Jnewboy Customs ~ 1/18 Eastern Front Panther Now on eBay

[tmanthegreat]

Fantastic work

Is that the ME-163 kit I sent you a while back? If so, you really did it justice and I love the way it came out. Kettenkrad also looks great! I have to love the "Harrison Ford" face on some of the ground crew guys

[Jnewboy]

Fantastic work

Is that the ME-163 kit I sent you a while back? If so, you really did it justice and I love the way it came out. Kettenkrad also looks great! I have to love the "Harrison Ford" face on some of the ground crew guys

Thanks, yes thats the one!

That looks AMAZING!


Really came out great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Brother

[1958Zelda]

Great work on everything!

[Jnewboy]

Great work on everything!

Thanks bud!

Did you ever make that tutorial on how you do your treads?

[1958Zelda]

not yet ,but its coming,first thing is to paint them tamiya xf-10 flat brown.

[Jnewboy]

After all the interest and talk of my 88mm winter flak panzer I decided to do the one from the Dragon box that was used to defend Berlin as a desperate last resort. I was hesitant on doing it at first as I thought it would look to strange but it actually came out great and really shows off the detail of the 88mm.

[CanberraPaul]

As always more fantastic work Jon, it came out great and really shows off how it actually looked in all the images I have seen of it.

[skorzeny]

LOOKS GREAT !!!!!!!

[maritime96]

Awesome Job. Looks fantastic

[f4phantomgreyghosts]

awesome looks great

[normandy]

Looks Great JON!! I also like the camo job, nice custom.

[tmanthegreat]

Nice work, as always! You need some little kids (aka Hitler Youth) manning that gun - or French SS soldiers Its a confirmed fact that, oddly enough, a contingent of French SS were among some of the last defenders in Berlin trying to hold out in the Zoogarten area, I think.

[STUKA]

wow I really like this!!! Great work.

[maritime96]

Nice work, as always! You need some little kids (aka Hitler Youth) manning that gun - or French SS soldiers Its a confirmed fact that, oddly enough, a contingent of French SS were among some of the last defenders in Berlin trying to hold out in the Zoogarten area, I think.

My grandfather was a Sherman tank commander in the 749th Tank Battallion during the war. He always said that when they first got into France they had more French shooting at them at night than they did Germans. LOL

[Jnewboy]

Thanks for all the kind words guys! When looking at this thing you have to realize just how crazy the last fanatical defenders were! forget no armor, the whole crew was totally exposed! any soviet tank could wipe them out with just their machine gun! not to mention they would have to pivot the gun by hand, no power assist like in the Tiger I. The Nashorn had success using this method but they would be sure to stay at a very far distance and knock out T-34's half a mile away or more on the vast open flat lands of Russia. This urban fighting using this would have been near suicide even with the best trained crew.

[Jnewboy]

Just finished this one. Looks great in 1/18! cloth top looks very real in 1/18!











Lots more pics for those intrested: http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/Jnewb ... t=3&page=1


Thanks Guys

[CanberraPaul]

Fantastic work Jon. I have not seen one before with the top up.

[maritime96]

That cloth top is Fantastic!!!!! Great Job

[Jnewboy]

This 1/18 Custom Kubelwagen is now for sale on eBay




http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1116478331

*Free shipping to board members of 6 months or more in the lower 48 states*

[Jnewboy]

While many of you were sleeping I have been waking up an hour early every morning and working on this before work. It took over a month but I am very happy with the result



She's on eBay right now, and as always I will give any member free shipping in the cont. US.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1137008067

Here is the video of all the photos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOs-_83 ... detailpage

Thanks Guys

[CanberraPaul]

I simply love your work Jon, its another great piece in a long line of fantastic models made by you Mate.

[normandy]

Hey Jon, that's a great looking Panzer IV!!!
Very nice, I like the added details....chains and cable, the 3 spare road wheels...very cool.
The snow is probably the best and most believable I've seen and not overdone.
That would look fantastic in an Eastern Front Diorama ...

[Jnewboy]

Hey Jon, that's a great looking Panzer IV!!!
Very nice, I like the added details....chains and cable, the 3 spare road wheels...very cool.
The snow is probably the best and most believable I've seen and not overdone.
That would look fantastic in an Eastern Front Diorama ...

Thanks guys! I went slow and really took my time. I looked at a lot of photos of them in the snow, noticed where the snow built up and where it did not. Between vibration, heat and run-off or melt-off angles certain places are snow free and some places have build up. I actually did the up top "snow" several times with no glue and light vibration just to see where it would stay and where it slid off before mixing the "snow" with the glue. I really like some of the new products out there now, particularly AK Interactive products. Someday I will do a very detailed tutorial video on the whole "winter" process. It is not super "difficult" per say, not like airbrushing a complex camo pattern but it is time consuming as there are many more steps involved to make it look right, more so than with other types.

[Jnewboy]

Watch the video to see all the detail work, this one has more than I can list.

Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urqgXAKk ... e=youtu.be

Shes for sale in my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Jnewboy

Thanks Guys!

[CanberraPaul]

Yet more fantastic work Jon!!!