1/35 DML Panther F - Finished

Construction and painting are now complete. I have to spray a matte coat and I do want to put this on a base with a Warriors figure standing on the engine deck. This is my 3rd complete this year - a little off my goal of 1 a month but if i can finish Dora off by the end of the month I'll be in better shape.







GB

1/35 DML Panther F

Wow two posts in one day! Online group builds are great ways to plan your builds or motivate yourself to do something. This particular model is for a group build on Model Geek (Amorama) call "Get the Job Done". The idea is to finally finish some of those projects that have been sitting on the bench for a while. I bought this model several years ago on eBay, started it, lost interest, start again, stopped again - you get the picture. Anyhow I am making a concerted effort to finish this by the end of the month.

The Panther F was to be the latest revision of the Panther line. Sporting a new, smaller turret design that was supposed to address the Panther's weakness in all-around protection. It is debateable wether or not the F model ever made it into combat in the last days of the war. There were prototypes built and several hulls were completed. Some turrets were also built but didn't have all the key components installed.

At any rate I am finishing this as if it were delivered to Panzer Division Muncheberg just before the battle of Seelow Heights and defended Berlin in the final days of the war.

The next 3 photos show pretty well where I left off about a year and a half ago.

The brighter yellow parts and the PE grills were just added this time around.
I lost the PE brackets for the exhaust so had to build new ones from plastic strip.
Here's where I am now. I need to do some additional weathering, painted details (tools) and install the tracks.




GB

1/48 Accurate Miniatures B-25 C/D "Dirty Dora"

It's been a while since I updated this blog. I have been making progress on Dora and I should be finished soon. Major construction work is complete and I'm into the painting and weathering phase. I totally forgot to take progress pics. At this point I've applied various shades of OD Green, some paint chipping and some of the decals. I was a little intimidated by the decals but they went on well. The only problem I had was when the coat of Future clouded on one of the wings when the decal set was applied. This was probably due to me not waiting long enough for the Future coat to dry. However the guys over at Aeroscale were able to give me some advise which solved my problem - basically I just had to reapply some Future and the blemish disappeared.

Here's the problem on the wing.
A little Future and ta-da it is gone!
Now to just get off my butt and finish her off.

GB