Kelscale Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) After many, many moons I can finally call this little project complete. Just B & W pics for now to compare it to the Panzerwrecks image I took as inspiration. This is the twenty-year-old Dragon kit #6168. Spruced up with ATAK Zimmerit, a Royal Model metal barrel, a set of Modelkasten metal tracks, a whole bunch of Voyager photo etch and a few resin burnt out wheels from E.T.Model. Hope you like it. Edited September 19, 2022 by Kelscale 33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Wow! That's so atmospheric. Brilliant modelling, and photography. I like the B&W pictures so much I will try to avoid the colour ones for some time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45DegreesModelling Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Love the model and love the photography! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrykd Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 I would like to see Pictures in color. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo1966 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Had to look twice to work out which were real photos and which were of the model. Excellent work Kelscale. George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Fantastic modelling, the detailing is superb and a special mention to the zimmerit. Top work Kelscale.👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Superb! What a brilliant Panther, would be nice to see some colour photos too but the b&w ones are very atmospheric. Great job, the zimm looks good, nicely chipped and damaged too btw, as do the additional details. I really like the plethora of little scrapes and scratches on top of the barrel too, very realistic. Particularly like how it sits in its base surrounded by the tall grasses. Brilliant modelling Darryl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Very nice work, lovely detail, I also like the first photo comparison with the real thing, really excellent . It looks very good in b&w, i bet it would look great also in colour ... well done Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 The B&W photos have turned an excellent model into a masterpiece. Well done. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Geo1966 said: Had to look twice to work out which were real photos and which were of the model. I have the same problem. Great build and photography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Hi Kelscale, A superb Panther, with an impressive resemblance to its real counterpart, as other colleagues comment, I am looking forward to seeing the color photos....and if it were possible to do the opposite....also color the original photo... Cheers and TC Francis.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelscale Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 20 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said: Wow! That's so atmospheric. Brilliant modelling, and photography. I like the B&W pictures so much I will try to avoid the colour ones for some time. Thanks Mr boatface 20 hours ago, 45DegreesModelling said: Love the model and love the photography! Cheers fella 20 hours ago, Patrykd said: I would like to see Pictures in color. See below 10 hours ago, Geo1966 said: Had to look twice to work out which were real photos and which were of the model. Excellent work Kelscale. George Cheers George 10 hours ago, Stef N. said: Fantastic modelling, the detailing is superb and a special mention to the zimmerit. Top work Kelscale.👏👏 Thank you Stef 10 hours ago, Jasper dog said: Superb! What a brilliant Panther, would be nice to see some colour photos too but the b&w ones are very atmospheric. Great job, the zimm looks good, nicely chipped and damaged too btw, as do the additional details. I really like the plethora of little scrapes and scratches on top of the barrel too, very realistic. Particularly like how it sits in its base surrounded by the tall grasses. Brilliant modelling Darryl Cheers Darryl 10 hours ago, edjbartos said: Very nice work, lovely detail, I also like the first photo comparison with the real thing, really excellent . It looks very good in b&w, i bet it would look great also in colour ... well done Ed Cheers Ed. See below 10 hours ago, mick said: excellent work Thanks Mick 9 hours ago, Bullbasket said: The B&W photos have turned an excellent model into a masterpiece. Well done. John. 8 hours ago, echen said: I have the same problem. Great build and photography. Cheers fella. Glad you like it 1 hour ago, FrancisGL said: Hi Kelscale, A superb Panther, with an impressive resemblance to its real counterpart, as other colleagues comment, I am looking forward to seeing the color photos....and if it were possible to do the opposite....also color the original photo... Cheers and TC Francis.👍 9 hours ago, Bullbasket said: The B&W photos have turned an excellent model into a masterpiece. Well done. John. Thanks John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelscale Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, FrancisGL said: Hi Kelscale, A superb Panther, with an impressive resemblance to its real counterpart, as other colleagues comment, I am looking forward to seeing the color photos....and if it were possible to do the opposite....also color the original photo... Cheers and TC Francis.👍 Great idea Francis. I don't have any professional colouriser apps on my PC but have used a free one on my phone and have done as you mentioned. Not only that, I thought it maybe interesting to see how my B & W images also looked 'colourised' too! Not sure on some of the colours but interesting none the less😀 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Robin Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Wow. Just wow! Regards Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 It looks amazing as well in colour, Fabulous work... Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autle Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 That's a medal winning model if ever I've seen one. Perfect on all levels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartH Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 That's absolutely superb 👏 What did you use for the grass? Looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Excellent work. Top job.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Hi Kelscale, The result is great, in fact I think that if it is not explained, someone may confuse the authentic photos with those of the kit...lol, and that is that smartphones are becoming more "magical"... without a doubt it was the perfect solution without big problems to do it... I remember that on my first Panther, I did something similar... I took a couple of kit photos (in color), and applied a filter that included the smartphone I had at the time, making it look like a "vintage" photo... On the other hand, the color photos of the model confirm that it is a magnificent result. Cheers and TC Francis.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 7:05 PM, Kelscale said: The colourised colours look as awful and unconvincing as they always do to me, but the effect had been to make the very convincing B&W photos you posted almost entirely indistinguishable from the reference photos. At one time that was my ultimate modelling goal, to take photographs that would pass for the real thing. I'd say you are 99% of the way there. By the way, that is a photo of your model, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil1960 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Great work! The realism of grass is superlative👍. The tank is perfect, nice job on weathering. Nice the 251 in the foreground with that strange circular structure. An antenna?. Ciao Filippo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Beautifully done. The faded camo paint work at the front looks superb. Well done on an amazing job…! Just like your ref pic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Top work. The b&w photos are particularly effective. Very well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Superb job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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