Hello men...

I have some pic's for your comment!! It's still in progress, and since this is my first German armor subject I've build, I would like your critics...
It's the Academy 1:25 Panther G, basicly OOTB except for some little adjustments.
The kit is brush-painted, ans it's my first attempt on camo.

I hope you enjoy....John.

IF you would have said you used an airbrush i would of belived you.what a job you have done on the paint.the only thing i noticed in the second picture there is a gap at the back that needs some attention,other than that it looks great.are you going to do more german armor and keep away from them boring olive drab shermans LOL .keep them coming john.ps i thought you had an airbrush cheers

hi John,
first to say ;if this is brush painted then never get an airbrush in your hand. the paint looks very thin as it is an airbrush work and the camo looks great.just the brown dot on the spare wheel (left wheel on 2nd photo)tells it is brush painted.
the mesh wire deatiling,rusty effects on hatches and especially the spare tracks looks awesome.
congrats

Dragon if I could paint like that I would get rid of my airbrush, It's excellent. I have this kit on my shelf and have been wanting to have a crack at it, now I think I need too, what did you use for the mesh? Cheers Kevin
an after thought what did you use for the rust on the spare tracks it looks very real?

Welll thats a very very nice Job
This beastie has come out very nice. Your hand paint job is very well done and the build is neat and clean , with the touches that Engin said looks just nice.
Bravo

Thanks for the nice words guys...makes me a bit shy!!
@ Kevin: the mesh wire is simple fly-mesh, which you normally use in front of your window to prevent flies and such coming in!

@ Tigeriv: The little gap is there bcause the upper hull is a "click-on", I've tried to close it, but that didn't work, so now I'm thinking of using a tarp to cover-up.

Thank's for your replies, John.

Nice work John, i like your paintwork and the rust on the sparetracks.

Beeing such a large scale, theres room for a little additional detailing, may i suggest you check out how the tools was fastend to the tank, including the spare tracks - a little wire and chain could do wonders!

Otherwise very fine work.

Nice work!

Scott Gentry

The one thing I would do,is paint the "loop" area of the tow cables a rust color.The tow cable ends had the cable come out of the ferrule,and that would be to the outside of the loop.Inside was a metal "former" which kept the round shape,so the loops could fit over tow hooks and such.
You might want to add mesh on top of the raised round ventilator opening.
I agree,A nice hand paint job.

Hi, Man I got to say that's some famtasitc brush work there. Amazing. And I really like the weathering effects. Sort of blends every shade together witn each other. Great.

I put a screen over the heater intake top on the back of mine. Don't know if this is correct or not, but felt it should be there.

Ever consider doing an article on your painting technique? I think it would be greatly appreciated by all the rest of us, whether we use an airbrush or not, of which I do not.

Take care, Larry

Thanks Larry for your nice comment.
I putted the mesh screen inside the ventilator, and I'm neither sure if this is correct, but I liked it this way!
This was the first camo-scheme I did, so I made-up a "technique" of painting....and I'm quite pleased with the result!

In a nutshell it goes like this:

1. First apply the base coat.

2. apply the camo colors, and be sure to "tap" the edges carefully with arather stiff brush, so the edges look a bit blurry.

3. when dried, mix the three camo colors with a little bit of the lightest grey, to give 'em that weathrered look, and also with these lightened colors, I drybrushed extensively all the edges, so you immitate the spray on look!

4. when dried apply an filter of heavily dilluted Matt Dark Earth, to blend in all the colors.

5. Here and there a wash of Burnt sienna and Raw Umber oils.

6. finally drybrush in several light earth tones to give that dusty effect!!

My two cents, hope it helped a bit....John.