MENG 1/35 Sd.kfz. 173 Jagdpanther
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 4:10 am
After seeing the hypotetical proposal and ideas John (jkim) had on Bruces 250/3 thread regarding an armour project... I jumped in the car and drove to my local hobby shop "Dominomodels" (deliver stuff all over the world) and bought the kit.
It is, for an AAB-person (amateur armour builder) as me, an excellent kit (so far). Also, the plastic used is precisely my favorite type. Not too hard, not too soft... Just perfect. Easy to cut and more importantly, very easy to sand smooth and nice.
There is 4 different camo versions and they all differ sliightly from eachother when it comes to parts to be used. So in a very early stage, one need to decide which Jagdpanther to build. I selected the 1st option, from March 1945. Already headache when thinking the paintwork...
At this moment I don't have any suitable paint to match that camo, therefore my plan is to use a totally new paint brand (in other words easy for me to find), highly probably some of these who has even paint-sets to match late German army colors
- AK Real colors
- AK Acrylics
- Ammo by Mig
- Hataka (Red or Orange line)
Have been googling of course reviews, opinions etc. But as always, you find a nice mixture of "for / against" any of these brands. Wonder if any SPAM members has experience of those paints above?
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I don't have so much to show, has been a very slow build so far.
The first 4 hrs I spent (spread over couple of evenings though) cutting off track pieces from the sprues, Still have about 30% left... Then the next evenings slowly but surely working with the roadwheels.
Some testfitting of the "big pieces", to really see how it looks in real 3D..
I will jump on the might 88mm gun as next step.. It's funny, the gun consists of 24 pieces, but practically nothing will be visible.
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The good thing with building tanks, is that you can build almost the entire subject and only then start with paintwork. With airplanes the working method is so different..
Let's see what next!
- Kari
It is, for an AAB-person (amateur armour builder) as me, an excellent kit (so far). Also, the plastic used is precisely my favorite type. Not too hard, not too soft... Just perfect. Easy to cut and more importantly, very easy to sand smooth and nice.
There is 4 different camo versions and they all differ sliightly from eachother when it comes to parts to be used. So in a very early stage, one need to decide which Jagdpanther to build. I selected the 1st option, from March 1945. Already headache when thinking the paintwork...
At this moment I don't have any suitable paint to match that camo, therefore my plan is to use a totally new paint brand (in other words easy for me to find), highly probably some of these who has even paint-sets to match late German army colors
- AK Real colors
- AK Acrylics
- Ammo by Mig
- Hataka (Red or Orange line)
Have been googling of course reviews, opinions etc. But as always, you find a nice mixture of "for / against" any of these brands. Wonder if any SPAM members has experience of those paints above?
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I don't have so much to show, has been a very slow build so far.
The first 4 hrs I spent (spread over couple of evenings though) cutting off track pieces from the sprues, Still have about 30% left... Then the next evenings slowly but surely working with the roadwheels.
Some testfitting of the "big pieces", to really see how it looks in real 3D..
I will jump on the might 88mm gun as next step.. It's funny, the gun consists of 24 pieces, but practically nothing will be visible.
-----
The good thing with building tanks, is that you can build almost the entire subject and only then start with paintwork. With airplanes the working method is so different..
Let's see what next!
- Kari