Bowcat's Panzer, Panther & Tiger

[Mr Bowcat]

Hi guys,

Having finished the SR-71 egg plane I've decided that I didn't give this GB a fair crack of the whip and so I'm going to build a trilogy of WW2 German armour.

These will be WWT-013 Panzer IV, WWT-007 PzKpfw V Panther & WWT-001 Tiger I.

Box & sprue shots to follow.

Cheers,

B

 

[spanner570]

Nice one Bob.
I built the King Tiger. Be careful, VERY tight locating thingies. I cut them all off. They are not needed. Your models might be different, just be aware.

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers for the heads up Ron.

 

[Deleted member 5819]

Hi Bob nice choicesthey all go together really well.

I've put a few tips below about dry fitting etc on these types kit, may or may not help I'm certainly not trying to tell you how to build your models It's just what I've learnt building them.

Dry fitting is a problem as once the two parts are together they are some times very hard to separate. I soon learnt that early on with the toon tanks, far be it for me to tell any of you how to build but a quick sand around the connecting pins and you can get them apart again without damage, the other tip is to cut 3/5mm of the smaller connecting pin the male one, that is best one I have found.

I would also recommend that you thoroughly wash the tank tracks, on the last two toons thay were very oily and even the sprues had a slight oily feel.

I haven't come across a glue that won't glue these together yet and I glue everything on.

Pete.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Pete

Sounds like they are a lot like the Bandai Star Wars snap together kits, a right bugger to get apart again.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

The first 2 arrived today.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Started work on the Tiger today. The kit just falls together. It needed a touch of filler on the rear panel, and a bit of Mr Surfacer 500 on the barrel and turret.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Started (and almost finished) the Panther today.

 

[monica]

nice going with ,these,s two Bob,
looking good,

 

[Deleted member 5819]

Hi Bob great job so far keep up the good work, I presume you're gonna be doing them all OOB but that's probably the best way at the minute.
Just head's up Ian is now running the GB if you have any questions.
Pete

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

I pretty much always build OOB, however each one is going to have a different paint job.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Hey guys,

The Panzer arrived today.



In other news, the Tiger and Panther have been primed.

 

[monica]

nice start to this one,Bob,
like how they have all the detail,so when you look can say straight off that's a tiger,

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Moni.

I have to say, I'm enjoying these a lot more than the egg plane. Dare I say I'm starting to "get" toons.

 

[monica]

Cheers Moni.

I have to say, I'm enjoying these a lot more than the egg plane. Dare I say I'm starting to "get" toons.

so glad that you did,enjoy them,and as well know,we have to enjoy what we do,
your turning loony toons lol,do enjoy,

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Hi guys,

Knocked the Panzer together tonight in around 2.5 hours. I like that about these kits, I can see them being a nice break during a long build of another kit.

 

[monica]

so glad that you did,enjoy them,and as well know,we have to enjoy what we do,
your turning loony toons lol,do enjoy,

oh lol,so true,its about enjoying,even if you do go loony,

 

[Deleted member 5819]

Cheers Moni.

I have to say, I'm enjoying these a lot more than the egg plane. Dare I say I'm starting to "get" toons.

Hi Bob now you "get Toon" there's no looking back, welcome to the dark side .
Great work on the Panzer IV your not hanging round on these.
Pete.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

Pete, I've got to get a move on, the starter kit GB starts on Monday.

 

[Ian M]

Nice little set of tanks there.