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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Dragon panther A early type built with PE
aaronwang
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Beijing, China / 简体
Joined: November 30, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 01:34 PM UTC
HI，second time post here after tiger I. this time is panther A from dragon. actually i's dgangon panther A late type, but for some reason i have to make it over to early type. i used ROYAL ABER and LION PE.

it's chinese new year after few days,and i post it for a gift for everyone in armorama, and happy new year.







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19k
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Wisconsin, United States
Joined: April 03, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 05:34 PM UTC
You certainly put some effort into this one. Excellent detail. Very nice job.
husky1943
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Florida, United States
Joined: March 17, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 06:00 PM UTC
Ciao aaronwang,
Congratulations. That panther looks great. Good job!
Ciao for now
Rob
HILBERT
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: August 07, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 10:25 PM UTC
Very very very nice indeed.
I build that kit to.

Are you going to put it in a dio??
Certainly, you must!
This is a real beauty.

This is very highly detailed... bravo!!

Greetz Hilbert.
Sensei
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Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
Joined: October 25, 2003
KitMaker: 1,217 posts
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 10:43 PM UTC
amazing model,

why didint you add more damage on the side skirts? PE set is the best thing to do it...

Alpenflage
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: May 21, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 02:25 AM UTC
Excellent work on your Panther Ausf A Early. I really like how you did the camo scheme and weathering.

The unpainted pics are cool, too. They show off how you used the PE, gun barrel, and Friul tracks.

Great job !!

Cheers !!

Alpen
warhog
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: November 26, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 02:48 AM UTC
nice looking panther!and happy new years!!!!!
aaronwang
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Beijing, China / 简体
Joined: November 30, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 06:05 AM UTC

Quoted Text

amazing model,

why didint you add more damage on the side skirts? PE set is the best thing to do it...



good idea. i'll do it next time. :-) :-)
jackhammer81
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Nebraska, United States
Joined: August 12, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 06:16 AM UTC
Aaron, That is some very impressive work you have done. It is excellent. Thank you for sharing it with us. Cheers Kevin
Hwa-Rang
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: June 29, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 03:51 AM UTC
Excellent work. There is no doubt you've put a lot of effort in this build, and it certainly paid of. Great paintjob, great weathering.
thebear
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Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 10:36 AM UTC
Aaron ...first I want to say that your painting skills are excellent and the build is very well done ..congratulations . I noticed a few things though...On the front fenders the P/E piece with the butterfly nuts should stick out from under the fender and not on the fender as you have it ...Second your chains that hold the pins seem to be floating ..They should hang down straight and not loop the way some of yours do ..(nit pick) and third which I find strange that no one has mentioned is you didn't add any zimmerit to your tank...You can be sure that 99.9999% of all Panther A lates had zimmerit ... I love the primer painted barrel ,but don't blacken the end that much ..I sometimes will darken it (show a darker shade of the base color)but no crew would let their gun get that dirty...remember their lives depended on that gun...crew would go without eating until the gun was clean . Please take these comments in the way they were meant ..
I will say it again your mdel looks super ..excellent job.

Rick
Hoovie
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California, United States
Joined: March 14, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 11:54 AM UTC
Yes thanks for the pics!
I have samk kit with Cavalier Zimmeret!
white metal tracks??????
Please more, I have a new HD LOL I will it
up!
Ron
warthog
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Metro Manila, Philippines
Joined: July 29, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 03:13 PM UTC
Hi,

Rick (Thebear) is right about the butterfly nuts...I also build the same kit as yours and the instructions that came with the kit is wrong. I also agree with the muzzle break, its a bit too black for me....

Overall, your Panther looks very very good....



Cheers
aaronwang
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Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 01:36 PM UTC

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Aaron ...first I want to say that your painting skills are excellent and the build is very well done ..congratulations . I noticed a few things though...On the front fenders the P/E piece with the butterfly nuts should stick out from under the fender and not on the fender as you have it ...Second your chains that hold the pins seem to be floating ..They should hang down straight and not loop the way some of yours do ..(nit pick) and third which I find strange that no one has mentioned is you didn't add any zimmerit to your tank...You can be sure that 99.9999% of all Panther A lates had zimmerit ... I love the primer painted barrel ,but don't blacken the end that much ..I sometimes will darken it (show a darker shade of the base color)but no crew would let their gun get that dirty...remember their lives depended on that gun...crew would go without eating until the gun was clean . Please take these comments in the way they were meant ..
I will say it again your mdel looks super ..excellent job.

Rick


i c ur point, and it is ture that every crew clear their tank barrel. i just show a tank in battlefield, so i think the direty gun should be more believable.
the dragon panther comes out with late production, but I build it for A early production, u can see the A lates has front machine gun, but earlys doesn't . some of the earlys don't have zimmerit.
thx u for noticed me these idea.
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