Panther Gs Detail upgrades

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Panther Gs Detail upgrades

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Hello fellow Tankers.

Some might remember the JPanther Thread that I intermixed various tanks into, when my JP mood was down. I also intermixed it with a Panther G build, that I plan to carry on during the months to come.
So for the better use of it and to properly archieve it, I thought to start it new and do an own thread. I know all the build threads I followed on in this forums helped me alot, so this might be usefull for noobs like me, who are still learning.
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This is how it all started. A Panther bought at RCTANK.de. Taigen lower with 4:1 gears and the older Hewng Long uper painted in a somewhat more interesting scheme.

A bit dusty, after a run in the garden. That was more or less one year ago.
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I didnt like the initial paintjob too much, but wanted to go 1945, so olive base coat. Got me a beginners airbrush set. Sparmaxx Arizm kit with SP-35 airbrush and of he went. Inverse Spaghetti colours. Not too happy with either the paintjob, nor the level of detailing after watching this forum, I had to get to the next level.
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In the meantime, I built my first Dragon kit. The Panther G 6268. Amazed by the amount of detailing together with that paintjob, made me want to change the 1/16 tank even more. 8|
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A new upper had to be bought and the ABER basic Panther set.

Base coat and highlights and it looked like so.
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The next step was putting on the camo and repaint the wheels. Some Oil paints added some tone variation in addition to the highlight sprayed on and the pin washes.
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Off to a very nice start! You really took things seriously rebuilding it - good luck!
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Re: Panther G late. Taigen +Details

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Yep, liking Panther builds right now.

What are you using for Dunkelgelb? I tried Tamiya XF60, and it looks greenish.
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Re: Panther G late. Taigen +Details

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Thanks guys,

that was fun so far for sure.

The base colours are all Vallejo Airbrush Acrylics. RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb and RAL6003 Olive. The higlights were 20% Dunkelgelb in Olive or 20% Aged white in the Dunkelgelb. Then brushed with some oils of Abteilung 502.
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The next action were the laborious dusting up of the lower hull.
It is more or less plaster, some Vallejo dust washes, a bit of paint or pigments and a lot of rinsing stages.
Like this: Apply dirt roughly where you want it, then rinse an let dry...
Apply dirt, rinse, let dry... rinse... apply dirt... etc. Did that for about 3-4 sessions.
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