1/48th Bandai King Tiger

[centaur567]

This Panther is a really old Monogram kit.

Managed to get the 88mm rounds painted installed. Removed the ammo racks from the turret. I've read several sources that the spare ammo was removed from the turret after a KT in Russia blew up after being hit in the turret. Now I have to figure out what to place in there. Also drilled hole for handles on various hatches.
Took some pics with other tanks for size comparison. The Jagpanther never was completed. I'll havr to work on that. Gary S.

 

[Iron Mike]

Looking forward to the photos.

 

[moon puppy]

Nice progression of your older stuff.

 

[centaur567]

Thanks. The Monogram Panther was my first armor model of what I call my modern era of tank building. It's a combination of types that could be called a remanufactured Aust A with G upgrades. It was started as we were watching the World Series when an earthquake hit SF in 1989. I showed it to a patient of mine who was in the 8th Panzer Div. near Leningrad. He gave me the best complement when he said "They looked just like that!!" Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

That's high praise for sure!

 

[centaur567]

Applied a burnt sienna wash/filter to the red to brown it up a little (missed the rear bulk head). A black was to the gun and other parts.

Added lift rings to the turret and handles to the hatches. Gary S.

 

[Iron Mike]

B)

 

[Sharkmouth]

I better start looking at more people's work as it is inspiring and allows me to reminisce!

Way back I started non-aircraft models with the Airfix ground support sets. Then went to the Airfix bagged armor (the Japanese Ha-Go and Centurion being my favorites) until I realized they are 1/76th scale. A visit to the hobby shop meant coming home with Hasegawa 72nd scale items which were nice but expensive for a kid.

Woolworth's sold ESCI kits for $0.88USD. This meant that my dollar allowance covered running over ten minutes to the store at top speed on Saturday mornings, picking out a kit, paying for it ($0.95USD with sales tax) and buying a 5 cent jaw breaker for the energy to run home!

Later, I had a job so the hobby shop trips were more often and I fell in love with the Bandai kits. I still had a few when I moved out of Brooklyn to the mountains. Chad owns them now.

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

 

[centaur567]

The turret and bow needed guns. The kit only supplied the barrel of the bow gun. So I used gasket sealer to make some molds of a gun from another kit. Only one side of the gun will be visible. The rt. side for the turret gun and the lt. side the bow gun. The will be made from left over floor leveling epoxy. Gary S.

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[moon puppy]

 

[centaur567]

I needed to flat coat my Sturmovick so I figured I'd put some red primer on the KT while I had the AB out. I added some more MM military brown to the mix. In my haste I forgot to go back and paint the rear deck and rear of the turret. Get out the brush later. Gary S. :facepalm

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[centaur567]

This is the Mg-34 I made from resin for the bow gun.

Thinned down the side skirts. One side is done here and one not for comparison.

The turret and hull is finally glued together. Thanks for looking. Gary S.

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[centaur567]

Mixed up these craft paints plus a valero color called Iraq desert to get a decent panzer yellow. Goes on well in thin coats thinned with water over the primmer.(1/2 inch flat brush used). Now back to the schwimwagen. Gary S.

 

[centaur567]

Mixed up these craft paints plus a valero color called Iraq desert to get a decent panzer yellow. Goes on well in thin coats thinned with water over the primmer.(1/2 inch flat brush used). Now back to the schwimwagen. Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Lookin' good Gary.

Man I'm still like 4 pages away from anything external.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Fabulous build so far Gary!