Panther Progress -- New Pics 19 Apr --

I am a german armor freak myself and I think that looks Awsome! Is that Italerie's kit with sheeted zimmerit? I think the zim is great too! Are you sure those camo spots are supposed to be white? I'm not a panther guro, just a tiger freak but just wondering. Excellent wipw!!!

Wow! Thanks AM. That's great praise. It's the old Tamiya A with an aftermarket turret and Model Kasten tracks. I replaced most of the tools with ones from the Tamiya Pzkw IV On Vehicle set. The zimmerit is Tamiya Polyester Putty done with a Tamiya zimm tool set. A lot of the pictures I've seen of Ambush pattern camo have dunkelgelb "leaves" or spots on the green and red-brown portions of the camo. The picture I was trying to follow, although I didn't for the spot pattern, showed them as being white on tank 211. I don't know if this is accurate or not, but like I said, it's what was done in the drawing. I personally would assume that the tank crew would have used what they had easily on hand, which would have been the dunkelgelb. You got me.

Thanks, again.

I think you're being to hard on yourself Bill. They came in all shapes and sizes, so I don't think there really is a right or wrong. I know they were done in white and grey(which is almost what I did). I think we all do them to our own taste so to speak. My one observation is that the light leaves tend to really pop out. Still I think it is effective in achieving it's desired effect of reflection. I say it's fine.

I wouldn't worry about the starkness of the pattern Bill weathering and pastel will soften it dramatically ,... camo always looks wrong ( and yet kool at the same time ) It will look great when done , I assure you ! Fine camo job , my friend ! regards AND GOOD LUCK ! ,.... Shawn

Definitely looks amazing. Can't wait to see it weathered and dusted.
As spector said, the weathering process will soften the paint effects and blend everything in anyways.

Thanks a bunch, guys. Guess I'll put the right side numbers in place, seal it and start getting her (him??) dirty!!

Made that dinasour look good, the taimya pather like that one that i have was my practice zim coating on Great job all the way around!!

Looks Great!, now it's in the 'showroom finish', dirty it up put it in front of some bushes and it'll pratically disappear.

Keep us posted on the beast
great work

Thanks to you all. I put the numbers on the right side tonight. I had a lot of trouble getting the two to sit down on the zim, but I finally made it. Just a few tools to go, a clear coat, and it's get dirty time!

Cool Camo Scheme, Bill. Very catchy and very nice.

Great job.

Excellent Job, Bill...

Your zimmerit and paint scheme is well done!

Regards, Dan

Excellent Bill! The zim and camo look great.
Wish I would have found one of those turrets, sure would have saved a lot of work.

Wonder if some "leaves" on ambush schemes could have been done in the interior buff, some were factory applied and that would have been an avaliable color.

Lookong good, Bill!
As mentioned previously, the wash 'n' weather phase oughta take down the intensity of the white spots a bit. Looks good as-is, though!

When's the E-100's turn??

Bill,
wooo-hooo!
looking good.
i think it threw me at first because the pic of the front is such a tigh close up,
but if the front looks like the back (density, etc) then i think you have nailed it!

you are on the home stretch now.
here is where the perseverance pays off.
congrats!

good one bill. great looking camo and as said above it will tune down after weathering

one word.... MUD!

Bill, it looks great and I agree that the starkness of the spots will go away with weathering... but oh please hurry. I can't stand to see a clean tank... it simply goes against the laws of God and man....

You did a super job with this old dog. You and Claymore68 should get medals for taking on this kit...

Can't wait to see it all doll'ed (dirtied) up...

Peace

QUOTE: Originally posted by ausf Looks Great!, now it's in the 'showroom finish', dirty it up put it in front of some bushes and it'll pratically disappear.

(Tank shop, Frankfurt, 1943)
ACHTUNG! Ah yez.. You zere, vurker.. You wiz ze necktie und commision bazed fee.. I vould like to take zis Panzer for a tezt draive.

jawohl.. Ehm vich panzer..

Ze Panzer..

Mein herr, ve have many panzers here..

Don't you get schmart wiz me, jung mann, or I vill have you shot zo fazt you von't even be able to zay guten himmel, wo sind mein kartoffeln... Now give me ze keys to ze panzer tank.. Ze panzer funf.. You know, p-a-n-t-h-e-r.. Panzer.

Ohh, ze Panzer! I zought you ment just any panzer..

Vy vould I zay zat? Vot do you take me for? A dummkopf?

Saukopf..

VOT??

Nein.. Saukopf gun mantlet.. On ze jagdpanzer

On ze Stug?

Jah, zat vun too, but I meant on ze jagd panzer..

I did not zay I vonted a jagd panzer, I vont ze regular panzer..

Vell, ve do have a nice low kilometer panzer. wiz ze special hub capz und schporty auspuff..

Vot colour?

A pretty sree tone camouflage..

A yes, zat is nice yes, yes.. Vot colour iz ze interiour?

Oh, a fetching weiss wiz ze black trim. All carefully inschtalled by only ze finest schlave labour our wehrmacht could round up und schtuff into ze back of an Opel Blitz...

Veeerrry intereschting, yes.. Vot does it do for ze petrol?

Oh, about funf liters to ze vun kilometer.. Better zan ze average Amerikanischer family automobile..

Ach zo.. Vell, lets take it vor a schpin und ve'll talk about it zome more zen, eh?

How vould herr be paying for zis?

I shall zee to it zat you shall not be shot, jah?

Sounds fair enough to me..

Ambush pattern, very nice! Gotta love it.

Ron

Looks great, Bill !!


Nice Camo, Nice zim, great detail !

It's looking great Bill ..... you've made a silk purse out of this old sow's ear.

Good looking Panther Bill!!! I think the camo and "leaves" will look fine after weathering it! Keep up the good work!

Eric

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement all of you. I appreciate them. I had a lot of firsts on this bad boy. I guess that's what modeling is all about! I've really enjoyed it.

Bill,
Looks good. Have you finished the weathering yet? Need more pics.

Nice build! Keep up the good work.

Gip Winecoff

I spent part of the weekend weathering the cat with oil washes. I think it came out pretty well. The light spots really toned down well. Here are some pics.










Unfortunately, I then put some pastels on and some of them came out pretty weird. One rust color I used went VERY mauv! I mixed them with some alcohol and I think they attached themselves pretty solidly to the clear coat (Tamiya clear) I used to seal the paint. It might be time for somemore oil washes!! (The muzzel turned out well, though!) I may have pics of this phase up later today or tomorrow!

Looks fantastic Bill, keep us posted.
I just gotta see how this turns out!

(I gotta git rid of that shine!) lol

Thanks, Jon

Looks great Bill! Mauve rust eh? Sounds like a problem with that steel the Germans were using on that one!

Ron