Graeme's Dragon Panther D Kursk 1943

[scottie3158]

Graeme,
That is some great cammo work very nicely done.

[Steve Jones]

Nice camo pattern Graeme. Very effective. On my Panther the issue were the spare track holders on the side of the hull. In the end I gave up and left them until the very last job to do. You may want to do the same with the shurtzeegurneewernies. Keep it coming mate

[Graeme C.]

Paul, thanks mate, still a bit of work to do finish the camo yet.
Steve, thanks for the heads up, the spare track holders look a bit iffy. I'm going to take your advice on the schurtzen for sure, bloody things keep falling off, much like the real thing!:rolling:

[Graeme C.]

A bit more (slow) progress, the camo is finished. The decals took a bit of work, as some of the kit ones were a bit brittle, even with microsol. I had a set suitable in stock & used some of those, next up is to add the tools.

[Mini Me]

Looking good Graeme.

[scottie3158]

Nice work mate.

[Si Benson]

Looking good :thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

Glad to see you sorted out the markings

[Graeme C.]

Thanks for the support Guys, the tools & spare tracks are on, one of the turret numbers looks a bit different to the others, the outline looks a bit thicker, not sure why as they are from the same set. I'll just have to live with it as I don't have any more.

[Mini Me]

Good to see this one finished. Looks real good!
Rick H.

[Steve Jones]

In real life turret numbers were rarely identical if hand painted on in the field. Your model now has realistic individual character

[Graeme C.]

Rick & Steve, thanks, There's a bit more work to do yet, the weathering will be light & mostly dust on the hull & turret. Plenty of time to do it now as work has closed due to the coronavirus, staying home will drive me mad with boredom, but we have to do it.

[Graeme C.]

A bit of weathering has been done, a brown wash & mig pigments, light dust & dark mud mixed. A few oil patches & fuel spills have been added, as well as a few muddy patches, to represent someone walking with muddy boots. The one thing I forgot was the tow ropes, something that would have seen a lot of use on Panthers at Kursk! I had a Karaya set 'in stock'.

[Mini Me]

The wash has warmed this up nicely. Looking the cat's meow!
Rick H.

[Steven000]

Fantastic work! :thumb2:
Steven