Welcome back to the plasticfront!
Good choice.
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Good to see you back Zsolt. I remember you from ages ago!
The old Forum was archived back in February 2021.
Everyone had to create a new profile and their old badges were not linked into the new forum. As you say, plenty of time to start accumulating new ones.
Cheers Peter
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Welcome back.
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I believe this will be my entry for the campaign. Hasegawa 1/72 Flak 18, probably came out when I was a kid. I tried hand painting the kill rings by hand, need to fix that. Need to finish the ammunition cases an then mount everything on the base. Was thinking of using a putty that dries hard for grounwork.
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Yes, the Silly version just doesn’t quite do the trick.
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Looks good so far.
But yes, the rings need fixing and yes, you need to finish it. 
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Silly guy…
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Dragon Panther G Steel Wheel
I wanted to build this for Unfinished Business 2024 but could not find the tracks.
Very early this morning, I discovered the tracks in the back of a closet, stored in an old cottage cheese container.
Huh.
Anyway, I need to finish some other stuff but this will be my entry.
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Always good to see a Panther! Welcome aboard!
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Dragon Panther G Steel Wheel
Construction is done accept for what you see, some etch parts, and 4 lost parts.
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Dragon Panther G Steel Wheel
Masking and priming this thing took over 5 hours. Would you like some road wheels with your road wheels? Primer is not terribly interesting but I like to let the campaign leader know when painting is underway.
Now…a dilemma. I am provided with 4 possible finishing options.
For giggles, I decided to put some effort into research. The fact these books are now 30 and 20 years old is rather distressing.
Option 1 is depicted as a hard edge camouflage scheme on a green base. That is doable. I have not found a picture.
Option 2 represents a vehicle from 16th Panzer Division at some point during the long retreat toward Germany. I found lots of pictures of white Panthers but not this specific tank.
Option 3 is also depicted as hard edge camouflage on a green base. I found a picture of this vehicle. The camouflage pattern is what I like to call, “Blaaarrgg AHHHH!” In other words, it is impossible to discern the pattern because a crud pinata exploded all over it.
Option 4 appears in the Jentz book but without the number. The camouflage was probably applied at a factory using a decent airbrush. Curiously, I found a different Panther 233 with zimmerit.
I need to decide by tomorrow morning.
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The green-based vehicles would likely be the production runs from January 1945 until the end of the war, with the other colors being hard-edged as you mentioned. The last option is likely green-based as well and the white one probably is underneath that whitewash.
Seems the only real options are green-based hard edge with or without winter whitewash.
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or you could do the straight line, hard edge camo like the Grossdeutschland division appears to have used in either camouflage or white.
Campaign leader out… 
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Dragon Panther G Steel Wheel
Having read a few books and consulted various websites, many with conflicting information, I cannot determine how to correctly paint this model. Three of the marking options call for an olive green base coat so I went with that.
@RonW Those zigzag Panthers are very cool. I have wanted to build one since 2008 or so.
Edit: Does anyone know if a cheap Das Werk/Takom Panther is generally correct for one of the zigzag Panthers above?
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Okay… There are so many shelf queens to choose among…
But it will be the Dragon three jeep desert raider kit. What is left is the machine guns, painting and a base. Here is the current state.
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Nice!
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Looks good.
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