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Factory fresh Panther Ausf D Tamiya 1/35

Streegun
California, United States
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Posted: Sunday, December 09, 2018 - 04:58 AM UTC
awesome result! I will employ that weld technique, I quite like the result. thank you for sharing and giving inspiration.

LeeSpender
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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2018 - 04:52 AM UTC
Almost finished






LeeSpender
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 02:34 AM UTC
Wheels and all are now painted Mig's RAL7028 next i might use some oils to bring out some highlights and shadows ect
Cheers Lee
Cheers Lee



LeeSpender
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 02:26 AM UTC
Thanks Maarten
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LeeSpender
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 02:20 AM UTC
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Looks great so far.
Cheers

LeeSpender
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 02:19 AM UTC
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Looks Great, I like the Welds and the primer. Waiting to see more as I've got this kit in the stash and hope to do a Kursk Dio soon.
mil
Thanks and good luck with yours

LeeSpender
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 02:16 AM UTC
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Lee.
That resin copula really looks nice.
Mark![]()
Its a lot more realistic than the empty shell that the kit part was
Cheers

LeeSpender
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 02:13 AM UTC
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Looks really nice Lee, I really like the weld beads.
Thanks

maartenboersma
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 10:46 PM UTC



Grumpyoldman

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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2018 - 11:34 AM UTC
Looks great so far.

milvehfan
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2018 - 12:48 AM UTC
Looks Great, I like the Welds and the primer. Waiting to see more as I've got this kit in the stash and hope to do a Kursk Dio soon.
mil
mil

d6mst0
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Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 11:08 AM UTC
Lee.
That resin copula really looks nice.
Mark
That resin copula really looks nice.
Mark


dhines
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Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 10:44 AM UTC
Looks really nice Lee, I really like the weld beads.

LeeSpender
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Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 01:13 AM UTC
After a few hours of work the tracks are built
After that the metal barrel and gun breach was built and painted with Mig's Cremeweiss i also made a muzzle brake cover using Tamiya epoxy putty and finally fitted the resin Copula.





Back soon Cheers
Lee
After that the metal barrel and gun breach was built and painted with Mig's Cremeweiss i also made a muzzle brake cover using Tamiya epoxy putty and finally fitted the resin Copula.





Back soon Cheers
Lee

LeeSpender
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Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 12:56 AM UTC
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Looking good. I like your welds. They look more substantial than melted sprue welds.
Good tip!
Gaz
Thanks Gaz I seen a Japanese Modeler do it on youtube and sure enough it works great.

LeeSpender
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Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 12:51 AM UTC
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Nice start to it.![]()
Cheers
Thanks mate
Cheers

GazzaS
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Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 11:44 AM UTC
Looking good. I like your welds. They look more substantial than melted sprue welds.
Good tip!
Gaz
Good tip!
Gaz

sgtreef
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Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 11:21 AM UTC
Nice start to it.
Cheers

Cheers

LeeSpender
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 08:19 PM UTC
Finally got the lower hull construction and details added and primed with Mig's One shot primer it's my first time trying the primer and i love it no smell and self leveling and has dried nice and hard.





Thanks Lee






Thanks Lee

LeeSpender
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 08:08 PM UTC
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Nice and clean welding
Thanks


LeeSpender
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 08:07 PM UTC
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Very interesting project, people often forget that the Panther at Kurst were sent directly from the factory so they had no time to rust or fade the paint.
As you say, the hard part is to make it new but real. Good luck!
Cheers yes they were all new and i will need luck
Lee

maartenboersma
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Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 - 10:57 PM UTC
Nice and clean welding 


varanusk

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Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 - 09:45 AM UTC
Very interesting project, people often forget that the Panther at Kurst were sent directly from the factory so they had no time to rust or fade the paint.
As you say, the hard part is to make it new but real. Good luck!
As you say, the hard part is to make it new but real. Good luck!
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