Ersatz-Panther.

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:43 am

aside from the background not being a heavy engineering works, this is taking on what I believe is a similar path a real one must have taken. Tantalising stuff mate.

palepainter · Post by **palepainter** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:57 am

Made some time today while nursing a lousy head cold.

I bent up some brass tubing for the King Tiger style of exhaust, then moved on to the armor plating in the rear. It was tricky getting the pieces to work for tear down when needed. But figured it out after staring at it for a few moments.

Then I moved on to the side skirts and the some décor on the lower hull. I fabbed up the faux M10 tranny covers with a few other detail items like towing hooks and such.

Rear deck next.

MichaelC · Post by **MichaelC** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:10 am

pale......looking amazing. Following closely. Love the turret work. Just like the real deal.

MichaelC

palepainter · Post by **palepainter** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:50 am

I managed to sneak in a bit of time after service today. The rear deck is just needing a little Tamiya putty, but almost ready for primer. I am going to run a few magnets on this section so I can mount a few switches for quicker access.

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:48 pm

Great Job Pale... like the exhausts... and all the plasti work...

Carpe Diem Sir

ALPHA

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:05 am

Superlatives escape me Mr Pale. To see this completed with the winter coat, weathering and clever background in pictures will be an honour.

palepainter · Post by **palepainter** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:15 pm

Thanks fellas. It is real close to paint time. I got the red primer coat on it and and finished up the miliput welds over the last few days. Time for a bit more primer, then off to paint.

Pale

palepainter · Post by **palepainter** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:43 am

I managed to get some painting time in this evening and sprayed out the base and preliminary effects. I went with Masters Dark Green for this one. No particular reason other than I was out of drab.

I created the masks for the markings in Corel Draw.

Most of the weathering so far is done with spritzing of water and spraying different values of the base coat over it. I will now go in with some brushwork and some sponging with different mixes of acrylics washes and oils and pastel mixes.

Since I decided to keep the original hatch up top, I thought I would bust up the silhouette with a few bags made from Miliput. I had to do something with the extra from the welds.

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:54 am

Alot of work in this one Pale... it came out great...all the hard work really makes this a standout...sure would like to see this at one of your meets...or even the face of the guy that sold the Panther to you... you got some bragging rights there buddy

ALPHA

palepainter · Post by **palepainter** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:21 pm

ALPHA wrote:Alot of work in this one Pale... it came out great...all the hard work really makes this a standout...sure would like to see this at one of your meets...or even the face of the guy that sold the Panther to you... you got some bragging rights there buddy

ALPHA

Thanks Alpha. We will have to do that if and when you are over this way. The guy I bought the Panther from, has plenty of tricks up his sleeve.

I'm not sure I want to go head to head with him.

He is working on my Super P for me to get it ready to battle as well.

Pale

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