I’ve already built the kit. No extras. Just an OOB build to keep it simple.
I modified the kits figures by combining them into one figure and posed him to sit on the commanders hatch. This created a false start when I screwed up the face painting months ago. Yesterday I started a repaint and it’s taken me about four hours and two sessions to get him mostly decent. He looks good under indoor lighting, but outdoor lighting makes him look hideous. Even the camera is making it look worse. His eyebrows barely show up lol.
So… Face painted and the sweater has been blocked in. The tank has been primered and is ready for a base coat.
I think I will do this one clean and start with Game Air Earth and then modulated with Panzer Yellow over that. That should start me off with a mildly dirty look.
From there I’ll have to reference the kits instructions. It’s been so long since I’ve had this one out of the cupboard that I don’t remember my options lol.
Only pictures of the figure so far. Nothing much to say about the build except that it was flawless.
He looks good to me! Then again I think my figures look good from a yard/metre but close up look like some sort of mutant from a cheap '80s SF movie.
Interested in how the Panther goes. This was my second 1/35th scale model back in high school in the '80s. I wondered why it didn’t look like the Panther in books in a lot of little ways. It’s only later I found out that it’s not considered a very accurate model…
No worries, my friend. You’re mistake was simple and caused no harm lol. I do it often.
Unlike the old Ausf A, I’m not going to add a bunch of scratch built greeblies to dress it up. This one is good right out of the box. The Porsche Turret King Tiger I have in the stash has all the goodies though and will be somewhat epic for me. I’ve got the Zim, screens, and tracks with an Alpine figure for the TC. That one will be fun!
Thanks, Joe. That’s my old Ausf A. It spent years rattling around in a box incomplete and over the years and a few moves I lost all the original bits and had to scrounge up extras or scratch build replacement parts. I’ve found the original travel lock and I need to finish that build with it.
Nice Ausf A. I built one years ago and definitely not one of my best builds. But I have a G, an A and a D that I hope to get to in the future. Good luck with that Ausf G.
The big cat is looking good. I have the steel wheel version waiting to be built sometime this year. Just collecting up various aftermarket to dress it up right now.
I love the Tamiya Panther Gs and their D. You are doing real justice to the figure! And, you did a great job on the “A” variant!I am impressed1
Given that Tamiya produces excellent Panther D and Panther G variants, and that thei Panther A is so out of date and inaccurate, I would like them to produce an up to date Panther A. I’ve started a conversion of the Tamiya Panther D to a late Ausf. A by using their D kit with the necessary parts from the Italeri Ausf. A. I hope that it works.
Thanks, Bill! The figure started rough and I shelved this entire project because of it. Figures have become my center pieces of my builds. So if they don’t look good I’ve been losing motivation.
That old “A” turned out pretty good as a late war survivor with a veteran commander. I did everything wrong with that one and it turned out looking mean anyways lol. I only upgraded the tracks to the indies that are for the “G”. They fit quite well.
