Torro Panther G

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Re: Torro Panther G

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Marco Peter wrote:Never seen them before! What do they taste like?
Well, :think: they certainly don't taste like: zinc sulphide, barium sulphate, pine saw dust, PVA, pebble dust, ochre and pine crystals...with Benzene, aka Zimmerit..but some might dispute that :haha:
They're made of malted wheat, and not to be confused with the 'Flatulence filtering underpants (Really :thumbup: ) or, Fartpants of the same name.
(https://www.myshreddies.com/flatulence/mens/)
I suppose in the same way that one can light Zimmerit when applying it (Benzene), it's also possible to light the by-product of 'Shreddies'
Interestingly, I don't know which design came first, Zimmerito r Shreddies..
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"- Mark Twain.
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Re: Torro Panther G

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Could these breakfast cereal bits be cast in resin? Maybe better 3-d printed
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Then I started using a brown filter all over, to darken the color and by whiping it off with kitchen towel also adding a nice kind of pinwash all at once!

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The filter was damaging the brown camo-paint on all the edges, so this really added to the effect!
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: Torro Panther G

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Marco it looks just perfect :thumbup: I really like your choice of camoflouge pattern. Like the king tiger in Poland 1944 look. Very well done
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Great job. How do you like the new AK paints?

As for the casting texture. I used Mr surfacer for the first time now and I like it. Yes it levels out a bit. On the JP I used Vallejo putty stippled on. That gives a more sharp texture.
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Soeren wrote:Great job. How do you like the new AK paints?
Well, I ended up not using them haha!
Soeren wrote:As for the casting texture. I used Mr surfacer for the first time now and I like it. Yes it levels out a bit. On the JP I used Vallejo putty stippled on. That gives a more sharp texture.
I guess it works best on 1/35 models...
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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Son of a gun-ner wrote:Please excuse my ignorance, brown 'filter' is that like a wash?

I'm going to be honest, and this is only my personal taste, but when you first applied the Zim, I really didn't like it, but now you've painted it and taken off the sharpness to its profile, I find it quite appealing :thumbup:
Mick, same for me, didn't like it at first! Only when it all came together...

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Filter like this. Enamel based so eating away my acrylic camo paint haha! Sometimes it all works out, in a strange way...
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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Marco you did a splendid job with the paint. Thanks for sharing your tips.
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Son of a gun-ner wrote:Sorry, one more question, the casting letters you got, are they 2 or 3mm?
2mm on the crew heater, 3mm on the other grill!
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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Son of a gun-ner wrote:
Marco Peter wrote:
Son of a gun-ner wrote:Sorry, one more question, the casting letters you got, are they 2 or 3mm?
2mm on the crew heater, 3mm on the other grill!
Cool, thank you, will get a set of each size :thumbup:
Always useful!
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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