vaoinas 933 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hi! I'm starting a new build of Takom's fantastic Panther kit. It has a full interior included and very thorough detailwise. I have an ABER set to it, which has all the goodies including aluminum barrel, brass MG barrels, antennas etc. There's also MasterClub tracks, Eduard Panther interior set, Tamiya brass shells and Aber shackles. Some of the aftermarket aren't really necessary, but on the other hand, why the hell not. The details are very crisp and so far the kit goes together really nice. Nothing much has done yet. I'm at the point to get the first paint on it to get the lower hull sides and bottom together. Sorry about the crappy images. We had a rare occasion of sunshine this time of year here and there's a lot of light and shadow on the photos. Cheers! Kristjan 13 Link to post Share on other sites
vaoinas 933 Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) First round of painting has been done. Assembling the sides to the bottom was the trickiest part. The torsion bars had to be glued to the sides and then while adding sides to the bottom, torsions need to be slid trough the floor frames. One needs a quite amount of patience to get all the torsion bar ends to their respective holes. This time I used AK RC RAL9001 Cream White for white parts and Humbrol 115 for lower parts of the interior. Kristjan Edited November 16, 2020 by vaoinas clicked to "Submit" too soon 15 Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Klugman 216 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 This is excellent work 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Powell 1 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Got to agree, superb work so far, hopefully the kit has removable panels/ upper hull so it can be seen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bozothenutter 311 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Nice (and fast!) work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edjbartos 888 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Lovely detailed work Kristjan, looks brilliant, looking forward to your next update Ed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
robw_uk 3,159 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 oh very nice... more inspiration for when I pluck courage to do something interior.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jasper dog 5,972 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 That's quite some work Kristjan, very impressive! Great detail and equally impressive paint work. Cheers Darryl 1 Link to post Share on other sites
diablo rsv 1,391 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 That's an impressive looking kit and equally impressive work Kristjan! I have to hand it to you guys that have the patience to build full interior kits. Wayne 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dads203 12,000 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Lovely work, all looking rather impressive from here 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Redcoat2966 3,298 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Yes, I second all the above positive comments.......I'll keep tabs on this build when I start the full interior Bergepanther Umbau version on my list.. ...nice interior indeed... Regards Simon. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
vaoinas 933 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) Thank you, guys. Well, got bit further with the interior. I replaced a few bits on the firewall to improve the detail there. Couple of pipes were added on the floor as well. These will show prominently when turret will be removed. The floor is a bit more busy than last time. Shells are yet to be added to the floor rack. And obviously there will be a turret gearbox in the middle of this all. The instrument panel replaced is by Eduard and is pre-printed. The print was a bit too lustrous though so I sprayed a thin coat of satin to bring it down The magazine added on the machinegunner seat is to cover a little mishap on the paint Still no engine to speak of. And that's how it looks at the moment. As you can see, roadwheels are assembled too. These are dryfitted to get some feeling of a tank. Cheers! Kristjan Edited February 27 by vaoinas cleared the mess with img URLs 16 Link to post Share on other sites
Saeran 21 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Amazing work - can't wait to see this progress further! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jasper dog 5,972 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Tremendous work, the interior looks great, some lovely touches and additions you've made. Great details like the oil leaks in the engine bay and the detail in the driver and radio operators positions. Cheers Darryl 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edjbartos 888 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Very nice work Kristjan, superb detail and painting, it’s looking tremendous already, well done Ed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
vaoinas 933 Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Thank you, guys. It's time to show the next round. Nothing fancy this time - only the bulkheads in engine bay, fighting compartment floor and few smaller boxes and bits here and there. And the turret motor in the middle af all this of course. Kristjan Edited February 27 by vaoinas cleared the mess with img URLs 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Longbow 6,144 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Very impressive detail and paint work !! Looking forward to the rest of the build !! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
robw_uk 3,159 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 stunning work... paint is very realistic, what are you using for the weathering? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
diablo rsv 1,391 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Loving all of the extra details you are adding. Excellent work! Wayne 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Model Mate 809 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Beautiful work Kristjan, and at a great pace. Really enjoying this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edjbartos 888 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Really beautiful work on this Kristjan, lots of excellent detail that you have shown... Ed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Six97s 248 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Outstanding. It's inspiring and depressing in equal measure. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dads203 12,000 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Lovely work indeed, some beautiful effects you have done on the interior, looking forward to seeing it develop further. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mick 773 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 excellent work 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bullbasket 11,805 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Fantastic work on the internals. I hope that most of it can still be seen when it's finished. John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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