Pantiger re-build / correction into a Ausf . A

[littletankman]

Hi mate thanks for your comments , the tools were reletevley easy just took of plastic handles and drilled a small hole then used cocktail sticks .

[raven]

i have a couple of spare tools i will give it a try, do you just varnish the cocktail sticks

chris

[littletankman]

Hi , Yer you can do beleive it or not but I used the rust colour in the Tamiya finishing kit But to be honest yest varnish or a wood stain to darken them may be ?

Andy

[littletankman]

Hi ive re done the cammo design as I wasnt happy with the other one it was to dark and the brown and green areas to large . when you look at Panthers I Normandy they look very washed out . So Ive changed the design . Ive still got some more fading and weathering to do .

[littletankman]

Hi all Im any coments on this cammo is welcome either way as Im still not 100% convinced . But if I can fade down the colours a bit more especialy the green . It might look better? Ive never done this so will have to view the other relevent posts?





Andy

[[ICE]monkey]

looks great to me, they always look different once they are weathered

[littletankman]

Im planning on polishing and varnashing this. Ive had an attempt at the tank number . Its not perfect by far but for this build Im happy with it. I printed the number out on my PC and then cut out the number making a stencil . I painted white then the red . I did have some paint go outside the template but I just touched that up . I then weathered them so they looked fainter .


Template


White paint , a touch splodgy


Red paint added


Touched up and weathered

Not perfect by far but for this build Im happy . On my other builds I will probaly buy the decals.

[[ICE]monkey]

looks good to me, dont forget they didnt apply them all with stencils, some numbers were put on in field with a brush
all the best, ice

[littletankman]

Hi Ice , thanks mate yer I have seen tanks with numbers painted over numbers . A lot of Panthers seem to have numbers that look faint to.

Thanks Andy

[mt 1]

looking good, you can not see all the hard work that has gone into your build,its a credit to your building abilities nice panther. :~ :~