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Panther F IR
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Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: January 02, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 01:57 AM UTC
Tim Sloan''s Panther F IR, entry for the April Dragon Model of the Month Contest.
You can see the model in great detail by following the link below

Tim Sloan's Panther F IR



If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Praha, Czech Republic
Joined: April 03, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 02:10 AM UTC
Hi Tim,
Great looking, verynice and inspirative Panther.
Miloslav
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: November 10, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 02:46 AM UTC
Excellent Panther Tim with a very nice level of weathering.
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Indiana, United States
Joined: June 10, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 02:53 AM UTC
Very nicely done, especially the weathering! Gotta love the Panthers!


Jeff
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Idaho, United States
Joined: December 06, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 03:27 AM UTC
tim,
i'm a bit of a IR lunitic, so i love seeing these cats dressed for night ops. good job and good luck in the contest

nick morgan
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Gelderland, Netherlands
Joined: July 11, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 04:19 AM UTC
I love the finish on this Panther. Could you tell how you painted and weathered this one?
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Texas, United States
Joined: August 11, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 04:53 AM UTC
Very Nice!
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Texas, United States
Joined: May 02, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 09:34 AM UTC

Quoted Text

tim,
i'm a bit of a IR lunitic, so i love seeing these cats dressed for night ops. good job and good luck in the contest

nick morgan


Nick,

This one was entered in last month's contest.

Nice work as usual Tim.
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Invercargill, New Zealand
Joined: December 08, 2006
KitMaker: 456 posts
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 10:55 AM UTC
How do you get such a perfect hard edge camofladge?
ti
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Dalarnas, Sweden
Joined: May 08, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 12:26 PM UTC
Excellent build.
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: May 03, 2007
KitMaker: 249 posts
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 06:48 PM UTC
Really great model! I love the finish on it!!
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Georgia, United States
Joined: May 24, 2006
KitMaker: 2,106 posts
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 08:44 PM UTC
Thanks everyone for the great compliments. yup, this one was entered last month, and didnt seem to get much response...with the 1 photo for everyone to view, I think its harder to see.. It made it difficult for me to make my choice that way. anyway... to answer your questions.. the hard edge was achieved using Silly Putty. best method Ive used so far for masking general areas. as for the finish, the camo colors I varied each color with different tones to show a faded look to each.. If I remember correctly , I used 3 shades of each color. For weathering itself I only used pins washes instead of giving the whole model a wash. That keeps the colors from being altered ,and also keeps the camo tones vibrant. The streaks and dirty spots was done with pastel powders and Mig pigments applied at random with a small stiff brush. I would like to point out the figure too, this was from pegasos platoon line. I havent cared much for their first releases in this line, but the newer figures theyre putting out, like this one are awesome. Kudos to them for this one , I felt he fit perfect for this model. Great details too.
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Virginia, United States
Joined: April 03, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 09:36 PM UTC
Tim,

Very nicely done! Great job on the weathering.
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