Natter Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Hi All, Revell's '1/72 Jagdpanther' is much more like 1/76 scale, but still builds quite nicely. Here is my interpretation of a late 1944 Jagdpanther, the crew waiting for a refuel before re-entering the fray. Hopefully it will become the centrepiece of a small diorama in the not too distant future - hopefully. Paints are a mix of Tamiya, Vallejo and Games Workshop. The figures are from Millicast I think, and I mixed up the uniforms a little. I seriously disliked the Revell link and length tracks, and I replaced the kit schurzen with thin plasticard plates. The towing cables are the kit eyes with the cables made from twisted copper wire, and I removed the tools from their kit frames and moved them to the rear deck as per the late model or field modified Jagdpanthers. While hunting the internet I found a photograph of a Jagdpanther which, although it was black and white, clearly showed one of the plates had a different camouflage pattern; presumably from another tank. I replicated this on the model. Just a quick update - the diorama can be found here in RFI - Dioramas 0001-JP front right 0002-JP rear right 0004-JP rear left 0002-JP left 0005-JP front left 0006-JP up front right 0006-JP up rear left Thank you for stopping to look. 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wangmm2047 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Good job, very realistic effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Nicely done. Good paint and weathering job. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue705 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Nice Job Natter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilan Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Very nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Looking good Natter. Must be fun to paint those 3/4" high figures but they turned out well. The Jagdpanther looks better with the tools on the rear plate to my eye but not too many modelers bother moving them. I was wondering about the odd colors on the one plate but glad you mentioned that it came from another unit, that's a good idea to try for my upcoming 1/16 Panther if it ever shows up. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 56 minutes ago, BlackMax12 said: Looking good Natter. Must be fun to paint those 3/4" high figures but they turned out well. Thank you all for the kind comments. Oh yes Lloyd - 20mm figures are something of a challenge, especially if you're daft enough to attempt something like the late war German comouflage uniforms. These days I have to use the thickest, most magnifying lenses on my optivisor but that's my own fault for building in braille scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 That's an outstanding job Natter,looks more like 1/35 with the level of finesse achieved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Nice build Dave, I've got to admire your figure painting absolutely fantastic. Also Happy New year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 VERY NICE INDEED! Rearguards, Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 That looks to be more like a 1/35 model! Excellent painting and weathering! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Armour Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 2 hours ago, PlaStix said: That looks to be more like a 1/35 model! Excellent painting and weathering! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix Yeah it look 1/35! Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Just a quick update - I have completed the diorama; found here in RFI - Dioramas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijs302 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 great camo and weathering really like the track colour ,as for the figures i struggle to make 1/48 figures look that good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 looks "great", as others already mentioned, like a bigger scale sweet job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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