gerald.b Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hello everyone So for reference, I would take the Panther D # 433 of the Panzer Abteilung 51 Kursk 1943 for some details! But in the end it will be the 445 of the Grobdeutschland which was in Karachev also in 1943! My reference photos are not many but I would do it with! For the beginnings of this montage, I started with the foundry effect that remains subtle on the Panther compare to heavy tanks as for the Jagtiger! I removed the little piece of plastic that simulated the hook of the maintenance of the shell loading door, by that of the kit Voyager model! Let's stay on the turret with the loading hatch to which, and seeing that it will be open, improve the closing system that will be, seeing! It will not mount immediately because it will be painted before it is glued! Front part of the Panther with the carters! For these, I wanted to make them damage like the reference photo seen from the front! Still for the casings, there are 2 reinforcements at right angles which were taken on the chassis for more solidity! The tube was not bad in its kind! It will remain to put the link chain which will itself be welded to the tube and connected to the clasp (it will remain open)! The tube supports are not welded because I have to adjust their locations! I added on the fans the hooks that allowed the holding of these with photo-cut pieces! in the next picture, we can see them! The sequel is the design of smoke spears! I can tell you, that I had a dog trouble doing them (especially the trigger cables with the means of the board)! Otherwise, to finish the turret, I made the weld seams on the rear skirt in magic sculp! here are some general pictures of my progress back! You will notice, that the two covers on the engine hatch have undergone a transformation! The original handles had been modified and those on almost all the Panther D on Kursk by handles bet outwards! Place to the tofs! The taillights! The road chair! I retrieved an old road chair from the Griffon Model (my favorite brand) to which I scoured the paint and entirely boned to refit it! The maintenance chain is the Voyager kit! Rest the handle and it will be finished! Here is the extinguisher redone and that looks a lot like the real ones of the time! For the continuation and the end of the welding, I embellished the shürzen supports supplied with the PE Voyager! And in terms of time, you really had to take it! Around 5 hours to make 14 in total! I show you the plans and you will understand better why and how! Otherwise I started making two boxes (one wooden / one steel) with plastic card that comes from the sim card holders! These will go above the extractors in the back on their supports! Here are the pictures (without the caterpillar because I'll put the one from Friul when they will be ok to answer me for my order) to give you like even a preview where I am made! There are many pieces that are set to white! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jan Scholte v. Mast Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Aloha, what a great build so far. Bookmarked because I have a Panther D waiting as well. Kind regards, Robert Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald.b Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thank you very much Robert Jan for your comment! Do you have the one from Dragon? Kind regards 🍻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jan Scholte v. Mast Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Well, its a Dragon, but not sure if its the same kit, have to look. Nice PE, and even better, soldering the material, bravo! Robert Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald.b Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Good evening everyone . Having dropped my hard drive as advertised on another forum , a few days ago , i will put the few photos that I have with my SD card and the possible explanations that I have left I'm sorry and confused. First, I degreased all parts alcohol 90 °! After 24 hours of complete drying, I spent on all my subsets the Dunkelgelb RC060! Once done, I represented the camouflage in two steps! I wanted to represent a worn painting by time First pass with RC049! Then in the second pass, I spent the RC054 to fade this green too flashy! Here is the result in pictures where I am! Otherwise here is a good part of aging made with different AK products and Abteilung oils to get where I am! I'm sorry I can not develop aging in pictures because there were a lot of steps . Good! This is where I am now . Very good evening to all . Regards Gérald 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald.b Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, Robert Jan Scholte v. Mast said: Well, its a Dragon, but not sure if its the same kit, have to look. Nice PE, and even better, soldering the material, bravo! Robert Jan The reference is 6299 ! This is my first tentative with welding! Thanks again for the compliment my friend 🍻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Excellent work there Gerald. It's good to have another AFV modeller on board. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi Gerald, Excellent work with the PEs, too much for me, and the paint was also very good to work it. The weathering part is the one that interests me the most, because IMHO is the decisive part, where a detailed toy becomes something more (like yours), you already see a personality in the model, and that air of reality that I love. It's a shame you couldn't share it ... Very good progress... Cheers Gerald 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 This is looking great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald.b Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Bullbasket said: Excellent work there Gerald. It's good to have another AFV modeller on board. John. thank you my for your comment 🍻 ! For modellers, there is heavy, even very heavy on the forum. I feel like I'm going to be at home here 3 hours ago, FrancisGL said: Hi Gerald, Excellent work with the PEs, too much for me, and the paint was also very good to work it. The weathering part is the one that interests me the most, because IMHO is the decisive part, where a detailed toy becomes something more (like yours), you already see a personality in the model, and that air of reality that I love. It's a shame you couldn't share it ... Very good progress... Cheers Gerald 👍 Thank you very much Francis for your message! I'm sorry I can not explain more in detail! The next model, I explain it to you 👍 ! amity Gérald 🍻 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald.b Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, DAG058 said: This is looking great! Thank you very much DAG058 🍻 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Very nice model. Great attention to detail. I particularly like texture on the tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil1960 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Great work, attention to details and top painting! Well done. Ciao filippo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald.b Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thanks to all for your nice comments ! Thank you all for all your nice comments that make me very happy! I would have in the same kind of montages, the modern with 2 big projects! - Lav III Canadian Trumpeter + all the PE Voyager Model -The M1A2 Tusk 1 and 2 Tamyia + all the PE Voyager Model to improve it Etc ..... And many other things on the subject WW2 There will be resource !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Very very nice build, some fantastic skills on show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jan Scholte v. Mast Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I copy Dads203. Your skills freak me out. Robert Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaoinas Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Very very very good Panther. The build is excellent. I like the texture a lot - what product did you use to achieve this, if I may ask?. And the painting is, of course, top notch too. Definitely will return to this thread when I'm starting my own Panther D someday. Edited December 12, 2019 by vaoinas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcoat2966 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I agree with the rest, really nice build and top notch PE work......an enjoyable build blog to follow........ Regards Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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