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Jagdpanther

The Jagdpanther was a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service late in the war and saw service on the Eastern and Western fronts. Many military historians consider the Jagdpanther to be one of the best tank destroyers of the war due to the combination of the very powerful 8.8 cm KwK 43 cannon and the characteristically excellent armor and suspension of the Panther chassis.

This Jagdpanther was on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.

I have a 15mm Flames of War version on the workbench.

Basecoating the Flames of War Jagdpanther

The kit consists of a resin hull and metal components such as tracks and track guards. After constructing the model I gave it a white undercoat. The next stage was to give the underbody a dark brown basecoat. This will add shadow to the underneath of the model, and then gave the model a basecoat of Flames of War Warpaint Late War German Armour.

See the workbench feature on the Jagdpanther.

Undercoating the Flames of War Jagdpanther

The kit consists of a resin hull and metal components such as tracks and track guards. After constructing the model I gave it a white undercoat.

The next stage was to give the underbody a dark brown basecoat. This will add shadow to the underneath of the model.

See the workbench feature on the Jagdpanther.

Flames of War Jagdpanther

The kit consists of a resin hull and metal components such as tracks and track guards. I took the metal tracks and glued them to the hull. They were a good fit and certainly add weight to the model.

The tracks were glued to the hull.

What I think is the radio was glued to the rear of the upper part of the hull.

The remaining metal components were then fitted to the tank.

Alongisde my Total Battle Miniatures ruins.

See the workbench feature on the Jagdpanther.

Flames of War Jagdpanther

Managed to get one cheap in a Hobbycraft sale.

The kit consists of the resin building, a resin hull and metal components such as tracks and track guards.

The main part of the model is the resin hull, which is well detailed.

See the workbench feature on the Jagdpanther.

The kit also contains a resin ruined building.

You can see how I am painting the ruined building on this page.

Hobbycraft stop the Flames of War

Okay this is based on what I saw, but it would appear that Hobbycraft (in Bristol anyhow) have decided to stop selling Flames of War in their store.

They have moved it all downstairs and are selling it off with most boxed sets and books at 20% off, the blisters appear to be between 10-20% off. There is a little sign that says “last chance to buy” too.
In case you are wondering, it is in the main Late War American, Russian and some German and British. They also have the main rulebook, North Africa and Blitzkrieg. Though I think these may be cheaper on Amazon.
No idea if this applies to other Hobbycraft stores that sell Flames of War, if it does, please leave a comment to that effect.

I am disappointed to see that Hobbycraft are stopping selling Flames of War, it was my only local supplier and it was better than nothing. The problem I found though was that the range was seriously limited, rarely updated and replaced and it never sold any of the new stuff, especially the Blitzkreig range. I did buy my first Flames of War models from the store and I doubt I would have bought them if I couldn’t actually see them and just take them to the till. Of course once the new Early War stuff was announced I was very disappointed to see that they didn’t stock any of the new stuff except the book!

Hobbycraft never seemed to take it seriously and I suspect that is what stopped it selling more than anything else. Any retailer can not rely on casual purchases and by getting the regular customers in on a regular basis they can then push more stock and make more sales. However to Hobbycraft it just seemed like another range of stuff that they sold, no one cared about it, so no one thought to promote it, check that it was what people wanted and in the end they pulled the entire range, which is a pity.
Of course from my perspective I can order from Wayland Games or similar, get a 10% discount and free shipping, but I do like the fact with a local retailer that I can see things I maybe wouldn’t have bought online or via mail-order. Let’s buy a single blister or boxed set and see where that takes us…

So for now I am reliant on online stores for my Flames of War purchases…

Did I buy anything I hear you ask?

Well I did get a Jagdpanther, the one in the boxed set with the building.