Exhausts drilled out!--1/72 Matchbox Jagdpanther kitbash

the doog wrote:

Whoah...getting in on this one quite a bit late! Looks great, Doog!

Karl, I don't really know what to say, just brilliant. Looks great, another one worthy of an article. Keep up the good work.

All the best,

Terry.

Hi Guys! Thanks to Terry, Aaron, Marc, Hans, Wayne, and Lasse for your nice comments, gentlemen! I appreciate them all!

Well, I weathered up the JP with some pin washes, small scratches in DY, and some judicious drybrushing, pigments, and two Preisser figures. (Hopefully, the weathering will pass "The Manny test"?) lol! Put the cables on from the "early" molded-zimm JP....'nuff talkin'--here's the pics!

Well, that's another one on the shelf!

I"ll be starting the next project tonight as well, and I should have pics up soon.....

Questions, comments, and critiques always warmly welcomed!

OOOO figures!  Now your cooking with gas!  That looks incredible! Definately one of my favorites! Hard to choose which one of your stuff I like best but that is a good un!

 I think it is because of the sense of action it gives! Really cool!

How on EARTH did you get to paint that iron cross band on his jacket? Like, WOW...

I LOVE it.. ABSOLUTELY STUNNED.. ALL THE DETAILS!!

My envy is growing bigger and bigger, by every picture.. It's just so god dang AWSOME!

-LASSE!!!!

Wait, WHAT!??!?!

1/72 FIGURES?  Not blobs roughly the color of German uniforms, but a GUY WITH AN IRON CROSS THAT I CAN SEE???

Man, that's amazing, Karl, I was all set to check in and congraatulate you on vehicle specifics, then you go and pull the micro card!

Very nice camo, weathering, Dio, oh, and yes, the figures are VERY nice, although your figure painting will cost me some sleep tonight.

Bill     

OHOHOH!! I see something..

Too many balkenkreuzes?  You got a photo to back the immense number of 5 ??? 

Karl, don't know what to say, that is just amazing work. It's well up there as one of the best braille scale jobs I've seen. You have easily matched the quality of the stuff I've seen done in the Osprey on the Tiger in 1/72nd scale.

Terry.

Doog

Absolutely superb mate, love it!

The figures really convey the sense of motion in the scene. I can hear the crunch as the Jagdpather breaks through the wall and heads towards the TC's pointed direction.

Cheers

Mike

Karl, IMHO you have outdone yourself!  Your 1/35 work is amazing enough, but you did some MAGIC with the brail scale kit!  The rubble looks much better from the previous pics, and the tank itself looks simply stunning!

Brian

Thanks so much, guys! I do appreciate your compliments and suggestions!

Huxy-- regarding the crosses--I have photos in the aforementioned 654 book that clearly show double-crosses on one late JP, as well as one visible as well on the side. And as I've stated, the cross on the front was emblematic of the 654 after it reorganized, so while unusual, the multiple crosses are actually accurate.

Thanks too, Aaron, Marc, and Bill! 

Thanks also, Terry and Mike! 

Vector--"Putty"?! Not sure what you mean?

wBill--you know, from an illustration in "Achtung Panzer", I swore that those pipes had an insert in them? It's weird, because the way the Revell part is constructed, it also has a "baffle" in that curved part? Somebody mentined that on Armorama as well. Very well; I shall bore it out! Good call on the jack lock too; I shoulda painted it "wood". Thanks for the comments and observations!!

And thanks too, Brian!!

Karl,

I know the original smaller pipes had little inserts in them to keep grenades or other debris from getting into the pipes and causing problems but the flammvernicther hoods were designed to shield/hood the exhaust pipes so that flames wouldn't show at night. To my knowledge they were large open cowls like this depicted on a 1/6 build:

http://jagdpanther.star-one.co.uk/images/Flamvernichtersmallp.JPG in case the image doesn't display.

Very slick finish .......... a great finale to the whole project!

cheers

Brent

vector123 wrote:

What exactly is putty???

Hey Vector,

Firstly, welcome to the forums.

I have noticed that you have asked some fairly general questions (in several threads) which are really not directly related to the subjects of threads at hand. Many of the questions you have raised have been discussed at length in the tools, techniques and painting forums

You may also find the answers you seek by using the "search" function, rather than asking peripherally related general questions, eg.  What exactly is putty??? on this thread.

If it relates to a technique used in a particular model, eg. "What did you use to create that rust effect?", or "what paint did you use?" would be fair questions, but a general question such as "What exactly is putty???" isn't considered good forum etiquette.

Hey Karl,

Absolutely stunning - I can't add anything else that hasn't already been said. The weathering really "ties" it to the base.

Simply awesome...

wbill76 wrote:

Bill, I don't have the picture but I have seen the flammvernicther hoods with screening attached (welded?) to the openings.

hej doog, good to have you back in the small scale. that is one great lookin jagdpanther.

espessially for the matchbox one. great paint job, en verry good figs, as always.

keep it up

Steve,

I'm not a Panther expert by any degree and a mesh type of screening would make sense given how large the openings are...I was trying to find a pic of an actual Panther from the rear showing the hoods but all the ones I could locate were side-on and of no help at all as a result. They'd still have a sense of depth though IMHO even with the screens in place and that's what I was trying to convey in my suggestion to Karl.

 Hey Vector 123 I am far from an expert but I think this may help answer your question.

 I think your asking about Silly Putty which is a Novelty toy meant for children to play with. It can be shaped and rolled into position and can be a very effecting painting mask. I find mine in Craft stores but I have heard it is in Dollar stores in the states as well. It can be hard to find overseas for some reason or is called something else I don't know about.  Here are some pics.

Most of the time the Egg container is red but I got this special glow in the dark version cuz everybody here knows I'm special! LOL!  Here are some pics!

Hope that makes things clear as mud! There are much better tutiorials under silly putty if you give a search for it.

 Hey Doog! What do you see when you look at that ink pattern! LOL!

Bodge wrote:

Excellent job in all areas, just send it to me as it will feel at home on my Normandy dio.

Thanks guys for the help and suggestions again, and of course, the comments!I'll get to the pics of the drilled out cans tomorrow!

sfcmac,

odd, but I've been using the exact same glow in the dark product of silly putty for about four years now!  I ended up buying two or three 'eggs' of it and they're all still plyable and workable.  

If you're concerned about make the colors last though, it should be noted that after painting, the silly putty will be irretrivably turned into a different color.  My glow in the dark green is now permanently grey...

Incredible build!  Impressive is an understatement.