panther build.. at last!

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:50 pm

Nice work Simon!

First class paint job that is, well done.

The sprockets, is that the "new generation" ones or have you done some work on the earlier kit pair?

Keep up the good work.
Kind regards.
Kent

Luca Fossa · Post by **Luca Fossa** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:24 pm

Simon, there is always something to learn from your pics and , i as always use to say, a good paint makes disappearing also the best detail.

Cheers

Luca

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:41 pm

this little item took me a while to make, sun cover, periscope,housing, its made to revolve, raised the front edge of the glacis plate plus the front of the deck, painted and altered some rear parts aswell, regards simon.

Steve Norris · Post by **Steve Norris** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:05 am

Simon
You make me envious every time i see your paint work.
Keep up the great work
Steve

Jeffrey Goff · Post by **Jeffrey Goff** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:26 am

Hi Simon, another great item, with faultless paintwork
regards Jeff

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:27 pm

Hi Simon

Beautiful!

kind regards
Tim

Fabrice Le Roux · Post by **Fabrice Le Roux** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:09 pm

Hi Simon,

You are hereby awarded the "Heston Blumenthal Medal of Merit for the tha Ulimate Chips"

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No two chips are the same size or shape. A tremendous feat of painterly skill, patience and dexterity.

Well done, Sir!

Fabrice

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:46 am

it goes without saying, glad you all liked the periscope and the paint, the secret weapon behind the chips fabrice is the small "sponge" very easily applied and gives a good result using tamiya xf 64, thanks simon.

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:57 pm

Simon,
superb details, and amazing chips! Incredible how realistic the paint work looks. Kind regards,
Bob

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:41 pm

Just a selection of photos of the Panther progress.

Regards

Simon

Brian Leach · Post by **Brian Leach** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:51 am

I like your attention to detail, very nice work

Thank you for sharing

Marcel de Groene · Post by **Marcel de Groene** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:26 pm

simon_manning wrote:it goes without saying, glad you all liked the periscope and the paint, the secret weapon behind the chips fabrice is the small "sponge" very easily applied and gives a good result using tamiya xf 64, thanks simon.

Simon, all superlatives have been used to express our feelings towards your painting. There's nothing I can add. Can you show us an example of the "sponge" you use. I have been expirimenting but it's an awful lot of Panther with a very small brush

I will put up some pictures of a small area I'm doing with just a brush

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:43 pm

no problem marcel, i will take some photos of the "sponge" and the proceedure. regards simon.

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:57 am

Simon

So very cool!

kind regards

Tim

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:07 pm

Panther muzzle break upgrade, this is the new rowter I have been using which is very good and chews through the aluminium. I will post some more photos as it progresses.

regards

Simon