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Modeller Build Logs
Early Jagdpanther |
| By Russ Takashima | | Started: | May 9, 2007 | | Updated: | Dec 6, 2007 |
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My goal is to convert an early '70s Tamiya motorized mid-Jagdpanther into an early Jagdpanther in Normandy 1944 with a full interior, photo etch, new track, turned barrel, etc.
Essentialy add almost every single after market part on to the model. I am also planning on adding figures and putting the model in a diorama. |
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| Tracks On! | Nov 13, 2007 |
The tracks are the Tamiya Panther Separate Tracks kit. I primed and painted them while still attached to the sprue. It was just a lot easier this way. First a coat of primer, then black arts & craft store acrylic paint, next was a coat of Vallejo German Grey. I then sealed the grey paint with a brush coat of Future floor wax. The tracks were then washed with the arts & craft store acrylic paint, first black then brown. Silver ink was used to show wear on the ice cleats and the teeth on the drive sprocket. The tracks were then removed from the sprue and attached to the tank. The original drive sprockets are too thick to allow the teeth to fit into the tracks, so some quick surgery was needed. The drive sprocket teeth were thinned on the inside by dremel grinding wheel and touched up with hand files. The insides of the drive sprockets were repainted and weathered, before the tracks were attached.
The aluminum tubes in the shell racks are there to keep the shell racks properly spaced. They don't show when the hull is attached, so I did not paint them. |
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