Hi everyone. First post here. I’ve been away from scale armor building for many years but have not stop building. I build HO scale diorama based on German landscape as I have a deep passion for half-timbered houses.
I found a 1/72 scale Panther D in my old stash and built it OOB. The main purpose of this build is to focus on practicing all the new weathering techniques.
Welcome Collin and a great offering to show us all in your first post. After X amount of years away, you should give yourself a deserving pat on the back for the Panther. Great effort on all fronts. It looks really good, and a nice subtle weathering.
Would be also interesting to see some of these HO dio’s you mentioned.
Just had a look at some of those Dio albums … They look amazing and so well detailed. Some brilliant pieces there, painstaking work, but worth it for those results.
Thanks guys. @Johnnych01, Since I started building models, I always wanted to build a diorama. Due to lack of skills, especially in figure painting, I eventually gave up. The passion came back after I got into railroad modeling. I hope one day I can make a decent 1/72 military diorama.
Back to the base. I cut a piece of pink insolation foam and covered the top with DAS clay. I sprinkled on Scenic Express fine and coarse dirt and soil before the clay set. Then the ground work was painted with Michaels craft paints with 3 different earth tone and blended them before they dried.
Once it’s dried, I gave it different brown tone washes, using wet on wet technique and finally drybrush with ivory color. Again I used Michaels craft paint. For ground work and terrain, I feel that it is more economical to paint them with cheap craft paint.
I love the artistry of your Panther D! However, the pistol ports are missing from either side of the turret. It could be that they are there but are too small for my old-age eyes to see, but they are not obvious.
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