Academy 1/25 Jagdpanther

[dubster72]

Hi All,

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Here's my build of Academy's Jagdpanther, quite decent value at £17! First impressions is that it's a pretty simple kit to make, pretty much a 'shake & bake '.

Further inspection reveals it's a re-box of Tamiya's 70's kit, complete with the mouldings in the hull for adding a motor. The kit comes with working torsion bar suspension.

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The drive sprocket housing is attached to the hull by 2 small screws! You can see the gearing inside the housing that's clearly a holdover from the days of motorization.

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The rear equipment boxes have some small sinkholes, but some filler will sort them out.

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More to follow!

Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[Kieran]

looking good so far, and quite good price!

always loved the look of the Jadpanthers.

 

[sprayman]

This will be a cracking build, and a great scale also....looking good,will be following this one Patrick.

 

[AJay]

This is going to be excellent if that King Tiger of yours is anything to go by.

p.s. I have lots of wartime photo refs so give a shout if you need any inspiration

 

[Ian M]

I would of filled those screw holes and glued it on, Either that or its going to need a big dollop of mud!

Ian M

 

[dubster72]

Ian, I did consider filling the holes but then I couldn't be bothered! Mud hides a multitude of sins!

Kieran, Ray, Alex, many thanks & hopefully it'll turn out ok. It's really the scale that time forgot as I'm having trouble finding any crew figures so if anyone knows of any 1/25 or 1/24 German tankers, let me know!

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Filled the sinkholes with Tippex!

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Made a start on the upper hull.

Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[papa 695]

A great start Patrick

 

[dubster72]

After a minor disaster with my Pershing, it's been retired to the back of the class in disgrace, so it's onward with my new star pupil!

After finishing the lower & upper hulls, the primer went on. I want to experiment with the use of colour in this one, so for the lower hull I've used Tamiya Flat Earth mixed with a little Red Brown. The idea here is to increase the area that is normally in shadow & build on that. Though if I use the supplied Shurtzen, this area won't be visible! A thin over spray of Dark Yellow will lighten this section & pick out the detail (hopefully!).

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Just for a change, I thought I'd try some pre-shading. This is the first time I've even held an AB in over a year - and it takes some time getting used to it again!

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A few more....

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That's it for now until the Dunkelgelb goes on tomorrow!

Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[mobear]

good job mate

mobear

 

[Vajled]

Just watching and enjoying

Roman

 

[dubster72]

A small update, got the upper hull painted in dark yellow. It's a bit blotchy at the moment, down to both my rather rusty use of the airbrush & I think, some clogging. However, that will be sorted later in the build!

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And some pics of the exhaust. I had to drill them out a little, so after that I painted the pipes with a couple of coats of Humbrol #113, then masked them for spraying with the hull colour. I'll return to these later for finishing with oils & bicarbonate of soda

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Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[mobear]

cool paint job so far,v nice mate

mobear

 

[pneupack]

Looking real class mate, very nice work.

Robert

 

[Centurion3RTR]

Lookin' good Patrick as always mate, nice work on the exhausts.

Have fun, John

 

[Kieran]

its coming together really nicly.

Am seeing the nice pre shading. looks like a good job

 

[dubster72]

Thanks for the positive comments guys, I hope you're enjoying watching the build as much as I am doing it!

Finished the exhausts. Now I know some people like tank exhausts to be a very light orange-rust colour, but I prefer them to be a dark purple-brown. So I mask them off & then mix up some oil paint; red, blue, & burnt sienna. Combine these to a suitable colour.

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This is painted on fairly thickly

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Then while wet, I use a sieve & sprinkle on some bicarbonate of soda

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Then I go over this with a thinned application of the previous oil paint, changing the blend of colours to give a varied look. I don't actually touch the part with the brush, just allow drops to land where needed. Once it's dried it looks like this:

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Hopefully you can see the pitted, rough appearance of the pipes, my camera isn't the best so if anyone wants better shots, let me know & I'll take some in better light.

Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[CDW]

Bi-carb .... 1001 uses eh Patrick

Like the look of this model ..... had a shufty on t'interweb and it doesn't seem to be widely available..shame!

Anyway .. coming along nicely, will be a cracking finished example no doubt.

 

[dubster72]

Bi-carb .... 1001 uses eh Patrick Like the look of this model ..... had a shufty on t'interweb and it doesn't seem to be widely available..shame!

Anyway .. coming along nicely, will be a cracking finished example no doubt.

Thanks Colin, most things I end up using in modelling rarely get used for their intended purpose!

The kit is available from Modelzone for £18 & free postage!

Cheers

Patrick

 

[Polux]

Looks really nice Patrick!

Congratulations!!

Have fun

 

[dubster72]

Got a bit more done, added an overspray of sand/desert yellow to the upper surfaces & along the sides of the hull. This is to increase the depth of the model, similar to the colour modulation technique. It looks a little stark at the moment, but the filters 7 washes stage will tie it all in together.

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Cheers

Patrick

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