Slavo Hazucha Excellent cockpit and interior! looking forward for more

Bart Goesaert That cockpit is nice... the idea for presenting it too...

Holger Kranich This Looks really good! I heard rumors about some gaps who appear whilst building. Can you confirm it? Must be the upper side and can be comouflaged with kit parts.

Stephen G @Holger - Yes, unfortunately... I've been test-fitting the 2 fuselage halves around the cabin as I progress and let's just say... I am not looking forward to joining them. There are large gaps both on the bottom and top, and I don't think there's anything you can do to prevent it happening. Theoretically you can close the bottom one, resulting in a larger gap at the top which can be covered by the engine housing. But.... the engine housing then doesn't fit properly on top either. I'll try to get a photo of the problem on here!

It is the only difficult gap issue I've encountered though, and weighed against the detail quality of the kit, it's probably still worth it

Holger Kranich Good to know that. And i still wanna have the kit. Am i a bit Masochistic?

Stephen G Maybe a bit! I've put a few photos on to show the extent of the gap you may or may not encounter.

James C Looking very good Stephen.

Clint Mecham Nice!

Stephen G Thanks guys! I was really happy with this one

Slavo Hazucha Good stuff! Love the mascot on the left front light-guard Also a solid custom job on the turret armor structure - actually I think it´s a pity you covered it up with the rolled-up canvas in the finale...

James C A fantastic result. The assorted stowage items and crew figure really bring it to life. Very cool.

Clint Mecham Looks really good!

Stephen G Thanks!!

Chris Greathouse That tank is a lot of fun to look at Well done!

Slavo Hazucha That´s a seriously cozy place inside that Panther Looking good, received a healthy portion of love & care, I like the chipping in the Turret interior, right place, right amount

Did they really had the torsion bars open & visible, or is this a kit feature to show more good stuff?

Stephen G Thanks! I'm not sure I'd do such a complicated model again until I have more experience, though! Haha.
The torsion bars are only really visible when the turret is removed, I think. But the model, I have to say is almost entirely accurate to the real thing. I was building it while following along to a couple of very detailed books on the Panther interior and was constantly surprised at how many little details RFM got right.

Holger Kranich Nice weathering, inside and outside!