Hello all. Been a while since I posted a finished a model. Here’s my latest. It’s Dragon’s Late Panther G. I built it OOB. This is my first attempt at German armor. Sorry the pictures are little washed out; cheap camera. Comments are always welcomed.
-Jesse
I can’t understand the lack of responses. Very nice kitty! I like the wood-grain on the shovel. Since the lower hull is really dirtied up, I can’t comment on whether the inner-rims have the paint worn off, just being metal (a common missed step), not really a problem since again it’s so dirty. Again, well done.
[Y] Very nice job!
Actually, I think that Panther!http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d142/hoozieg/Smilies/Misc%20Smileys/1lg040look.gif looks pretty darn good to me.
You probably just need to turn off the flash !http://th152.photobucket.com/albums/s165/ProphecyGirl_photos/Smileys/th_flashing.gif
I NEVER use one.
!http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/gluetank/Decorated%20images/th_T1-4-copy.jpg
Nice kitty, very nice.
I really like dirty drive the sproket/wheel with the metallic tip showing nice touch.
One thing, its not a late G. Late G’s had a different mantlet, a flattened chin below the barrel join. All others except the late G was full semi-circle
see here
Ah yes, nice catch.
Was wondering, are those the DS tracks? Look pretty good to me. Seems so many people hate them, but how can you argue that when they finish like this.
usmc1371,
Like pointed out above the flash makes the paint look like a semi gloss, I assume the same as in the flash did this.
Excellent job on the finishing touches, the comments above caught anything overlooked. The inner rims can be fixed with a pencil with just the lead core, put tape over most to protect the rubber parts from accidental ‘hits’ Also the guide horns could use a metallic sheen as these were high wear items.
Tanks for posting your Panther, German WWII armor is the most popular subject for armor modelers. This being said I am sure a few other cats will prowl over your work bench.
*set the digital camera for timer mode, this will enable you to be steady as the release button adds movement.
Thanks for the kind replies.
Those are the DS tracks. I painted them with enamels and washed with acrylics. To help them “relax” around the drive sprocket and idler, I heated them up with a hairdryer. To finish the sag, I tied them down in two spots. In hind sight, I would have preferred using individual link.
I don’t understand the comments about the inner rims. I usually do US/Allied armor. Does someone have a pic to explain the issue?
Although doing the Panther was interesting, I still prefer Allied and modern armor. Although, I’ll probably do Tiger in the future because, well, it’s a Tiger.
-Jesse
The inner-rims on the inner-roadwheels. They paint was worn off by the guidehorns. Like I said, with the dirty underside, it’s not as important. They would be more pronounced on a cleaner lower hull.
Hey Jesse,
Nive Panther. I like the subtle camo work.
This is a reference to the raised rims on the second row of roadwheels. If you look closely, you will see there’s a raised rim which runs against the track guide horns. In real life, this contact often wore the paint off the raised area of the rim and (usually) rendered it shiny bare steel. You can see this in the first segment of this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6Krm-hU24
Nice clip Phil
Heres two more shots illustrates it in photo
First clearly shows the metallic rims
Next shows that they may be visiable with some dirt/mud about but anymore and you wouldn’t see them
Andrew
I see. Thanks for the pic. I’ll see if I can fix them.
-Jesse
Those inner rims looked like they were just covered with dust while the machine sat immobile.
(for future reference, the track horns should shine too)
Looks good Jesse. Solid looking build with great looking camo.
The washed out look in the photos is only partly due tot he camera I think. The model needs some contrast. An overall wash maybe to add a bit of grime but definitely a pin was to pick out all the little details and make them stand out.
Nice built. I like the paint job. If you have photoshop in your computer, all you have to do is add contrast and darken the images a little. Anyway the Panther looks good.
I like it too. Does illustrate something I just posted about. The molded Zimmerit provided by Dragon is very subtle. I’ve examined it on two unconstructed kit and thought the same. No doubt it’s accurate to scale, but it’s almost hard to notice. A photo of a tank with Zimmerit up close shows the texture quite dramatically, while standing off (or in scale I guess) it’s much less noticeable - as illustrated here. Not sure whether it’s good or bad. (Know as a kit maker I’d think it was good - not sure applying Zimmerit is going to be fun.)
Think you chose a good paint combination - heavy on the gelb, light on the green and brown. From my sources that was very common, although late war Wehrmacht cammo patterns, within limits, could be chosen by unit commanders and thus varied a lot according to time and place.
I might change my mind if I saw your kit in person, but I’d say the weathering is very nicely done but conservative. As I understand it, the way tanks were fueled and serviced in the field pretty much guaranteed that you’d have oil/gas stains and other pretty obvious marks of wear back there. Ditto the tracks and road wheels. Course some very good modelers would say you didn’t make any errors that needed to be hid with big blotches of mud and massive “battle damage”. My next kit after this bloody Brummbar (which cries for heavy weather) will receive a restrained hand - unless I make errors that need to be covered with mud and battle damage.
Eric
