Jack, love that barrel. 

Marc, yes, please add another to the peanut butter series. 

Jack , looks like a good selection there .

Marc , you need a new G.B. Badge for these smaller scales ....................

And dont forget the pork n' beans set .............

So earlier this week while searching for something in my basement I ended up finding my Tamiya 1/48 kit, and so I've decided this is what I'll go with to depict a Tunisian Tiger.  Within the box was a Voyager PE set and an Armorscale metal replacement barrel.

It doesn't end there, from the Track48 webstore I've now ordered a set of Eureka copper/resin tow cables,  RB's machined MG34 for the hull, and a DAK crew.

For paints I do have Model Master's Afrikakorps vehicle enamel set, but I'm sure I read somewhere in the past year that some of the colours are not all that accurate - can anyone confirm this?

regards,

Jack

Carl, as a matter fact I have been thinking about doing another addition to the Peanut Butter Panzer series.

Marc , so be it , the pic with the turret turned .  Ok , i've watched you go from 1/35th to 1/48th , and now 1/72nd ..........1/144th next ?

Ok , i have get to work , big day today ! (helping the wife with house cleaning ........i get to run the vacuum cleaner )

Tony , below is a picture of what i used . I de-can the primer and airbrush it , the little bottle is Model Master clear enamel that i mixed in to cut down the amount of overspray dust . The result is redder than i care for . After i sealed it i applied a heavy wash of burnt umber oil paint thinned with oderless mineral spirits . The burnt umber is what turned the red primer a more brown .

Marc, you'll be done with this one before I get my Jagdpanther's camo on. LOL

Steve, agree with the "blob" if some of them.  I too am not fond of the color and and plan to work on these.  We had a long chat re. paint chips a long time ago when I was completing my Jagdtiger about the little "edge" of color around the chips.  I plan to take a rusty grayish color on work on them a bit.  And thanks for the comments and feedback.  You know how I like that

And now, with Aerosmith in the background... "... and the train kept a rolllin' all night long..." it starts again.

Getting ready to start this little kitty.  Almost looks like a /35 kit spread out.  Time to clean the Opti-Visor lenses.

deafpanzer: Thanks for the compliment on the whitewash.  You going to go for a worn finish too?

wing_nut: Those pic's just jumped out at me as SPECTACULAR!  The variation of the camo' is perfect.  The close-up pic's of the port side tow cables REALLY kicked my A**!!!  I absolutely love, as Manny would say "and want to marry" the combination of worn finishes and dunkelgelb...you pulled that off masterfully my friend. 

You mentioned the heavy-handed (from the AK video) gray chipping...and IMO it's not too much I just think the color is off a bit and the shapes in several locations are too "blobbish" versus scratched and rubbed...make sense?  I highly recommend trying the van-d y k e oil paint drybrushing method. I'm drawing a blank on his name...but the "Tank Factory Guy" executed this method perfectly.  It's great for worn edges and you can dab it on for chips too.  Fantastic work overall!!!  Oh yeah, love the mini cables too.

I vote for the third overall view as your finished build...that picture is awesome!

RBaer:  Good to see your out-of-the-gates!

Thanks Tony... sorry man but we over lapped.  I really like that camo pattern on your Panther.

Jack... I didn't answer all your question... the chips are applied with a brush after paint before weathering.  Vallejo black/grey.  I tried a technique on an AK video but I think I was a little heavy handed.

Carl, Rbaer... gonna be an awesome pair of kitties when you are done.

Carl, don't really care but if i gotta pick I like the bottom one with the turret turned.

RBaer, nice start on the KT. I like those mufflers.

Tony, lovely Panther.  Camo and weathering are superb.

Hi Shellback,

What paint do you use for the red primer ? Looks far better than my attempts.

Cheers

Tony

Bish and Steve thanks .

Rbaer , another KT ! Nice start . Looks like you put some texture on the glacis plate .

Now , to get things rolling on my cat ................

Red primer covered lightly with Tamiya XF60 and then a oil wash of burnt umber and a final dry brushing wiyh more XF60 . The "steel" shine is done with a graphite pencil .

Carl: not sure how accurate it is but the primer showing through looks really cool to me.

RBaer: super nice work those white metal drive sprockets are really going to look good.

Yup , thats has P.E.'d me more than few times Marc ...................

Which picture do you want for the completed model on the front page ?

WTF   I typed out a long post earlier and it's not here.  Musta zigged when I shoulda zagged.

Carl, thanks man.  Nice thing about smaller scales.  Less details go a long way  1st done huh? I was not aware of that

Jack,  The surface is a bit delicate but the places that I soak with thin CA were way stronger.

Eric my man...  Fab GB as usual.  Thanks for gettin' it going.

