1/18 21stC Panther with interior!

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1/18 21stC Panther with interior!

Post by bananapirate » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:30 pm

How many of you were disappointed with the panther? This one may not be fully accurate but it sure beats nothing!
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Post by pickelhaube » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:38 pm

This looks cool.

But you need to paint those hatches off white .

Thanks for posting.
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Post by bananapirate » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:38 am

ah thanks for the tip, off-white it is then

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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:21 am

Great modifications! First time I've seen someone around here add an interior of sorts to the Panther 8)
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Post by kevrut » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:57 pm

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Post by Fritzkrieg » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:29 pm

Nice work,

I'm no rivet counter, but it looks good to me.

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Post by GooglyDoogly » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:23 am

The inside of German tank hatches are not off-white. You have several options, but not off-white.

One is to paint the inside of the hatch with the base exterior color.

Another is to paint it with the two interior colors that were used during the war.

Elfenbein RAL 1001, which is kinda beige in color.

Graugrün RAL 7008, which is the darker, gray-green color.

Also in 1944, there was an order to leave the interior color in red primer, to speed up production.

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Post by Yoxford » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:04 pm

quite right GD, and since it is a late model Panther, red primer would be my choice.
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Post by pickelhaube » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:30 pm

GooglyDoogly wrote:The inside of German tank hatches are not off-white. You have several options, but not off-white.

One is to paint the inside of the hatch with the base exterior color.

Another is to paint it with the two interior colors that were used during the war.

Elfenbein RAL 1001, which is kinda beige in color.

Graugrün RAL 7008, which is the darker, gray-green color.

Also in 1944, there was an order to leave the interior color in red primer, to speed up production.
I guess I stand corrected
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Post by bananapirate » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:23 pm

GooglyDoogly wrote:The inside of German tank hatches are not off-white. You have several options, but not off-white.

One is to paint the inside of the hatch with the base exterior color.

Another is to paint it with the two interior colors that were used during the war.

Elfenbein RAL 1001, which is kinda beige in color.

Graugrün RAL 7008, which is the darker, gray-green color.

Also in 1944, there was an order to leave the interior color in red primer, to speed up production.
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Post by tko211 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:52 am

Paint the whole tank Pink! then you can have a true "Pink Panther" :oops:

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Post by immeww2 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:54 am

:lol: :lol:

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Post by Stug45 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:29 pm

Very cool bananapirate, how did you make the pictures for the inside??
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Post by bananapirate » Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:01 pm

Stug45 wrote:Very cool bananapirate, how did you make the pictures for the inside??
The little map and posters and stuff I just drew on plain paper. In fact the entire interior is just painted card paper :lol:

You can't see it in the pics but I also added the inner section of the cannon (breech?)

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Post by Stug45 » Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:50 am

Thats really good drawing bananapirate.
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Post by bananapirate » Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:19 pm

Thanks for the input guys

I might do my bbi Sherman next (would do my 21stC firefly but its diecast :x )

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