Modelers Corner

[Lucius Mojo]

I decided to go with the black 5 paint scheme so I painted the airframe light blue ,although it was not necessary to paint the upper wing surfaces as they will receive the light green/ black green cammo .

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Cammo applied..

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Made a paint shield for the yellow cowling ring.

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Was successful!

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Painted the lower wing tips ...

 

[Space Ritual]

Not getting in any hurry with the Panther. It will be ready for it's dark German yellow base coat in a couple of days.

I'm a sucker for Panthers. I said I was finished buying any more tanks except if the unicorn of a brand new full option Tamiya Panther ever appeared for sale. Well just after I'd finished getting that old Panther I posted earlier going the opportunity to buy a brand new Tamiya one for $850 CDN came just before Xmas Day and I grabbed it last Wednesday. It's almost finished so will post it up in the next few days. So that is 3 I have joining my Taigen battler Panther G. Couple of pics of her at the club battlefield

 

[Space Ritual]

Painted the lower wing tips ...View attachment 2759531

My favourite German WW2 plane. That must be a difficult camo pattern to paint

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Double action airbrush sure helps!(in my case my trusty Paasche VL. )

 

[Tim64]

I used to be a avid modeler mostly WW II aircraft but twenty years or so ago my interest declined and I stopped building altogether. I have recently discovered the Metal Earth series of models and am enjoying building again. These are small and challenging since you have to shape many of the parts since they come on a couple flat sheets of laser cut metal. I have finished a few and am enjoying the hobby again.

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Cool!

 

[rick morty]

how thin ?

I'm not 100% sure...maybe 1/32

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Added the decals ,it is an old kit so some of the decals took a long time to release from the paper.

 

[rick morty]

@Tim64 The metal art kits are cool, very challenging.

 

[Tim64]

@Tim64 The metal art kits are cool, very challenging.
Those look great, did you paint the truck on the left?, if so what did you use. I have been wondering if oil enamel would stick to the smooth surface of these kits. I noticed some of the kits are coming out in colors now.

 

[rick morty]

@Tin64 The truck was pre-painted and didn't scratch while working on it.

 

[rick morty]

@Tim64...oooops

 

[Space Ritual]

Those metal kits look really nice. So no soldering or CA glue just bending unlike photo etch brass? Even in 1/16 scale bending and assembling ultra tiny photo etch brass for the tanks drives me nuts. Fingers too big and pieces so tiny for these eyes.

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Spiral painted

 

[Space Ritual]

Spiral paintedView attachment 2760345

Nice butcher bird

 

[Space Ritual]

Panther mostly finished. Ready for battle this spring. I’ll slowly add more details like better tow cables, antenna, periscopes etc and more chipping and weathering