ARMOR - Panther (PzKpfw V) Group Build (any scale)

I did it!! I actually got one of the tracks on. At least I think it's on. It was on when I left home this morning, but it may fall apart by the time I get home. Who knows. I really had a lot more trouble getting the track on than I thought I would. I'm not sure it looks exactly right, but I figured I'd better leave it and let the cement set up. Everytime I tried to glue a link together, one or two others would pull apart, so I was pretty happy when I finally got them all to hold at the same time. I managed to pop off at least 5 of the control horns, but they are in places you can't see them. At least, I couldn't see where they came from. I figure the road wheels must have clipped them. I'll take a closer look when I dare to pick the Panther up.

I will be out of town basically the whole weekend, so no model time for me!

Bill

Yea.....good going Bill. you may finish yet.

PICS!!!!!!!

First a refresher on the kit: Tamiya A, scratcbuilt turret, Aber PE, Fruil tracks, pastel weathering (some), and (thanks to Kenneth) Dragon wheels & drive sprockets. The right fender and stowage box were painstakingly fashioned with aluminum foil and then whacked with a hobby knife handle.

It will end up in a dio depicting a vehicle of the 116th SS Pz. Div. After being rushe to Normandy and then falling back all the way to Aechen, with a stop in the Falise pocket, this vehicle made it back to Dusseldorf, Germany where the 116 is refitting. The vehicle is battered (three hits from AT weapons) but the crew is proud and their Panther serviceable. They have scrounged spare links from a knocked out vehicle and a new road wheel from ??? (You know how creative soldiers can be!)

Final weathering will be done when the base is ready.

So on to the pics!

Sorry I have been away guys. I have been following the group, but I just have not had time to reply.

Yes, I am still building my Panther and I actually started painting today. It should be done by next weekend and I will have lots of pics for you all.

I just wanted to say how amazed I am at some of the work that has been produced by this group. WOW is the only word I can think of. EVERYONE has done an incredible job and it has been my pleasure watching your work. Thank you all.

Looks fantastic Derek. The odd coloured road wheel is a nice touch, gives the beast some character.

Looking good guys, I had a quick look in previous pages but I’ll have to go back and finish reading the thread then comment on everyone's model, glad to see i'm not the only one not finished

I kinda had my panther on hold for a little while (a month) for 3 reasons, 1) I couldn't decide on a paint scheme, 2) I was scared as hell to screw up the model with the camo paint (first try at doing camo with my airbrush) and 3) because of 1 and 2 I started to do other things instead of working on the panther.

Anyway this morning I woke up and decided to get the paint job finished and after a 6 hour airbrushing session I’m pretty happy with the results. Ended up going with a 3 tone soft edge camo scheme, dark yellow and dark green on a red oxide base. Unfortunately my camera is at the office so pics are going to have to wait until Monday. with that done i'm back in the game, and happy to have the hardest part finished. clear coat and weathering shouldn't be too bad i have a prety good idea where i'm going with it now.

Congratulations to all you Panther Builders ...... the first thread to break the century mark.

Don't feel bad Max, I repainted my Panther no less than four times. I think I finally like it.

Derek:

Like I have said outside of this GB, Wonderful and great job. Very convincing.

Hi everyone...is there a website where all the panthers have been or will be uploaded to?

Regards, Dan

Wow 100 posts in the GB
i hope to get my Panther done for page 109

boybuddho. We were going to post on Derek's (Claymore's) site but he has had problems there. When everyone is finished I might be able to post a few pages with a couple of pics from everyone who built and submitted results.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Captain Caveman Wow 100 posts in the GB i hope to get my Panther done for page 109

Captain, how about a friendly race to see who finishes first? That might give both of us the necessary incentive to finish.

As for me, I have stripped the Friuli treads off of my kit, thrown them away , and started building the WWII Production treads. I've got 40 links for one length done, but I am being SO lazy. I worked on them for a total of 10 minutes last night.

On the vehicle itself, I am in the wash stage. Tools have yet to be painted past the steel undercoat.

is 2000 posts for a GB a record??[:0]
guess i'm gonna see it anyway when i log on tomorrow morning!!

I've got all 196 links trimmed and touched up. Just got to get these babies together. I still have to order some transfers. I'm starting to see some light at the proverbial end of the tunnel. Want to finish up so I can jump into that M1 build.

I got nothing done over the weekend due to being out of town, but hopefully I'll get a bit done tonight. I'm glad there are still a few of us around!!

