After stocking up on all of the paints, weathering mediums and supplies I went to work in April of last year on this build. I used markings from Star Decals to depict a Panther in East Prussia in January...ish of 1945 which is why you'll notice the winter camouflage spare road wheels on the sides of the turret and aft part of hull. Paint scheme is of a late war type as well. To help the base kit out some, I used 3D printed resin tracks from Panzerwerk Design. These things are so easy to put together that it's almost a crime. Tedious.....yes.....but go together very easy and make for a fully workable track. I also used some Tamiya photoetch on the build as well as an Eduard printed MG34 machine gun for the turret. The OOB tow cable was replaced by an offering from Eurekai Model Accessories and the OOB gun barrel was replaced by one from Aber.
After acquiring a base for it:
and then dropping it into an AI setting:
