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That's looking good so far Bob,it's always tough to show the pre-shading in photos.
As for your choice of a plain colour... well, it's your build but Panthers never served in North Africa - using Airfix box art isn't the most accurate source of information!
The photo you've used probably depicts a group of Panthers outside the MAN factory prior to having their camo paint added. There's an oft-repeated myth that German tanks were painted by their individual crews. The truth is that it was done by the factory or at field workshops many miles away from the front lines.
Keep the updates coming!
Hi Bob
Patrick is correct with regards to Panthers never being used in the desert (I have no idea what Airfix were thinking about with that boxart!) That said, it is possible for a Panther 'A' (your model is a late 'A
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very nice work Bob,nice coating,I do the preshade as well,as you say hard to see with pics some time,s,
then what I do is the same paint ,I used for the base coat,add some off white,to make a shade a few tones,
liter,and use were,the most sun would hit,giving that bit of molting to it,looks great so far liking it, :D
Thanks Patrick and Paul for the colour scheme camo info. Will keep that in mind for a future build.
Thanks Monica, the preshade does give it a nice affect. I think I will preshade more often from now on. Its my second attempt at it and this time it worked out nicely.
Well heres another build update
So super glueing the tracks worked. It did cause some frosting from the superglue drying but this was painted over. Detail painting is also complete.
These holes need to he drilled again
Decaling then begun.
All decalled up and complete.
Will wait now for everything to dry. I have ordered Alclad II Flat coat and once that gets here I will flat coat it. As the matte coat I have usually produces a sheen affect.
After flat coating I will do some light weathering.
In the mean time I will work on the Miniart Building
Hope you guys enjoyed the Build update and the photos.
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