discussion Bowcat's 1/35 Meng Panther A

[Mr Bowcat]

Hi guys,

About time I made a start on this, so here we go.

Box, sprues and AM parts.
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[Jon Heptonstall]

Really enjoyed Meng's Tiger II. Look forward to seeing this one.
Jon.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

In typical Meng fashion the parts just fall together with a minimum of clean up, do in a short while I had all the wheels together as well as most of the lower hull.

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[Mr Bowcat]

Really enjoyed Meng's Tiger II. Look forward to seeing this one.
Jon.

The KT was the first Meng kit I built, I really enjoyed it too. Since then I've also built their Bradley and Gepard, and have their Abrams and F-35 in the stash.

As you can probably tell I'm a bit of a Meng fanboy.

 

[Mickc1440]

Off to a flying start, I'll get in early to watch this one.
Mick

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Welcome along Mick.

 

[Guest]

Never built one of these Bob.
So will sit with Mck and take notes if I may .
John .

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Pull up a chair John.

 

[Steve Jones]

A Panther is certainly on my to do list. Really looking forward to seeing how you tackle this one. Will you be doing Zimmerit? If so have you had any thoughts on how you would do it??

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Although I want to try home made Zim, for this one I bought Atak resin stuff as I don't want to balls it up on a decent kit.

I've got a couple of cheap Tigers in the stash which I will practice the homemade Zim on.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
Looks to be a great kit. Plenty of options. I am sure you will do it proud. Watching and learning.
Jim

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Jim.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Little bit done today. Built the back end and started adding some of the resin Zimmerit.

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[Jon Heptonstall]

Zimmerit looks nice and neat.Any problems with it?
Jon.

 

[Si Benson]

Hi Bob,

Another one taking notes on zimm application here. The attack stuff does look very nice and your
Doing a tidy job :thumb2:
Si

 

[col68]

Nice start bob i shall be watching as i fancy getting this or the takom panther.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

No issues yet Jon, it's very thin so I've been very careful but so far so good.

 

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Bob, some nice extras, and a very good start

 

[RM6239]

Bob
Nice start and I'll pull up a pew if you don't mind.
cheers
Ross

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

Ross, good to have you on board mate.