. Plus, the surrendering sergeant is a nice input from you so it would be a complete waste of time and effort to not finish this project .

Thanks for your reply .

Kurt
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Posted: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 - 01:31 AM UTC
Hi all ,

i'm about to give the last drops of paint and adding tiny bits of snow on the diorama so it is near completion . The tankcommander sits in the cuppola of his Panther so he's finished too .

The only thing that i had to figure out was finding a way to simulate fog . Well i've found it and it's a pretty save too!! The trick is to manipulate a digital photo by changing the brightness , contrast , sharpness , saturation and to select the noise reduction afterwards . By doing that kind of stuff you create pictures like these,







Please note that these pictures are not the endresult just a few tests to simulate fog. Thursday the grand final with normal photos in color and others with fog and more explanation or how to....

Thanks for watching and comments are always welcome .

Kurt
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Posted: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 - 01:46 AM UTC
You are on the right path as far as I can see so far. Looks very atmospheric.
J
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Posted: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 - 02:14 AM UTC

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You are on the right path as far as I can see so far. Looks very atmospheric.
J


thanks Jerry , i'm not hundred percent satisfied maybe a little bit more color and fog ? We'll see.

Kurt
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