Academy 1/25 Jagdpanther

[Guest]

Hi All,

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Here's my build of Academy's Jagdpanther, quite decent value at £17! First impressions is that it's a pretty simple kit to make, pretty much a 'shake & bake '.

Further inspection reveals it's a re-box of Tamiya's 70's kit, complete with the mouldings in the hull for adding a motor. The kit comes with working torsion bar suspension.

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The drive sprocket housing is attached to the hull by 2 small screws! You can see the gearing inside the housing that's clearly a holdover from the days of motorization.

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The rear equipment boxes have some small sinkholes, but some filler will sort them out.

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More to follow!

Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[Guest]

looking good so far, and quite good price!

always loved the look of the Jadpanthers.

[Guest]

This will be a cracking build, and a great scale also....looking good,will be following this one Patrick.

[Guest]

This is going to be excellent if that King Tiger of yours is anything to go by.

p.s. I have lots of wartime photo refs so give a shout if you need any inspiration

[Ian M]

I would of filled those screw holes and glued it on, Either that or its going to need a big dollop of mud!

Ian M

[Guest]

Ian, I did consider filling the holes but then I couldn't be bothered! Mud hides a multitude of sins!

Kieran, Ray, Alex, many thanks & hopefully it'll turn out ok. It's really the scale that time forgot as I'm having trouble finding any crew figures so if anyone knows of any 1/25 or 1/24 German tankers, let me know!

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Filled the sinkholes with Tippex!

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Made a start on the upper hull.

Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[papa 695]

A great start Patrick

[Guest]

After a minor disaster with my Pershing, it's been retired to the back of the class in disgrace, so it's onward with my new star pupil!

After finishing the lower & upper hulls, the primer went on. I want to experiment with the use of colour in this one, so for the lower hull I've used Tamiya Flat Earth mixed with a little Red Brown. The idea here is to increase the area that is normally in shadow & build on that. Though if I use the supplied Shurtzen, this area won't be visible! A thin over spray of Dark Yellow will lighten this section & pick out the detail (hopefully!).

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Just for a change, I thought I'd try some pre-shading. This is the first time I've even held an AB in over a year - and it takes some time getting used to it again!

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A few more....

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That's it for now until the Dunkelgelb goes on tomorrow!

Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[Guest]

good job m8

mobear

[Guest]

Just watching and enjoying

Roman

[Guest]

A small update, got the upper hull painted in dark yellow. It's a bit blotchy at the moment, down to both my rather rusty use of the airbrush & I think, some clogging. However, that will be sorted later in the build!

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And some pics of the exhaust. I had to drill them out a little, so after that I painted the pipes with a couple of coats of Humbrol #113, then masked them for spraying with the hull colour. I'll return to these later for finishing with oils & bicarbonate of soda

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Thanks for looking

Patrick

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[Guest]

cool paint job so far,v nice m8

mobear

[Guest]

Looking real class mate, very nice work.

Robert

[Centurion3RTR]

Lookin' good Patrick as always mate, nice work on the exhausts.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

its coming together really nicly.

Am seeing the nice pre shading. looks like a good job