I bought this box set as it was available at Hobbycraft for a much cheaper price than the list price last year.
Panther is the common name of a medium tank fielded by Nazi Germany in World War II that served from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945. It was intended as a counter to the T-34, and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV; while never replacing the latter, it served alongside it as well as the heavier Tiger tanks until the end of the war. The Panther’s excellent combination of firepower, mobility, and protection served as a benchmark for other nations’ late war and immediate post-war tank designs, and it is frequently regarded as one of the best tank designs of World War II.
Having cleaned the castings, I then started the construction process, first by gluing the tracks onto the hull. Then adding the extra components of which there is a fair few.
One of the Panthers is going to be my command vehicle and so I have modelled it with the tank commander in the cupola. I will also be leaving the “skirts” off, in the assumption that they have been lost in combat and have not yet been replaced. This will also differentiate the tank from the others in the platoon.
I will also be leaving the “skirts” off, in the assumption that they have been lost in combat and have not yet been replaced. This will also differentiate the tank from the others in the platoon.
