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Finally finished! Thanks for following along with the build. Thank you all for your patience, razorboy

"Hammer Guy" is completed and has been affixed to the turret. One more crewmember to go - the commander figure. I hope to finish him this weekend. razorboy

Hacksaw is done! Well, mostly done, he will still get a touch-up before he gets permanently fixed to the dio. base. rb

I got a pretty good start on "Hammer Guy" this afternoon. I thought I might go with a reed green denim tunic on him with regular infantry white waffenfarbe. Still a lot of work to do on him as well, probably won't finish him tonight. Cheers, razorboy

I have started work on the pantherturm crew figures and I thought I would share my figure painting technique with you guys, "Hacksaw Man" is the first of the three. Waterbased acrylics were used throughout and though my technique may not be the best out there, it has always produced good results...

As soon as I get the Pantherturm project finished (almost there), I will start the first vignette in my American Civil War Series. The figures are from Shenandoah miniatures. razorboy

Here it is with some battle damage to the turret.

They were quite deadly. rb

Started on the camo. today. It will be a "Brushed Pattern" of very light medium brown and dark green. A couple of more washes will be applied and highlighting by drybrush before I add the battle damage (paint chipping and scuffs) to the paint job. 'Bout done with the groundwork, maybe a sprig...

Yes, it is a retractable smokestack/ventpipe to remove the exhaust from the generator for the turret operation and the smoke from the stove in the crew quarters. razorboy

Added yet more "Veggies" to the scene, still have about 3 more plant varieties in mind before it's done. rb

Started adding the last of the vegetation this morning, still not done but this should give everyone an idea as to where I'm headed with it. I have re-positioned the turret lifting lugs approximately 90 degrees to their correct postions. Please excuse the lighting, no time to set it all up...

Thanks!

Added some "Trees" late yesterday evening. Weeds taken out of my side field this February, painted grey-brown with bright green leaves to simulate early spring trees that are in transition from budd to leaf. razorboy

Re: Pantherturm Project Update Progressed a bit with the groundwork. Put down my static grass and worked a bit on the Shell Hit debris. Still need to fine tune the base colours but that won't happen until I finish the Pantherturm itself, so that I may better "marry" the colours of both the...

Started on the "HE Damage" tonight, twisted rebar, concrete chunks and all. razorboy

Got some of my base work done, styrofoam build up. Smoke-stack/vent-pipe is a 1/48 scale Model Railroad accessory. Got the base coats on the figures and a bit more paint on the 'pantherturm' itself. More pics on the way, razorboy

I've seen them mostly in Panther turret, some mkIV turrets but not a one of the tiger turrets - Sorry KV! BTW that's my cousin with the hacksaw, we do look an awful lot alike!;) razorboy

Got some more done on the Pantherturm today. Settled on my crew and got the majority of the artillery damage done to the AA MG mount rail, simulated damage (bent and slightly twisted) to rear hoist-point as well. The hacksaw in the right hand of the walking crewman is an old H&R Castings...

Added a handle to the cupola hatch and got the slots cut into the drilled out and puttied areas to simulate those giant screws. Still need to go around the outside edge of them so that the wash will show it off. Added a grab handle to the rear loaders hatch along with another grab handle above...