Panther 'F' at the end of the war

[Marco Peter]

Sorry for the sloppy iPhone pics


Full metal Taigen Panther F compared to full metal Panther G, both just unboxed.







End result:



Taigen full-metal from RCTank.de (currently on sale!)

[Vanguard]

Nice I like it, well painted, is she complete or have you more to do to her Marco Peter ?

[Marco Peter]

I think this project is pretty much done. It has more details than these pictures show - I'll upload some more detailed pics.

[Marco Peter]

I chose to leave most of the tools off, and added a different shovel, as well as a nicer C-hook.

I redid the machinegun ballmount and the 'sauerkopf' with Mr.Surfacer 500 and added casting numbers on top.

Not really satisfied with the 'worn paint' where the barrel lock should be causing some wear.

Added some white lines on the red primed hull to simulate factory markings.

Light was was colorized with transparant acryl paint to yellow/orange because a bright white led is rather ackward on a WW2 vehicle.

[Marco Peter]

It's nice how the metal hatches already open from the box.

Added camouflage loops on the (metal) turret by drilling small holes for bend pieces of florist wire. Next time: smaller holes.

The wooded jackblock is wood.

Forgot to fill up the holes on top/sides of the turret for the sighting system (range finder?)

[Marco Peter]

I broke the plastic stowage boxes from the backside and replaced them with metal ones from Asiatam (only €9,99!), and I damaged them on purpose to look beat up.

Scratch built the vent covers, plasticard, made them look rusted.

Rusted the exhausts and decided to add some metal trackpieces (it came supplied with two large plastic pieces representing tracks, glued to the sides. Luckily these easily came off, and the Taigen already has the tracklinks-bar mounted when you buy the tank. So you just need to drill some holes in it for the retaining pins).

[Marco Peter]

Last night I all of a sudden wanted to try to make a late-war schurtzen. I cut a piece of 0,1mm copper sheet and later added pieces of florist wire to the back to strenghten it. Weathered and all it looks pretty nice if I may say so myself.

[c.rainford73]

Mr Marco this is one superb panther Everything you have done is very realistic and fantastic! The red oxide paint blended with the other effects is such a cool touch. The paint markings and the hand made side schurzen plate is very well done. Should be a tank of the month winner for sure

Carl

[Marco Peter]

The hardest part was deciding what parts to leave primer red, what parts to be dunkelgelb, panzergrau, etc.

When I started I only knew for sure the gun barrel HAD to be panzergrau! Always love that!

I really like how the 'randomness' of the wheels turned out, colorwise.

[maxmekker]

Yes this is looking good