Panther A Late - 1/21 Really done, I swear!

[bbd468]

Marc, shes all preped and ready for some color....so come on with it my man! ;D Great Panther build Marc.

Gary

[bullardino]

Great job, Marc. Can't wait to see some paint on it

[ogrejohn]

Looking good Marc! Never had an issue like that with the Tamiya paints but I always use their thinner, the X-20A. Kind of pricey but it always works for me. No need in jinking around with the paint that might lead to problems. I don't need any extra help in causing problems.

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Wout I started useing Mr. Color Leveling Thinner with my Tamiya and have not had any problems since.

Try it, you'll be a convert too I bet.
Tony lee

[wing_nut]

Thanks for all the comments my friends. I am convinced that the lacquer thinner formula must have changed. Returned the can I had just bought and bought another form a different store... different batch.. same results. Been using alcohol and all is well with the world.

Agree the PE sheet is mostly useless.

Painting camo sure is easy when you don't really care too much about the look and over spray etc.. This is all the base for the white wash. And to be honest, taking the pressure off and it turned out pretty good i think and took about 3 minutes. A test fit of the schurzen too.

[Deleted]

Purrrrtty Panther Marc !
Thats airbrushing looks really cool
Glad you got the thinner issue fixed .

[robbo]

Looks very nice mate

[afvfan]

Nice and tidy spraying there. Overspray looks virtually nonexistent on it.....besides, you can make the claim that the camo pattern was done in a field shop where they didn't have the luxury of templates.

[bbd468]

OH, thats a fine camo job fella! Lookin' forward to tha WW Marc.

Gary

[bullardino]

Great camo, Marc

[wbill76]

Pretty colors there Marc! Almost a shame to have it disappear under the w/w but will provide a fine base for what's to come!

[wing_nut]

Tjhansk guys... appreciate the comments.

Yeah Bill, as I look at this sitting on the bench thoughts of cleaning up some of the edges and going 3 color camo dance in my head. Or is that still the thoughts of sugar plums?

[TRM]

Look at that...color!! Woo Hoo!! Looking spiffy too!! Thanks...giving me the encouragement to get downstairs and paint the L/70!!!

[deafpanzer]

LOOVVVEEE the camo job!!!

[406 Silverado]

Man that was fast. Looks great Marc

[wbill76]

3-tone sugar plums! Sounds like you're celebrating New Years a bit early! ;D

[wing_nut]

Spent the day at the bench working at the white wash. And it was work. I sprayed the white, over the dry hairspray, last night to be ready for today. i have never waited that long and it was VERY hard to get off. So here is it and want some real honest opinions. What do you think? No washes at all yet so that's still to come.

[spud]

That Turned out great, lota work but its paid off

[fightnjoe]

would it sound strange if i said it looked "natural".

cant find the right words but it really does look good.



joe

[wing_nut]

Spud, thanks so much.

Joe, actually, that is the perfect compliment. Thanks friend

[redleg12]

Looking goooooooood. Looks natural. Nice Aqua Net job!!

Rounds Complete!!

[Deleted]

Marc it does look good , the problem with the white wash for me is that the gorgeouse camo is now covered up ! Argh !

[ogrejohn]

The WW is looking great Marc!

[deafpanzer]

I agree with guys thought it came out great even tho I was sad to see camo go.

[reserve]

While it has a monotone feel to it at this point as you say it's not done. For what it's worth I think it's just about where you want to be at this stage, further dirt and various goo applications you've demonstrated you know how to do well will make it shine.


Regards,
Mark

[AndyArgent.]

looking great Mark,this is my fav tank of all time. great job so far as usual. Bodge.

[bullardino]

Great ww, Marc

[wbill76]

Agree with my esteemed colleagues...it's the perfect foundation for what's to come. Now you know not to leave HS overnight...same thing with contacts!

[bbd468]

I think it looks spot on Man. It only gets better from here Marc!

Gary

[wing_nut]

Thanks you all for the encouragement. I am glad I don't Windex the whole thing. If I didn't already say it... it was more that it was not what I envisioned than not liking it but I moved on.

I applied some AK winter streaking grime. It's greener that the color the bottle describes. And much thinner than it appears in the videos too. I do like the way it had the effect of a pin wash between the squares of the zim. The top is the pic form above a previous post the grime.



I've started going over the entire model adding some highlights/contrast to the zimmed surface. Little dabs of white oil paint was touched to the lightest spots in each square then "stumped" as the AK videos calls it. The right side of the pic shows the effects. It's subtle but I am really liking the way it's turning out. The 2nd pic is another before/after. I plan to go back again and do some at random instead every tile. Don't think I am going to do much more than that.