I used poly kote metal primer to spray paint the stripped ad new Panthers.
Poly Kote is an acrylic metal primer and is dull finish.
I was surprised at what appeared to be heavy cote dried very thin. Some interior corners didn’t receive an application but this is more a symptom of my sweep and pass spray technique than a problem with the spray pattern.
You will notice some green and grey areas wher the cote is not covering.
Platoon make up is: 
Kompanie HQ – peaked cap commander at cupola. Bare hands at rest.
Kompanie HQ 2ic – Closed cupola but has front track guards removed.
All non command tanks have a spare road wheel on the right hand side of the turret.
Plt HQ – soft cap commander at cupola with binoculars in hands.
Plt Panthers – closed cupolas with spare road wheel.
Plt Panther 2ic has a set of expelled shell casings on the rear deck. These casings are putty rolls. As they are Milliput I will be able to file and shape them in place to tidy up the shapes a bit better. But with correct painting you won’t notice any sculpting defects in these.
The thin Shurzen panels will be painted and attached seperatly at later date as some pinning will be required. These will be blue-tacked onto the tanks after dunkelgelb application so that the airbrushed pattern in brown and green will match up with the tank hull side patterns. Pinning and fixing will follow after the tracks and road wheels are detailed properly.
Anyways… here is the picture.
Not totally convinced on the shell casings, one looks kinda bent, and what is the stuff under them? At any rate the panthers look awesome. I need to get me some, right after those King Tigers.
Well just quietly (on an open blog) I know they are a little bent. The Milliput™ is very soft and putty like compared to the slightly stiff and sticky green stuff.
When I placed these on the deck i wanted the putty to stick but it didn’t really as the small tubular sausages were not sticky like GS. I actually pressed one… very very lightly. So it dented it. Maybe I should have used brass wire.. only I don’t have any of big enough diameter.
Still i will trim these to get the sharp edges and the dent can be hidden with shading… or I could throw another object on it like a machine gun ground ammo box perhaps..
I did originally contemplate tacking a cast of the rear turret hatch and drilling it out and having an open door.
Too much work really. I’m in a hurry to paint them. But if you do then perhaps you could do that.
But I have some customization to do on the Shurzen panels.
HQ Tank 1 will have good panels.. HQ is well looked after.
HQ Tank 2 is going to have wrecked and field repaired front panels to give a good reason as to why it has no front track fenders. Probably drove through a brick building.. so will also have bad paint damage as well.
PLt HQ will have good panels
Plt #2 with shells on the deck will also have some badly pinged side panel with many hits equivalent to a 50 cal from one side only… the turret and body will have hits too. Must research what this looks like….
Plt#3 Will have good panels although one of them will be Dunkelgelb with no brown or green.. a replacement panel that hasn’t been painted.
wow you’ve really put some thought into this. Well will wait and watch patiently for the results.