I really think you did a good job on construction, painting, weathering and diorama building. I have looked at many photos of winter camouflaged AFVs and they can be seen in a pristine overall white down to a barley visible white color. Mud is very much present when there is little or no snow on the ground and the temperature has risen enough to soften the soil on the roads. I admire you for trying new techniques and still moving forward on the kit even when things do not go as planed. This is a mark of a good modeler and I look forward to your next tutorial.
I was a hull mechanic for the M60A3 tanks at Ft. Stewart, Georgia (4-64 Armor). We then got the M1IP Abrams. I wish Rye Field or Takom would make a 1/16 scale M60A3 with full interior. I have the Rye Field M1 tank full interior. It seems German and US WWII armor.
The model looks great Peter! The weathering alone was a big help for me. Some things that might help are the opening under the commander's cupola are for the spent shell casings from the 12.7mm mg to be ejected from the cupola. Don't worry too much about the camouflage pattern as the patterns were applied by the units according to official patterns in a book so no two tanks were exactly the same and touch ups would render the sprayed patterns with a hard edge. Thanks for sharing this neat tutorial.
l wish all the 1/72 model tanks gave you the option between ready moulded one piece running gear and tracks and those that have to be assembled individually . A good idea from Trumpeter as l personally hate individual track links and find their assembly boring and tedious .
14:32 you can very well use the thinner on a non varnished surface, altough you need to pay attention for how long the paint has been drying for. Dry - you are able to touch the paint without leaving any marks, but its gonna be easily destroyed by thinners. usually around an hour or two after painting. Cured - you are also able to touch the paint without leaving any marks, but its not gonna be destroyed by any thinners, because it had enough time to "harden"/ fully cure. This can take a day or even three or even more depending on what paint you are using. basically, before the paint cures its still kind of "soft" and easily dissolvable by stronger thinners -hope this helps
can you explain how you model it. it is war thunder model or you model it by yourself, btw very very nice model it will be very nice if you scale it to 1/35 scale.
it's my own model done in the software called Tinkercad. I did use wt model as reference but I've also used several images and documentaries to make it
That really is one of your best models to date Peter! The color scheme looks great and the weathering is quite realistic. Thanks for sharing this build.
Great work Peter! I really like the effect of the blast and the round leaving the tube. The paint and diorama look very good. Thanks for sharing this neat diorama.
Interesting point, no these tanks didn’t chip like that. What did happen was that the paint washed off or got worn really bad on places where the crew walked over the vehicle. In that regard your tank has just left the factory and got a very fresh kind of paint by a German who could paint with a broom like Picasso could with a brush. I’m not saying they didn’t have these guys. All in all I really like your Panther. It is visually really striking and certainly not over done. Big thumbs up. Cheers, Any.
Thank you for showing how you did the gun 🔫 firing! You got a sub for that. I'll have to add that to one of my builds. Good work by the way! You might like some of mine
