Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Panther Now on eBay

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Me-163 & Kettenkrad with Ground C

Post by tmanthegreat » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:12 am

Fantastic work :D

Is that the ME-163 kit I sent you a while back? If so, you really did it justice and I love the way it came out. Kettenkrad also looks great! I have to love the "Harrison Ford" face on some of the ground crew guys :wink:
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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Me-163 & Kettenkrad with Ground C

Post by Jnewboy » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:04 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:Fantastic work :D

Is that the ME-163 kit I sent you a while back? If so, you really did it justice and I love the way it came out. Kettenkrad also looks great! I have to love the "Harrison Ford" face on some of the ground crew guys :wink:
Thanks, yes thats the one!
flyboy_fx wrote:That looks AMAZING!


Really came out great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Me-163 & Kettenkrad with Ground C

Post by 1958Zelda » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:30 pm

Great work on everything!

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Me-163 & Kettenkrad with Ground C

Post by Jnewboy » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:03 pm

1958Zelda wrote:Great work on everything!
Thanks bud!

Did you ever make that tutorial on how you do your treads? 8)

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Me-163 & Kettenkrad with Ground C

Post by 1958Zelda » Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:41 pm

not yet :oops: ,but its coming,first thing is to paint them tamiya xf-10 flat brown.

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Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf.H

Post by Jnewboy » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:10 pm

After all the interest and talk of my 88mm winter flak panzer I decided to do the one from the Dragon box that was used to defend Berlin as a desperate last resort. I was hesitant on doing it at first as I thought it would look to strange but it actually came out great and really shows off the detail of the 88mm.

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by CanberraPaul » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:13 pm

As always more fantastic work Jon, it came out great and really shows off how it actually looked in all the images I have seen of it.

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by skorzeny » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:16 pm

LOOKS GREAT !!!!!!!

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by maritime96 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:03 pm

Awesome Job. Looks fantastic
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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by f4phantomgreyghosts » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:16 pm

awesome looks great

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by normandy » Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:16 pm

Looks Great JON!! I also like the camo job, nice custom.

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:18 pm

Nice work, as always! You need some little kids (aka Hitler Youth) manning that gun - or French SS soldiers :wink: Its a confirmed fact that, oddly enough, a contingent of French SS were among some of the last defenders in Berlin trying to hold out in the Zoogarten area, I think.
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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by STUKA » Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:33 pm

wow I really like this!!! Great work.
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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by maritime96 » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:30 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:Nice work, as always! You need some little kids (aka Hitler Youth) manning that gun - or French SS soldiers :wink: Its a confirmed fact that, oddly enough, a contingent of French SS were among some of the last defenders in Berlin trying to hold out in the Zoogarten area, I think.
My grandfather was a Sherman tank commander in the 749th Tank Battallion during the war. He always said that when they first got into France they had more French shooting at them at night than they did Germans. LOL
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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Pz.Kpfw.lV Ausf

Post by Jnewboy » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:25 pm

Thanks for all the kind words guys! When looking at this thing you have to realize just how crazy the last fanatical defenders were! forget no armor, the whole crew was totally exposed! any soviet tank could wipe them out with just their machine gun! not to mention they would have to pivot the gun by hand, no power assist like in the Tiger I. The Nashorn had success using this method but they would be sure to stay at a very far distance and knock out T-34's half a mile away or more on the vast open flat lands of Russia. This urban fighting using this would have been near suicide even with the best trained crew.

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Kubelwagen

Post by Jnewboy » Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:09 pm

Just finished this one. Looks great in 1/18! cloth top looks very real in 1/18!

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Lots more pics for those intrested: http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/Jnewb ... t=3&page=1


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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Kubelwagen

Post by CanberraPaul » Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:21 pm

Fantastic work Jon. I have not seen one before with the top up.

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Kubelwagen

Post by maritime96 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:35 pm

That cloth top is Fantastic!!!!! Great Job
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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Kubelwagen For Sale

Post by Jnewboy » Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:33 pm

This 1/18 Custom Kubelwagen is now for sale on eBay

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1116478331

*Free shipping to board members of 6 months or more in the lower 48 states* :D

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front PzKpfw IV Now For S

Post by Jnewboy » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:24 pm

While many of you were sleeping I have been waking up an hour early every morning and working on this before work. It took over a month but I am very happy with the result 8)

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She's on eBay right now, and as always I will give any member free shipping in the cont. US.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1137008067

Here is the video of all the photos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOs-_83 ... detailpage

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front PzKpfw IV Now For S

Post by CanberraPaul » Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:10 am

I simply love your work Jon, its another great piece in a long line of fantastic models made by you Mate.

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front PzKpfw IV Now For S

Post by normandy » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:18 am

Hey Jon, that's a great looking Panzer IV!!!
Very nice, I like the added details....chains and cable, the 3 spare road wheels...very cool.
The snow is probably the best and most believable I've seen and not overdone.
That would look fantastic in an Eastern Front Diorama :!:...:idea:

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front PzKpfw IV Now For S

Post by Jnewboy » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:33 pm

normandy wrote:Hey Jon, that's a great looking Panzer IV!!!
Very nice, I like the added details....chains and cable, the 3 spare road wheels...very cool.
The snow is probably the best and most believable I've seen and not overdone.
That would look fantastic in an Eastern Front Diorama :!:...:idea:
Thanks guys! I went slow and really took my time. I looked at a lot of photos of them in the snow, noticed where the snow built up and where it did not. Between vibration, heat and run-off or melt-off angles certain places are snow free and some places have build up. I actually did the up top "snow" several times with no glue and light vibration just to see where it would stay and where it slid off before mixing the "snow" with the glue. I really like some of the new products out there now, particularly AK Interactive products. Someday I will do a very detailed tutorial video on the whole "winter" process. It is not super "difficult" per say, not like airbrushing a complex camo pattern but it is time consuming as there are many more steps involved to make it look right, more so than with other types.

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Panther Now For Sa

Post by Jnewboy » Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:14 pm

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Watch the video to see all the detail work, this one has more than I can list.

Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urqgXAKk ... e=youtu.be

Shes for sale in my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Jnewboy

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Re: Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Panther Now For Sa

Post by CanberraPaul » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:37 pm

Yet more fantastic work Jon!!!

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