Tomcat's Meng World War Toons Panther

[Tomcat64]

Being the Egg build I dispatched my able assistants to take a delve into the stash and they came out with this...


Having had a rummage through the box they found some parts


Some more parts


Some rubber band tracks and decals


And an instruction booklet


Full of pictures that they'll probably ignore...


If I can get them away from sniffing the TET we might make a start on gluing stuff together this afternoon

[Garion77]

Just the presentation pictures are worth to follow all along !

[aur0ra145]

Love the minions!

[Stokesy44]

Is it Loony Toons time again already?

Lovin the minions

[bfrd]

Did Bob get fired already?

[Twokidsnosleep]

Did Bob get fired already?

[Tomcat64]

Just the presentation pictures are worth to follow all along !

Love the minions!

Is it Loony Toons time again already?

Lovin the minions

Thanks for dropping in guys - Dave and Stuart have been at the bench so will be posting an update soon

Did Bob get fired already?

Did Bob get fired already?

Bob's planning his entrance - stay tooned

[Tomcat64]

OK then... the lads got themselves properly tooled up - what could possibly go wrong




And soon had the hull nailed together - they've left the tools off for "ease" of painting


Being a tank they also generated a pile of wheels


As well as a turret


Aside from needing to drill out a couple of the mounting points the only real issue was that the turret hatch was missing the shaft, but luckily Stuart was able to fix this with his precision tool-craft


With all the bits available it was time for a dry-fit


Deciding it needed a test drive they looked around for a suitable driver but this guy wasn't available


But they did find another willing volunteer...

Some say he can screw up a kit build just by being in the same town... all we know is...

He's called Bob!


Painting up next - no worries there then...


Thanks for looking

[aur0ra145]

This is hilarious, really well done!

[Tomcat64]

This is hilarious, really well done!

Cheers mate

[Tomcat64]

I couldn't put it off any longer - it was time to break out the paint, and the lads were ready for action...


Surprisingly most of the paint seemed to end up where it should have gone


Some of you may have seen I recently picked up a Silhouette Cameo for creating masks... I guess it went as well as it could for the first attempt


Time to add some stripes and see how it all looks...


Next up will be painting & adding the tools & tracks...

Thanks for looking

[Stokesy44]

Very nice. Does it come with workable suspension, individual track links and hollow guide horns?

[Tomcat64]

Very nice. Does it come with workable suspension, individual track links and hollow guide horns?

[Garion77]

Pictures again are worth the visit ! And the work done on the model too

[aur0ra145]

Nice looking paint!

[WordenB]

Brilliant, love it!

[Tomcat64]

Pictures again are worth the visit ! And the work done on the model too

Nice looking paint!

Brilliant, love it!

Thanks for checking in guys

[Tomcat64]

The lads have spent some decent time in the den this long weekend

Decals were added & tools & other bits painted


Same on the other side


And the turret


Tracks were given a base coat of black/brown over black primer, followed by a dry brush of burnt iron


Against my better judgement they then deployed a dark dirt sludge wash & wipe on all the separate bits - this went surprisingly well


Bolted it all together and used a couple of dabs of CA to get that authentic Panther sag - the only issue was the paint flaking off the rubber tracks but that was soon patched up ... and so... there we are!


The reveal photos are now up here

Thanks to everyone that followed along - this was a lot of fun

[digger303]

[RangerNeil]

Thats a neat build!
And I loved the character theme throughout..