Tamiya Jagdpanther G - New coat of paint - Update 4

I have spent some time over the last two weeks on fading the overall paint job and applying pinwashes.
The chipping is done. I didnt want to over do it. I am going for an example of a late Jagdpanther in the early 1945 western Europe campaign. The vehicle itself is either a G1 or G2, but would not have been out of the factory all that long.
So the fading was started with a couple of filters using Winsor and Newton Yellow Ochre. I wanted to try and lighten the paint job. I did do some modulation with lighter colors on edges and uppper surfaces, but it may have come out too dark overall.
After the filters, I went with the dot filter method, at least twice everywhere, and three times in some spots. I like the effect that came out. No dull coat, the filtering with oils took the sheen off somewhat, but I dont think German AFVs are completely flat coated, but I could be wrong...
Once that was done, I did the pin washes to bring out the small detail.

So that is where it stands now.
Next up is some grimey streaks on verticle slopes, some selective dusting with pigments on the lower portions,  some mud spatters on wheels/Schurzen-front lower hull-rear lower hull, andsome engine oil spatters - in that order I think.

Progress do far

Tamiya Jagdpanther G - New coat of paint - Update 3

Small Update.

Got the clear coat on, and the decals.
The clear coat will make the filters and washes flow better.

I inadvertently left my Future floor polish out in the shed and it froze.
So I went with my my Tamiya X22 Clear, thinned 1:1 with Tamiya X20A thinner.
Next up, paint the tools and details, and a coat of Future or Clear, haven't decided yet.
Maybe I will test Future on the bottom of the hull. (that's why I don't put my stuff on mirrors :)

Tamiya Jagdpanther G - New coat of paint - Update 2

I have the running gear prep'ed and mounted. I needed to do that in order to glue on the side skirts, so I could paint the camo on the whole body. I have that completed now.

Next steps are to give it a couple of coats of Future polish to make it glossy, put on decals, more Future, then wait for a few days to start chipping, filters and washes.

I have a few progress shots.

Tamiya Jagdpanther G - New coat of paint - Update 1

So this is the Tamiya Jagdpanther, the one I tried a couple of times, did some learning on, and finally stopped.

It started on this blog entry
http://joegmodelhobby.blogspot.ca/2011/08/in-progress-jagdpanther-update-1.html

and ended on this one, with a few in between if you have the time to go looking.
http://joegmodelhobby.blogspot.ca/2012/01/done-with-it-jagdpanther-update-34.html

I dipped it in Easy Off and started from scratch. I am still trying to pull off a late war/Eastern Front G model with the dark green base coat, and I had finally found the inspiration for this try. I won't post his pictures here, but you can got to this website and see. It is a 1/16 scale RC, but I think the pattern will work quite well with my 35th scale beast.

http://precision-panzer.moonfruit.com/#/jagdpanther/4543165665

I am painting in the house these days, so it's back to Tamya XF colors with X20-A thinner.. Not much smell, cleans up with 70% ISO Alcohol. I like the Tamiya lacquer thinner better with these acrylic paints (which are lacquer based though - did I get that right Steve R?) ), but this works for me until I can go out in the shed again.

I usually mix paint to thinner 1:1.
The green is XF-58 green : XF-60 dark yellow in a 4:1 ratio.
The dark brown (which is actually red primer at this stage of the war) is XF-9 Hull Red : XF64 Red brown in a 2:1 Ratio
The yellow is XF60 Dark Yellow : XF57 Buff : XF2 White in a 7:2:1 ratio.

This version also has skirt armor over the wheels and lower hull, or Shurzen, as it was called by the Panzer forces.

If I can do a decent job with the weathering and finish I think it will look sharp.

Here are the first progress shots of the base coat. It took a couple of passes with the airbrush (Badger 200) with each color to get the edges sharp enough for my liking, but the weathering will blend that together when I get to that step.

Have a look and please pass on your comments.