Scratchbuilt Panther! Almost complete- PICS!!!!!

Anonymous

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November 2005

Scratchbuilt Panther! Almost complete- PICS!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 11:13 AM

Well most know I built a scratchbuilt 1:70 scale tiger 1. That was built out of the thin cardboard from DML infantry boxes. But now, my newest scratchbuilt project, is a panther. So it's the same-1:70 scale and I used the same materials-cardboard and CA, but this time I used some balsa wood for the barrel. All comments are welcomed! Now onto the pics! Big Smile [:D]

I just made up the paint scheme and unit number. I wanted to have fun with it, so I really didn't look up actually tanks. Blush [:I]

A close up of the turret and upper hull. Did I get the turret shape right?

A side view, I glued the wheels on wrong, so I got to go back and fix it, but I'm on my way...

So what did you think? All comments are welcomed! Thanks for looking! Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 11:16 AM

Cool.... Very neat idea....

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, June 7, 2004 11:18 AM

Most definitely a Panther!
Reminds me of the wooden ID models the various militaries of the world used for training in WWII.

Is a Sherman next?

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 11:24 AM

QUOTE: Is a Sherman next?

Yeah, I can see a sherm in the future. But I'd only do a blown up sherman in a dio, sorry shermanfreak. I might do one without any damage, I'll have to think about it...

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fightnjoe

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Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, June 7, 2004 11:44 AM

looks good ryan. you have a talent.

joe

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 11:48 AM

Very nice indeed. That is one thing I dont think I could do.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 12:38 PM

looks nice.

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tigerman

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March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Monday, June 7, 2004 12:39 PM

Sometimes it's hard enough to build the real mccoy, but out of cardboard? That's impressive.

Eric

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wildwilliam

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December 2009
From: West Grove, PA

Posted by wildwilliam on Monday, June 7, 2004 12:47 PM

Ryan,
an after-market barrel ?
Tongue [:P]

looks very good.
keep up the good work.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 1:54 PM

Thanks for all the compliments everyone! Blush [:I]

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Buddho

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March 2003
From: Newport News VA

Posted by Buddho on Monday, June 7, 2004 3:32 PM

Great job on the scratchbuild, Ryan. The paintjob looks good too.

Regards, Dan

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 4:56 PM

Looks good Ryan. Nice to see someone venure into other areas of modelling.

Many years ago I did a balsa and Ice block stick model of a wooden mock up Panther based on the ones the Germans used in WW2.

Then I did one of the blow up Shermans the Brits used before DDay. This was made from a couple of carved wooden blocks covered in car repair putty and sanded down to shape. I then used thick ballon rubber stuck on that....needless to say, time was not a friend to the balloon rubber! This was a far bigger project that the Panther as it was not just flat planes.

Thanks for sharing your work.