Inspired by Louis Gardner and his Kursk panther - another Panther build which had stalled ( broken down in the heat of battle?)

I picked this up for a few quid from the Ipms Brampton show last year .

Super build and detail for 1:100 is superb. I thought it might be cool to see what could be achieved with such a small kit.

This is what I have done so far.

Painting wise all I have tried to to do so far is get some dark grey into all the corners and recesses.

One of the great things for me on Louis build has been the conversation he has had with Jeffry Bailey about their time as tankers - great for all us non tankers to tune into - thoroughly enjoyed it !

Thank you Gentlemen!

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Outstanding David !

I'm glad that I may have inspired you to build this one... Yes Jeff is a fellow tanker buddy of mine... a great fellow indeed.

I'm sure he will like the album cover... 🙂

Please keep us posted with updates my friend...

Thanks for starting the build.

Hi George I think they are made for wargamers but the detail and the fit is so nice for the scale!I got a JS2 as well and will put that up soon. Cheers Dave

David & Louis, thanks for the kind words!

Yes I am (as is Louis) a former DAT. (D*****s Tanker) and we're proud of it! Besides, those beasts can be a Ton-O-Fun ... as well as a major pain in the a ... behind!

As George mentioned, I was unaware of the 1/100th scale vehicles. I have an extensive (over 300, but not ALL different) collection of the ROCO 1/87th scale (HO) MiniTank vehicles but I didn't know that anyone made smaller scale vehicles - as opposed to toys.

(Louis, I'm typing this with Al singing about time & felines in my head.)

Great job on that Panther so far, David! I hope your hospital surgery goes extremely well & you're back home to fun hobbies ASAP. I doubt the horse-pistol Nurses & Doctors would approve of the lovely scent of styrene glues, enamel &/or acrylic paints if it came wafting out the door of your hospital room! Ha! 😉

Jeff

Thanks Jeff - back home and feeling much better. Not much chance of any aromatic solvents on my ward I am afraid !

The decals have arrived. They are a bit thick and pretty much impervious to microsol/microset. Will try some X-20A next time. Have applied a home made dark acrylic wash to give a bit of definition and variation of tone.

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