Since many don’t venture into the Italeri GB part 2, here is my submission. It’s the Puma. It was mostly built when I got it, I did all the painting and weathering. With all do apologies to wbill (camo looks a lot a like), it’s OOB. This kit would highly benefit from a new gunbarrel, mg, clear periscopes, mufflers and seperate hatches. The smoke dischargers I believe were installed inaccurately. It was too late when I noticed. I lost a width inidcator and substituted another that I found. I wish I new of James method that he did for his 251, but I felt the kit was deficient already. Needless to say, Dragon’s new kit probably makes up for the shortcomings and then some. I was going to try some streaking, but I still need to work on it. Done in my still-to-be patented subtle weathering. LOL Comments, criticisms, and raking-across-the-coals all welcome.
Not bad at all on a so-so kit these days since DML issued theirs…but still builds up resepectably and you’ve done well with it even with the minor mishaps along the way. I especially like the subtle blending you’ve achieved with the camo and base patterns.
What an excellent job! For a long time this was the only Puma available, and it’ll doubtless remain more affordable than the new offering.
The camo is excellent (tonally an exact duplicate of the shades I used on my first Panther, which was also freehand/softedge, so to me it feels very visually familiar!), the weathering subtle, and the decals went down without silvering – well done! It makes me wanna pull one from my own stash and build it!