Can't wait to see those WWII Productions tracks done up, Larry. Really sorry you had such problems with the Friuls! I can kinda relate!!

ok here is a pic of my painted panther....i'm not realy happy with the pic but the conditions wheren't idea to take them. i just noticed the inside of the muzzle brake isn't painted very well but i'll fix that in the weathering anyway. painting went great until i tried doing the yellow, at that point my airbrush started to have fits and splattered all over the place, thankfully i was able to hide it by spraying green and red oxide over the spots where it got splattered. its also missing a bit of paint on the final drive (funny on all the things you see after you take pictures) but once the roadwheels and tracks are installed it won't be visible anyway

Looks great Max, that's how mine should have looked. Your off and running now.

Looks really great to me too, Max. I really like the camo. You did a great job striping the barrel. Mine don't come out nearly that well!

Congrats

Bill

Looking great Max!

The website suffered a major meltdown (I messed it up BAD and removed it). It will be back up soon with improvements. Sorry bout any inconveniance but when you are learning HTML as you go these things happen.

Max , that is a fine job you did there ! Are you sure that is your first try at airbrush camo? See its not that bad afterall so fear the airbrush not oh great one ! I also agree on the barrel , mine never comes out that good , it always seems to spatter around it on mine . Oh well that phase for me is not quite ( nor it may never ) be !

Looking good max.

Derek, HTML 101 + learning curve = Migraine x200% . We are grateful for your offering to do the build site, and hey these things happen.

Derek,
not to worry, i am sure you will work it out.
i wonder if that's why i could not see your pictures yesterday when it seemed every one else could. maybe i was looking after the meltdown and they saw them before.
anyway, concentrate on your Panther!

Bill & Larry,
glad to hear the tracks are coming along.
keep after them.
Larry - your 'work night' sounds like mine. 5 minutes spent on tool handles on my IV-D.
:-0

Max ,
looks good!
don't worry too much abt the muzzle.
if you are going to blacken it w/ pastels or graphite, it should cover any bare spots.

Erics, Capt, and everyone still working -
keep after it guys, the finish line is in sight now!
this is kind of an endurance event, so concentrate on finishing,
and don't worry abt finishing 'first'.

i think i speak for more than just myself when i say i am really looking forward to
seeing the fruits of all this labor!

ed.

yep i don't know why i was so intimidated with the airbrush camo, part of my personality i guess, i spend too much time thinking and reading about what i should or should not do instead of actualy doing anything, when i get it done once its not a problem afterwards. i absolutely hate doing things twice , rather do it right the first time even if it takes forever, which can be a good or bad thing depending on circumstances.

Derek: How do you write your html, straight in notepad or do you use a application? i started using a application called dreamwaver at the office and its realy nice and made it easy to do prety nice looking sites. humm well now that i think about it its not so great with image galleries which is what we're prety much doing here. on a side note are you going to put your new design on geocities? i'll most likely be buying some web space (500mgs space with 45gigs of transfer per month) , i could probably setup a subdomain to put the group build site there if you want, no ads or popups. the only thing keeping me from getting it right now is that i can't think of a domain name i like. let me know if your interested and i'll let you know as soon as i got it all setup

QUOTE: and don't worry abt finishing 'first'.

Yeah, right. I'm worried about finishing last!! lol

Derek,
man I am foaming at the mouth to see the pics but they are offline right now... NUTS!

Pantherlehr, Great camo.... It is looking super! i can't wait to see it weathered up....

I am still painting figures.... off and on... I really want to everyones stuff together when were all done... Keep truckin ya'll

ok i got my web hosting setup , its going to be www.ipanzer.com once the dns registration goes through. I could setup something like www.ipanzer.com/panthergb or something like that. plenty of space to host everything, i just dont have the time to do the html.

I faxed some pics to Bill, now have to send some to the forum. Just need to get those boring tracks together and wait on some transfers. When your site is running Derek, I'll send some pics to you.

Eric,

I just finally got one of my pics put back on Ron's site. If you want to upload them there, they can be shown over here where everyone can drool over your Panther. It's really cool, guys. Considering Eric had to paint it 4 times, he really got it right on the last go round. Wish I could have seen some of the earlier attempts. I'll bet they weren't bad, either!

Perhaps Bill, If you don't mind, because I'm a novice, have the time, I would appreciate if perhaps you might post them this go around. I've had a long, long, day. No sleep last night and I'm wiped. I'm struggling a bit with the tracks at the moment, It's been many years since I've done link to link. Thanks.