Dan B and Beasts"Look what the cat dragged in" FINISHED

[bullardino]

What had I missed...

Fantastic duel and both are fantastic builds so far.

[ceresvesta.]

Seems I've been missing out on some great action! I am in boys.
Very good work so far guys.

[bbd468]

Excellent update from tha boaf-a-ya!

[danb.]

Thanks for all the positive comments chaps on my build and Stu's we appreciate you looking in

Dan B

[wouter]

great stuff there fellas, always love some 'bling' on a model. And Dan, great way of doin' messed up fenders, love 'm

These builds sure give me inspiration, still got a stalled Panther build somewhere...will need to wait though. Meanwhile, looking forward to see some more progress!!

Cheers

[imatanker]

More PE, Woooop!

[Leon]

Fantastic PE work Dan.I really like what you've done with the sprocket.

[dupes]

Mmmmm...panthers. Looking good, fellas!

[fightnjoe]

looking very good guys. very nice.



joe

[danb.]

Thanks for all the comments chaps myself and Stu appreciate your time commenting I will have an update in bound hopefully tonight as I have been adding the track hangers tools racks ETC and have been stressing with them feckin small PE tool clamps pics up soon I have a sneaky feeling Stu will be finished with the build stage soon he's a bit quicker then me lol

Dan B

[beast]

Jan 11, 2014 10:27:48 GMT -5 danb. said:

Thanks for all the comments chaps myself and Stu appreciate your time commenting I will have an update in bound hopefully tonight as I have been adding the track hangers tools racks ETC and have been stressing with them feckin small PE tool clamps pics up soon I have a sneaky feeling Stu will be finished with the build stage soon he's a bit quicker then me lol

Dan B

Mmmm dunno about soon mate lol! Having decided to use most of the kit parts as there's no possible way my bear paws could deal with tiny PE clamps and stuff, it still took me 2 hours today to just make and mount the gun rod tube on the hull! The instructions are a bit dodgy in places and i've had to look at reference pics to see how some of it goes together  ! It's slowing me up but i should have an update tomorrow. Suppose the real one's took a lot longer to build than the T-34's, now i know why!
As Dan says guys, thanks for all the comments and encouragement, much appreciated!
Stuart.

[danb.]

"BEAR LIKE PAWS" lol i like that buddy i can tell ya i wish i used all the kit parts now it took me a ferkin hour to make 3 tool clamp thingies out of PE then i had to sand down the kit tool racks to try and get the scale thickness kinda right any way enough of the moaning from me its all my bloomin fault as i wanted to try and detail it up the Germans were a bit obsessed with details so that was there downfall in a way if i remember correctly well its what i read the MAN factory in 1944-45 could only produce 1 Panther in 2 12hour work shifts per production line and if ya chuck an air raid into the mix it could be even less looking forward to the progress report tomorrow buddy

Dan B

[imatanker]

Oh my, a braille Monitor. That gives me an idea

[danb.]

Evening chaps as promised some piccys of the lower hull completion now i will be moving onto the turret to complete the build stage i still might add a few bits and bobs to the hull still but its close enough to the ref photo for me at the moment















Dan B

[bullardino]

Simply awesome

[danb.]

Dicky The cave door is always open for a visit buddy thanks for the comment means a lot

Luigi thanks fella for looking in

Dan B

[robbo]

Stunning work guys, the detail on these Dragon kits is second to none

[imatanker]

I always said you had brass Dan  Sweet Bro.

[wbill76]

Metal work is looking good there Dan!

[deafpanzer]

Your panther is looking lovely!!! Can't wait to see more...

[Leon]

Nice PE work Dan.

[macmcconnell.]

Shweeeeeet lookin cat lovin the detail and super clean build

Mac

[Deleted]

very nice work indeed

[beast]

Update time lads
Ok, that's the hull furniture added, i've left all the tools and stuff off as i'll paint them individually and add them later. Next up is the turret and no doubt a multitude of molecule sized parts  lol. Hoping to get more done this week so expect an update, mid week.
Awesome PE work by the way Dan, your Panther's gonna look a real brawler when finished with all that battle damage!
Thanks for looking 
Stuart.

[bullardino]

Very nice job you too, Stuart. This is a great duel

[danb.]

Nice job Stu a real clean build ya got going on there fella looking forward to the midweek update

Dan B

[Leon]

Looking really good Stuart,Waiting for your next update.

[beast]

Hey chaps, managed some good bench time over the last couple of days so that's my Panther ready for paint!
Looking forward to slinging acrylic at this one, still not 100% decided on the camo scheme but i've plety time before i get to that stage.............onwards and upwards :DStuart.

[beast]

 Ha! Seems the curse of the dragon instructions have struck again! Was looking at the turret and i'm thinking, something doesn't look right there? If you look at each side of the mantlet you'll see the side inserts are missing!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol, there was no reference to them in the instructions but it's sorted now, i managed to fit them without taking anything apart.....phew lol!

[Leon]

Nice catch Stuart,never would have noticed if you didn't mention it.