Bish.  Thank so much my friend.

Joe, Thanks and don;t worry about looking like mine.  make it look like yours and it will be great

Gamera,  Thanks , I hope your Tiger look 10 time better

RBaer,  catching up sucks donsen't it.  And thanks for the comments.

Ben,  thanks.  It's a nice kit.  But it's my 1st tamiya 1/4 scale and I don't really like the metal tub for the chassis.  Lacking in the detail a plastic kits has.  But I left it since those gigundo road wheels cover a lot of it.

Hi Everyone,

That Panther is outstanding Marc, I love the finished you've achieved on it, and will probably try to get one to look something like that too, if I'm good enough.

I actually finished a 1/48 Panther today, but I didn't enter it in this GB as the construction was already complete at the time the GB kicked off. I thought it might be of some interest to this group.

The link for it is http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/p/141708/1612197.aspx#1612197

Cheers

Tony

Hi guys,

Just checking in - everything looking good!

Marc - that is one seriously special looking quarter scale Panther. I'd love to see that on a base.

I'm tempted to pick that kit up myself now! I've only built one Panther (Dgarons 'G' with Zim) and that was built when I was a real newbie and it isn't great.

One more day of work to go and I'll be able to get some cammo on the Tiggy!

Take care fellas,

Ben

Marc, thanks, and sweet Panther. Quarter scale? Wow.

I got through about 30 more pages last night, still need to do some catching up, obviously.

As threatened, pics of what I've got going so far:

Front of hull, with MG blister:

Bits and pieces:

Exhausts. Pipe is aluminum tube. Armored covers have lifting lugs added.

The turret interior, such as it is, has been assembled and basic painting done, can't decide on how much, if any, interior bits to add. I thought about adding enough to be convincing when viewed through an open rear hatch, but that's a lot of bits to add......

Marc: she looks great! Beautiful weathering without being overdone. Hope my Tiger look 10% as good!

Marc - That right there is one fantastic Panther. Just simply excellent. A stellar example of your skills. Which, by the way, I am really grateful to you and the others here for sharing the wealth of skills and knowledge you all possess. I am certain my Tiger will not turn out quite like your example. Yet, I guarantee it is going to turn out far beyond my expectations simply from what I have learned here. Definitely looking forward to your 1/72 Tiger and to having you stick around.

Steve - Yes, indeed I'll get some pics of the jack with the PE added.

                                        Joe 

CARL, i like the look you have on the turret with the primer showing through. German armour camo in this period is very hard to figure out, and i see no reason why your approach would not be realistic. Red primer was used as a part of the camo scheme, but is it easy to seeing the order being read in different ways.

No new update from me at the moment. Still getting the PE on but ist very slow going. But i think i am nearly there and will get some pics up before the paint goes on.

Marc, stunning looking build. The wire spool is a nice touch and looks a lot better than the kit part.

Marc, very stunning build my friend. The camo is superb as is that paper zimmerit. I'll put you down for the Tiger II.

Thanks Carl. I'll let you be the judge of the best picture to post along with all the other finished builds.

Welcome back RBaer. Look forward to your progress.

Marc, nice finish you have there and grats on the completion.     One thing I was wondering about the  paper zim is how it would stand up over time, but it probably should last a while as it is sealed in paint.

I notice you have chipped paint effects - was this applied simply over top of the finish, and what colour did you use?

regards,

Jack

Marc ,  I've been looking at all of the details you put unto this Panther ...... it looks great ! Next a brail scale ? First build completed here ...........

Eric , i have Marcs pics in a folder .

RBaer... youv'e been missed  Welcome home.

As I was about to trim and paint the last piece to add to the side of the hull and decided I didn't like the look.  So what better to look like a spool of cable than a spool of cable?   I twisted 3 strands of 42 gauge wire to make that cable and some scrap PE for the bracket.

And with that to complete my 1st build for the GB.  Eric, add a 2nd build to the roster for me.  I just picked up a 1/72 Tiger II late “Adrienne”

My final opinion of the paper zim.  It has a nice in scale appearance, especially for quarter scale.  Once the learning curve flattens out I really am pleased with the look of the zim.  I would likely use it again.  If it can be done on thinner stock I would love to see what they can do for 1/72 scale.

RBaer , good to have you back ,

deafpanzer

Shellback

Andy , thanks . As for working for the telco and painting .......havent you ever seen those tall poles with the red and white stripes at the top for low flying aircraft ? Who do you think painted them ?* Maybe your too young to have seen those . 

LOL!  Maybe you should have said this... "Maybe I am too old to have seen those?" 

Really am looking forward to return to the workbench... 

"Maybe I am too old to have seen those?" ......................born in the 70's is not old enough ..............just sayin .......