Panther Model Pics Please

There are 10 different ones here;
http://bsdi.usppp.com/wwiiscalemodels/schemes/panzertarnung.html

here you go.......




Panthers early D -Kursk 10 Panzer command tank, and an early A Anzio campaign.
Good Luck with your project,

Steve

Not very good photo but this is the Dragon Panther G Early in 1/72 scale. Paint scheme looks better in person than the photo depicts.

good pictures so far. what paints did you guys use?

Tamiya Acrylic Dark Yellow and red brown, went with enamel on the dark green, Model Master I think. A lot of guys are paranoid about using acrylics and enamel on the same camo job, but, I just went for the best color match and started airbrushing - turned out nice. I used Testors dull cote out of the can and Pactra acrylic "weathering" color to overspray the track and roadwheels/lower hull- for that fine coat of dust. Exhaust stacks are coated with white glue and dusted with flour, once dry ,painted rust for that nice rough oxidized look. I use a product called "black out" for accenting. It is a water based ink and comes in three colors - black,rust, and brown. A small brush is used to paint around all the hull details (welds, bolts,panels,etc.) to add streaking and contrast effects. I also use it to darken panel lines on aircraft.

Are you building the DML A?

Good Hunting...Steve

t3488g,
here is my Panther G in psuedo-ambush.
if i could do it again, i would plan the pattern a bit better,
make the leaves smaller, and do more leaves.
that being said, it was my first finished armor model,
my first German 3 color camo
etc, etc.
the colors are are Tamiya. Dark Yellow, Dark Green, Red Brown.
lightened a bit. covered w/ a great number of filters, that i don't know if they did anything.
then photographed horribly w/ the digital cam i borrowed from work before buying my own.

and i made up the pattern, so there is no reference for it.


since no one has mentioned it, i will tell you -
when they went to the 3 color schemes, crews were issued the Dark Green and Red Brown in concentrated form. the crews apllied them, thinning w/ gas, diesel, water or nothing. they applied them w/ sprayers, brushes, rags or even mops, depending on what is available.
this means you have a LOT of leeway for shades, patterns, etc.
so have fun.

Ah the beauty and torture duality of doing the 3-tone camo schemes for German armor. As Ed points out, the beauty is that pretty much anything goes as the local commanders had perogative on the pattern to suit their surroundings. The torture is in trying to get a look/feel that you like as opposed to trying to do a "historically accurate" scheme. You are on the right track in terms of looking at what others have done for inspiration. It's been posted before but I always find this link to be a helfpful reference and then just let the imaginatino run wild...

http://bsdi.usppp.com/wwiiscalemodels/schemes/panzertarnung.html

Here's a link to mine. I used Tamiya acrylics dark yellow, dark green and red brown.

http://www.lizardsworkshop.50megs.com/panther.html

heres my Tamiya late G

Well here's mine:

Panther G Late with Steel Wheels:





Panther D:

http://www.geocities.com/ddta_ala/PantherD.htm

Im glad someone posted this topic. I just got dml's panther A for normandy. I want to use it in a diorama with a t-34...i was thinking kursk or maybe just and encounter type thing. Anywho was the camo for the eastern front the same as the ones above. I have also seen one that looks like a checker board pattern. Its the yellow with the green lines. Also did the panthers on the eastern front also have zimmerite?

Thanks

theres so many choices!!!! not sure if i can decide. i like Captain Caveman's and wildwilliam's though. i am painting my tamiya panther A, not a dragon kit.

Look down at my signature... Thats my example. Painted mostly with Tamiya Acrylics and weathered with oils and pastel washes. Its a late war pattern though. Not really appropriate for an A model.