1/16 fully rc Panther F

[sollie]

Received a Nice Box from Germany .

This is a fully rc taigen tank.Yes It is another RC project from me
with complete new upper hull with metal turret + new Taigen gun recoil unit + IR battle system + 360° turret system + Panther F steel wheels and tracks + latest steel gearboxes and smoke unit. Steel gearboxes 4.1 with bearings and 380 motors )

No Paint and no electronics

[sollie]

This will be treated With an IBU3 , ore Clark TK60 and a DKLM-RC gearbox,

these are uppgrade parts, IBU/TK60 is the brain/multifunction controll and soundcard. The PDSG gearboxes a clutch style with 540 motor for back and forth, and 480 for turning, so it is much stronger than the stock gearboxes and 380 motors. Fully loaded these 1/16 kit's is about 7+ kg.

[sollie]

A few more shot's of this Panther


Now the texture on the metal parts is nice. . Weld beads are not bad either. Not a lot of work needed to texture the surface before you paint it .

[sollie]

Thought I'd get a start on it .

Might even get some Primer on it tomorrow

[sollie]

So turret is primed and 'primed'




Setting that aside so I can start on the lower parts . I Just was to remove a few Tools and such, but got carried away..

the 'PE' side Board is from Ludwigs' modellbau

[sollie]

Removed some tools and 'putty'd the holes. Made small support strips and Glued on a few PE fenders. ( with damage) Made a few track track hanger pins.
And removed a pc of sideboard on one side.

[sollie]

And primer is on

[Leon]

WOW....That is looking good Sollie!

[sollie]

You guy's want to see some color ?

[sollie]

Adding a few stripes

[Leon]

Paint and stripes look good Sollie!

[bbrowniii]

Wow! Love it!!

[sollie]

Some Wheel work

[sollie]

While I wait for my head to figure out how I want the upper deck and turret to look ( weathering vice ) I started on the Wheels . Light wash's and predust and mud.

Using water thinned AK Dust , and air from the AB I 'blow' the dust arround on the Wheel













'buffing the washes



Adding oil streaks

Placing a good drop of mig/ak/ammo Oil in one corner of center Wheel.




grab the Axel With my pliers, and 'spinn the whell as good as I can

[sollie]

TK-60 have arrived ( Controller / sound Board )
DKLM-RC gearbox have arrived , and installed .

Done some work on the Wheels

[sollie]

felt it was time to get some mud color on this puppy .

Made up a 'slush' oil bath ( Oil + thinner ) for the pigments to settle into. Slabbing it onto the hull, follow by dabbing in several pigments colors into the wet mix.








Once 'so so' happy with the color, I sealed it with AK's ultra varnish.

after letting it dry I went back and fort with a short stiff brush and a few producst from Wilder and Ammo to make some splatter effects

[sollie]

has there been any progress at all on this you might ask...



I have no clue on what the h... I'm doing



can anyone spot a difference ?? Anyone



Let's darken some bits a bit

[sollie]

maybe add some scratches

[sollie]

Rear end also needs some paint

[tobias5555]

Very good work.

[Tojo72]

A very impressive build

[thechaos]

WOW 1/16 Great. 

[deafpanzer]

Fantastic work on the camo!

[Leon]

Really nice work Sollie!

[panzerjager2]

VERY VERY COOL INDEED


You now have the same amount of operational Ausf "F"'s as the whole German Army did   LOL8-)

[Wes]

Love it

1/16 scale must really suck up the paint and weathering supplies.

[sollie]

has it been this long... Sorry about poor updating .I'll skip the technical parts ( installing electronics)
and jump back in to the weathering

Ammo Oils been in action . Slowly building up the 'dirty' look

[sollie]

ohh no.who spilt the oil . :haha:






Time to get on with the turret

[sollie]

And some more

[sollie]

Using oils( my way of doing it).





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