More in progress for the DML Jagdpanther with deck screen installed, and the rear finished.

Looking good. I love the JagdPanther. It is one of my favorite vehicles of WWII. Keep posting the pics. I love them. :-) :-) :-)

Dave aka Da Hong Kong Connection Dude

Wow, your usual beautiful work Dave. Great pe work across the back deck, cleanly trimmed, no glue visible---you are doing a great job here pal .

Indi links I see are coming right along, and the metal tube looks fantastic. Dave I enjoying seeing your work, & thanks for these in progress pics. I look forward to more in the future.

Steve
ps: To bad you don't build more US stuff

hi dave

seem to me that you are sending all of your models trought, i like dave. the details look nice so , when you gonna paint that tank, i'm sure it's gonna be a masterpiece.....

greetzzz
dmd

Looking good so far Dave. Aren't those Aber brackets insert a different name for a women here. Yes they are how is your luck on the ones that work goosh those are trips. But nice when all the cursing is over

Another stunner on the way! Looking forward to seeing her painted and dirtied!

Guys thanks for your comments. I like most of German Builders, Jagdpanther has a special place in my heart, I always like the brutal/no s**t appearance of this baby. Here are some more pics of the work I did over the night:

Tools added at the back



The little vent thingy. It needed to be drilled out and cleaned to replace Aber screen over the plastic molded one. You can't really see them, but it's there. It's real small about the size of the plastic part on a pin. Aber is crazy! #:-)

Oinkity-WOWWOW!! Another great project in the works. Dave, you have that photo-etch stuff down pat. Most of mine winds up on the floor, stuck to my workbench, or bent out of shape (which I usually get too, when working with it). I can't wait to see this one finished.

Mike

:-) Verrrrrrrrrry nice Dave, do all these extras make for a real expensive model? Not as if I'm planning to build one you understand. But that looks like a turned metal (aluminium) barrel and that has got to be expensive. Aren't you armour guys allowed to do models OOB I must say though that the PE certainly looks worthwhile and very well done. Looking forward to seeing paint on this. Not at all bad, for a Pig :-)
Mal

Hi Holdfast...

The barrel is probably one of the cheaper of AfterMarket additions you can do... Etch is more expensive getting to the early 20's.. then if you decide to go with the tracks!!!! you can plump down 80 bucks on a kit without even thinking about it... but it's a fun addiction.. although I'm only back in the hobby about 4 or 5 years.. maybe later it get's ugly!

Charlie

Hi Charlie,
Thanks, I can see the need for the PE but is the kit barrel that bad? I must admit the tracks do look good, I suppose once you have used them on one model it would be dificult not to use them on subsequent projects. EEK ark at me discusing armour, I'll be building one next. Nooooooooooooooo
Mal

Nice PE SS......looks like you nailed those tiny buckles on the tools. Look forward to more pics of this since this is what I'm working on now.

Hi Holdfast...

Your right if a kit barrel comes out ok.. you fill it and sand it properly.. might as well use it.. if your not happy with it... you can always pick up an Aftermarket one...

My last kit was the first time I used an add on barrel, and I was very happy with it..

That was a JR barrel... requires some cleanup on the muzzle brake.. some people just use the kit plastic muzzle brake...
The new Eduard Barrel's are awsome.. no clean up required!

This kit was the first time I used Friulmodel tracks.. and I agree now I want to use them every time!

WOW, glad I waited a while to comment...two for the price of one. Love Jadgpanthers. claen lines and just a little detaiing goes such a long way on them too. Been putting together goodies fora Pz 4-H. really like what I saw. Are those metal tracks easy to use? I know they're not cheap and i don't want to invest 30 bucks in a set of tracks (more than the kit) for something real complicated

Blaster,

Thank you for your nice comments. The metal tracks are very easy to use, all you need to do is drill out some holes here and there, inserting wires, then you are done. Highly recommended.

HTH.

:-) Verrrrry nice panzer Charlie,


Ha Ha you armour modellers crack me up, buy a turned metal barrel, then use the kit plastic muzzle brake
To be honest with you I can only see the merit in an after market barrel if it has rifling, then an etched insert would be just as good and cheaper :-)
Sorry I'm not trying to slag off armour, just that I sometimes think I would like a go then read about all this aftermarket stuff and it puts me off. Don't get me wrong I like aftermarket goodies, just shouldn't be the excepted norm (not saying it is). Each to there own. :-)
Mal

Hi Blaster..

The Friul tracks are a breeze to use.. I just went through twice on each link with a #73 drille inserted the wire and dab of super glue.. and done!!!

Cool thing is.. you do all the tracks.. they're totally workable.. easy now to paint and weather seperate from the model!!! then you just do that last link on each side and your done..

If you shop around on some online shops you can find the Friul tracks for mid 20's.. and you get lot's extra for spares.. and some sets come with free drive wheels...

Before I tried these I was like you.. didn't want to spend the money... but I was thinking of doing the DML plastic individual tracks... looking at the two ejector pin marks on each link and saying to myself "do I really want to do this?"... So I went for the Fruils.. and it was fun!!
So moneywise.. I would've spent hours in hell... or just hours having fun! Now I want to use em on as many kits as possible! Cept of course Shermans and stuff like that.. where I think the vinyl (if it's a good kit) looks fine, cause there's no need for sag...



I highly recommend them
Charlie

thanks for the recommend charlie. The plastic individual links look better than vinyl but piecing those final pieces together usually end up very frustrating and not going together too well as well as frantically trying to finish a string and bending it to fit around the sprockets and road wheels. Think I'll pick up a set at the next model show