Weathering a Panther

same way you weather all tanks, see other threads named "weathering" etc for details

Jee, that was helpful!!!!! {:(}

It depends on what you are trying to achieve. Are you looking for a dusty finish, or a winter finish, or maybe one that involves lots of mud. Just a little more info please and then we can narrow it down a bit.

Dusty. One that served in Italy.

Hey Tankbuild. Now that you have narrowed down how you will weather the tank here is what I do when weathering a dusty tank (w/ alittle grim )

First I give my tank a light misting spray of Tamiya Buff all over the tank, to blend in any camo and or markings. After I have dusted it I give the tank local washes/pinpoint washes (very thinned paint) of winser newton oil paints. The colors I usually use for that type of weathering are burst sienna, raw and burnt umber, vandike brown, and or mars black. I usually try to keep black washes to either recesess or the substructure. I have also used a technique described by MIG using pastels. Mix a good earth tone of ground down hard pastels and blend it into the base coat.

I forsee Shermanfreak given you some useful advice very shortly.

Am I that easy to predict Rob !!!!

My approach is a little different than Rob's. After I have the base coat completed and all the decals in place I will coat the entire model in 2 or 3 coats of Testor's Dull-Cote. This will seal everything in nicely. I don't do a wash and move directly into drybrushing with Model Master Acrylic Steel. This is used to highlight any areas where heavy traffic or scraping may have occured. After this has dried I will then use ground pencil lead to "burnish" the metal surfaces of the tank (basically the whole nine yards). I use a highly technical instrument for this procedure, my index finger. If you use this technique be careful to remove most of the pencil lead from the finger by rubbing it on a piece of cardboard then just rub it in. I would sugest a bit of practice with old kit until you get used to doing this method. My final weathering is done with ground pastel chalks. I apply these wth a small course brush with a little extra scrubbing in the nooks and crannies.
Hope this helps a bit.