1/35 Tamiya Panther Type G- My First Armor Build

[mustang1989]

Well fellas......the Ta-152 is behind me now I've had to rethink my next build in que which was going to be the Testors 1/24 scale Pantera. I'm going to push that build back by one slot in the que just because our son is going to leave for the military in the next few months so I thought I would build something military while he's still around to check out the progress on my work. 

This is my first ever armor build and I've been pretty stoked to get started with this new to me genre of modeling anyways so......here it is. I've been watching plenty of videos and seeing all of you fine armor builders here turn out some pretty fancy work so I'm going to give this a go.  It aint gonna be all totally accurate per se but I'll try and get it close. I'm also not going all out with PE and AM stuff so I can just concentrate on getting this build done somewhat half decently. I've got another Panther later on that I'll be going all out on. 

Without further ado...I'll be going with the Tamiya kit for this and already have all of the materials to make this all happen. 

Edited April 29 by mustang1989

[slusher]

I will be following, Joe!

[mustang1989]

3 hours ago, slusher said:

I will be following, Joe!

Thanks for taggin' along Carl! 👍I've really been looking forward to building this one for the last few months. Not that I got bored with autos or aircraft.......I just wanted to try something new and of great interest to me. 

Edited April 22 by mustang1989

[Codi]

Hey Joe, great subject you've chosen again.  I'm always in awe when I see pics of IPMS shows and what the armor, aircraft and diorama builders can do.  The aftermarket stuff available seems endless too so you could go nuts on this.  I know this is your first but be sure to share the 2nd one "that I'm going all out on"........cheers, tim

[mustang1989]

On 4/26/2025 at 4:29 PM, Codi said:

Hey Joe, great subject you've chosen again.  I'm always in awe when I see pics of IPMS shows and what the armor, aircraft and diorama builders can do.  The aftermarket stuff available seems endless too so you could go nuts on this.  I know this is your first but be sure to share the 2nd one "that I'm going all out on"........cheers, tim

Thank you for the "good word" Tim. Gonna give this thing my best shot.

Managed to stiple on the texture on all sides of the tank body and turret over the last couple of days. Just gotta hit it with some 1000 grit sandpaper to blend it all in a tad bit.

 

[Belugawrx]

I'm in..should be a fun watch Joe,..I haven't built a tank in ohhh .....50 some odd years.... can't go wrong with a Tamiya tho

Cheers

[mustang1989]

55 minutes ago, Belugawrx said:

I'm in..should be a fun watch Joe,..I haven't built a tank in ohhh .....50 some odd years.... can't go wrong with a Tamiya tho

Cheers

Thank you for taggin' along Bruce. Careful now with the 50 years stuff......you're dating yourself. lol

[shoopdog]

I’m on board for this one. 
 

[mustang1989]

On 5/1/2025 at 6:02 PM, shoopdog said:

I’m on board for this one. 
 

Glad to have you on board Keith 

[mustang1989]

I've been on this one pretty much every day since the last update and am making some decent progress in the construction phase. Sanded the texture a little with 1200 grit sandpaper and have added some things to the hull. I did discover/ experience what a lot of armor guys have been talking about with all the road wheels on German armor. Pretty tedious stuff but we're getting through it. So far so good.
 

[mustang1989]

Just to show that I've actually been working on this one all week long......

I've been hanging what parts I can and still get by with the priming process and then onto the masking & painting in the near future.

[Mattilacken]

Nice build mate! Looking sharp! I do also want to build a old german tank.

[mustang1989]

6 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

Nice build mate! Looking sharp! I do also want to build a old german tank.

Thanks Anton. There are a TON of options out there and I have a few armor kits in the stash. I figured Tamiya would be a safe place to start learning.