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Post by wbill76 on Jan 22, 2015 16:31:34 GMT -5
Nice start to the zim Wouts!
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Post by wing_nut on Jan 22, 2015 16:52:01 GMT -5
WOOHOO Wout... nice zim!
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Post by spud on Jan 23, 2015 19:04:53 GMT -5
i havent got a whole lot done just chipping away on the tracks.
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Post by Leon on Jan 23, 2015 19:42:37 GMT -5
Wouts! Nice work on the zimm.  Spud! any progress is good progress  !Looking forward to seeing your track work. |
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Post by bullardino on Jan 24, 2015 2:56:33 GMT -5
What a nice duel, I had totally missed it. Gonna be following, great job guys |
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Post by elco on Jan 24, 2015 4:15:27 GMT -5
Good job on the zimmie Wouter!
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Post by Deano on Jan 24, 2015 12:35:58 GMT -5
Really hotting up in here , excellent work Wouts its coming on a treat !
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Post by spud on Feb 5, 2015 12:15:53 GMT -5
Finally,! got the track done now it should go a little bit quicker.  |
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Post by TRM on Feb 5, 2015 12:24:56 GMT -5
Nice job with the Zimm Wouts!! More power to you with that stuff...LOL!! Looks spot on from where I sit!! Shoes!! Spud has Shoes!! Nice getting these out of the way!! Both of you, keep it going!! |
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 5, 2015 15:29:11 GMT -5
Love that kind of tracks!  |
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Post by eastrock on Feb 11, 2015 4:53:53 GMT -5
Need a show shine, spud? lol
Cheers!!
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Post by Wes on Feb 11, 2015 5:05:41 GMT -5
Great work gents.
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Post by wouter on Feb 15, 2015 8:31:10 GMT -5
thanks guys And progress is slow to say the least But I finally managed to take some photos of the finished zimmerit application     Hopefully I'll manage to get an update sooner now Cheers |
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Post by Leon on Feb 15, 2015 8:35:53 GMT -5
Nice work on the zimm and tracks Wouts! |
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Post by 4bogreen on Feb 15, 2015 14:09:44 GMT -5
Cool! Love panthers. Nice work!
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 15, 2015 16:24:20 GMT -5
Really dig the work on the Zimmerit... just the real thing!
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 15, 2015 20:03:41 GMT -5
Some nice work on the zim Wouts!
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Post by wing_nut on Feb 17, 2015 5:00:13 GMT -5
You gotta be pretty happy with that. Looks great
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 8, 2015 9:40:16 GMT -5
Yeah, what to say more? Zimmerit is done perfect and the tank will be an eyecatcher when finished. I personally love pics of stuff in progress, sometimes this stuff should be left unpainted because it looks so cool!
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Post by wouter on May 17, 2015 7:54:27 GMT -5
Glad you gents like the zimmerit, thanks for that. And blimey, what a slow blog this is ey lol Time to do something about it. I've been busy working on the Panther from time to time the last couple of months. Finally some photos worth showing. First of all, what did I do? - Assembled the MasterClub tracks...much cheaper than Friuls, they look awesome, but take much more time to assemble...worth every Euro though - Added some of the provided etch, spare track hangers and such...also, I made my own handles on the engine deck from copper wire - Exhausts: the instructions state that you have to use one single exhaust and the left exhaust should be the one with the two extra pipes to the left and rigth of the exhaust pipe...however, a lot of late Panther A's seemed to not have this feature, so I used two single exhaust pipes. I also glued a small piece of stretched sprue into the drilled out exhaust ends. - Added the Aber gun barrel cleaning rod bin to the right of the hull...some soldering was involved...something which is completely new to me. - Added an Aber MG34 into the Kugelblende (MG ball mount)- ball mount is still workeable. The coaxial MG is an Aber one as well. - Commanders cupola test fitted...this received some texture by brushing on some Tamiya Extra Thin, after that I stippled the surface with a brush. That's about it I think...time for photos!        Some minor additions need to be done, but paint is coming closer...whehey edit: something I forgot to mention, and which might be handy for people building this kit in the future. If you glue the brackets for the skirts in the positions according to the instructions, you can't fit the front and back skirts because the brackets don't match the holes in the skirts - a typical Dragon error ouch - So the first and last brackets were moved a couple of mm's to the front and rear...testfitting is key here! Cheers |
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Post by Leon on May 17, 2015 11:25:44 GMT -5
Making really great progress Wouts! Starting to look really mean. |
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Post by afvfan on May 17, 2015 14:19:09 GMT -5
The update's looking real good Wouter. The crossbars in the exhaust pipes are a nice, often overlooked, touch.
I know it happened in real life, so it's not that big of thing, but did you realize the tracks are on opposite one another?
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Post by wouter on May 17, 2015 14:27:21 GMT -5
Hi Leon thanks chap. Bob, thanks mate, glad you like it. Concerning the tracks. I did do some research and from what I found, the Panther tracks didn't have left and right ones, however, it was possible to add them handed (like seen on mine) just by putting the trackpins in mirrored.(I guess that's what you were referring to?)  Cheers |
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Post by thechaos on May 17, 2015 15:14:53 GMT -5
Wow the "Zimmerit" looks like nicely. Good Work.
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Post by reserve on May 17, 2015 21:52:26 GMT -5
Very nice Wouts it's all great I like the upper track run sag in particular
Regards,
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Post by wbill76 on May 18, 2015 9:03:48 GMT -5
Nice to see progress on this one Wouts! Can't wait to see it with paint on.
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Post by elco on May 18, 2015 14:32:10 GMT -5
Yeahhh finaly a update in this topic, way to go! Build is looking good. I hate those Panthers so much.. Must control myself not to open my Steel Wheeler aaAaAHhhhchh
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Post by spud on May 18, 2015 20:50:09 GMT -5
have you picked a scheme to paint it in yet ?? |
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Post by wouter on May 19, 2015 12:31:02 GMT -5
Chaosdude: thanks! Mark, thanks chap. Me neither Bill, me neither...time will tell how long it will take though Glad you are as enthousiastic as I am on your Panther build Elco , thanks for that! First finish the G, then the steel wheeler ey  Spud...errmm, more or less . It's going to be a Pz. Lehr one in Normandy, so lots of Dunkelgelb with some Dunkelgrün stripes or blotches Cheers |
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Post by spud on May 19, 2015 14:34:24 GMT -5
sweet looking forward to that
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