An old Cat

Spanjaard
looking good, i am in 🙂

Mr James Autor
Cheers Spanjaard, Its been in the corner for a while as I got bored with the tracks. I thought if I post it, It'll give me the kick I need to finish after the Tiger

Schwarzadler
Meow😼!

Mathias Decommere
Massive! Wauw!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress and weathering.

Mr James Autor
Ha, thanks Schwarzadler and Mathias. 🙂

Mr James Autor
Cheers Villliers, thanks for the comment, quite a bit more work needed

Pietro De Angelis
I didn't imagine that Eduard's photoetched zimmerit would turn out so well,
great work,
congratulations!

Mr James Autor
Thanks so much Pietro, It was the best that I could do with it. I wouldnt use it again. The primer I used came off with the lightest of touches and I think its quite 2D looking. Also, it's very hard to show damage on the zimmerit, I think Meng's rubber type decals are better or the putty and knife approach. We live and learn. 🙂

Mr James Autor
Cheers Ben

Mr James Autor
Thanks Andre. Much appreciated

Mark Sherwood
Nicely done. 👍

Mr James Autor
Cheers Mark. Its in the queue to be finished 🙂

John
Nice job on this classic old Tamiya. 👍

Doubtingmango
Wow! I did that kit about two years ago. There's a lot wrong with it, but I don't see any of those flaws in your build.

Mr James Autor
Thanks John. This old classic has been pimped up a bit so far.

Mr James Autor
Cheers DoubtingMango. You're not wrong about the flaws. It has quite a few. There's a lot of bits out of the spares bin to make it presentable. The tracks are just horrid and so I'm half way through assembling Bronco after market ones. They are nicely detailed but a complete arse to fix together 🙁

Guy Rump
You've done an excellent job on this so far, the zimmerit is outstanding. Looking forward to completion. 👍

Mr James Autor
Cheers Guy. Thanks for saying so. As I said before, I wouldnt use it again or really recommend it. Decals would have been better.

Mr James Autor
Cheers Conner, glad you liked it

CaptGPF
So realistic - all you have to do it snap a few pictures of it outside and it would probably be mistakened for the real thing!

Mr James Autor
Thanks for saying so Capt, I'll have some new pics when I get round to it. 🙂

Saeed Jamali
great job 👌👌

Fritz01
Fantastic weathering. Real used Look

Mr James Autor
Thankyou for your kind words, Saeed and Fritz.

Stephen Lesley
Knowing how problematic the Eduard Zimmerit can be, the work is superb, especially on the front glacis plate. I agree with you that it is very 2D, noticeable on the turret sides etc.

David Taylor
Nice.

Mr James Autor
Thanks again Stephen. I tried to get the best out of it. As I said, last time I use it.

Mr James Autor
Cheers David 👍

Carlos Cisneros
Woh! That is the classic 1970's Tamiya Panther A?! Superb job!

Mr James Autor
Ha yes. Thanks Carlos... I paid £11.00 each for two kits, a bargain 🙂 I've pimped this one up a bit with some questionable Zimmerit and bits from my spares box. The other one I'm planning to set fire to, when I acquire the skills to do so.

Carlos Cisneros
Nice! I have one that I got at a club auction for $1, with a bunch of extras, so I have a similar project in mind for it one day. Lots of scratch work to fill the empty spaces, but lots of fun too!

Mr James Autor
1$ is a proper bargain 🙂 Yeah, it's a lot of work filling in gaps, drilling out exhausts, tracks, it goes on and on... 🙂

Ade
Mate, that is superb! Where'd you get the engine grills?

Mr James Autor
I think they were Eduards TP002. £3 ish...

Mr James Autor
Oh and thanks by the way. 🙂