"Dangerous Cat" Panther A Early Type

[felisbarcinonensis]

The postman has just brought me this kit. So this is my official entry in the "Dangerous Cat SIG" (Better late than never)

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The kit looks really cool





Luxurious full colour instructions!



I'll will start assembling it ASAP. I don't know if I'll make a diorama out of it with figures , by now I'll just keep working with this model.

[MarkVerploeg]

Good luck with the build

[Willem]

There are two dangerous cats on your bench. One of them is known to eat bits of Bren gun carrier.

All the best with the build.

[NAMBiohazard]

nice kit
good luck and most important...
enjoy

[PaulAyrey]

Welcome, a great kit, the instructions are a bit pants though. Looking forward to your build

[felisbarcinonensis]

Good luck with the build

Thank You Mark!!

[felisbarcinonensis]

There are two dangerous cats on your bench. One of them is known to eat bits of Bren gun carrier.

All the best with the build.

Thanks Willem!! Yeah, the furry one can wreak reall havoc among armored vehicles!

[felisbarcinonensis]

nice kit
good luck and most important...
enjoy

Thanks Nam!! It's my first GB and I'm looking forward to it I'm sure I'm going to have a good time!

[felisbarcinonensis]

Welcome, a great kit, the instructions are a bit pants though. Looking forward to your build

Thank you Paul! If I get lost with that glossy stuff I'll try to use my imagination!

[T3hGuppy]

Nice entry dude,

[felisbarcinonensis]

Nice entry dude,

Thank you Ben!

[felisbarcinonensis]

that looks a nice kit! Now you only need to start hacking away on it. Looking forward to that!

Thanks Hendrik! Hacking & scraping wheels right now

[felisbarcinonensis]

“Dangerous Cat” SIG Update 1

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Doesn’t look so dangerous



I started pruning wheels, so exciting, yay.



Well… I finished



I sanded tyres one by one to get this used look



Once finished I attacked the lower hull.



No torsion bars. Suspension can be modified but I’ll let it rest on a flat position; I won’t be doing a diorama. I’ll build this kit straight from the box without any further enhancements.



Since there are no additions I want to focus interest on the camo pattern. However, there is an issue… Dragon’s suggestions for this particular panther in Italy are a little bit dull



I looked for more samples in the Italian scenario but I found the same zimmerit in dark yellow. Dragon’s suggestion is indeed realistic but I tried to find something more interesting.


I like the Italian idea of this kit and I’ve done some research. I saw this Italian pattern in Vallejo Panzer Aces



Apparently, Italians and Germans alike used this pattern on their uniforms; I’ve seen this pattern on some vehicles too, so I’ll take the liberty to use this camo on my dangerous cat. Maybe I’m committing a mistake (or a rivet-counting selfie?), anyway, feel free to object and tell me. Your comments are greatly appreciated, so thanks in advance.

[felisbarcinonensis]

Roast! - Roast! - Roast!

[PaulAyrey]

That's coming along nicely, well done so far!

[felisbarcinonensis]

That's coming along nicely, well done so far!

Thank you Paul!

[felisbarcinonensis]

"The Dangerous Cat" SiG. Panther A Early type. Update 2

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I was quite busy with Coen's Kursk Group Built, but I finally finished the project. So, I went on building the cat; one of the first things I did was drilling a pair of holes in these exhausts



I added all the details on the upper hull



Finished the turret...





polished seams on the barrel...



and prepared wheels for priming and painting



I had to add some putty when I joined the upper and lower hulls, but everything was nice and easy. Now the kit is sitting on the bench waiting for priming and painting









See you on the next update

[felisbarcinonensis]

"Dangerous Cat" Panther A Early Type. Update 3

The cat is showing off its brand new Italian setting camo. As soon as tools, tracks and decals are ready, the whole feline thing is going to be properly weathered.

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I primed the whole lot with Vallejo black primer



Then I airbrushed all the elements with armour green.







That's how it looked



I painted organic stripes with flat earth + red+ burnt umber acrylics (steady hand needed)







Then I painted scattered yellowish growths using middle stone+ burnt umber. The presence of burnt umber in all these combinations favours colour cohesion.





As an afterthought I decided to add grilles on top of those vents



So I took measures and destroyed a nice colander





Grilly smile



I glued these grilles with superglue



So this is the result



The grilles were also painted, of course!



Finally, I painted the wheels too



...and that's it. I left tools, exhaust, decals and weathering for the last update











Thanks for watching!

[MarkVerploeg]

That is a very impressive paintjob
I never seen a scheme like it but it looks very nice
Keep up the good work

[felisbarcinonensis]

That is a very impressive paintjob
I never seen a scheme like it but it looks very nice
Keep up the good work

Thanks for your kind words Mark This camo is the Italian pattern used both by Italians and Germans in Italy. It was surely used on some German uniforms. However, the panther license is just a possibility...

[NAMBiohazard]

That camo is just awesome

Love that pattern

Gorgeous man..... that just looks stunning

[felisbarcinonensis]

Thank you Bjorn!

[felisbarcinonensis]

"Dangerous Cat" Panther A Early Type. Update 4 "The Stalking Kitty"

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That's were we left it. The cat was in need of a pair of tracks



So, I undertook this funny task...



I adapted the tracks to the wheels and let them dry



Meanwhile I painted the tools



I removed the tracks and primed them with black primer



Then I paited them with mahagony acrylics





Finally I drybrushed the tracks with gun metal and black acrylics



I adapted the tracks again and glued the extreme links in place



So, this is the result, I added the spare tracks too



I applied matte varnish and started weathering the cat with an oil dot filter (red, white, and light brown)



I applied downstrokes with white spirit and this is the result



After another layer of matt varnish I also added random chipping with gun metal + black



I also added some rust streaks from AK



and toned them down with white spirit



I added some rust on top of those chippings and the exhausts with vallejo red pigments and AK pigment fixer



Some burnt umber was both added on the barrel and the exhausts along with European earth on wheels and tracks.





I also fixed some dry mud on top of the European earth plus some oil stains. The cat is slightly dirty, I didn't want it too muddy.



I didn't like the red flashy numbers, but I had to use them because they belong to the Italian campaign. Thus, I decided to cover them with additional camo, turning my cat into a real stalking kitty...



So that's it.Check the Final Reveal section!!! CLICK HERE
Cheers!