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| Subject: | Re: Tamiya Panther G/Steel wheeled version |  |
| Date: | Dec 16, 2002 |
| From: | Chris | |
Jamie Tainton wrote:
> I have started building this kit. Can anyone help me with what units
> exactly had this tank and what kind of paint jobs are available to me
> to portray Thanks.
>
Jamie -
There are two photos of Panther Gs with steel wheels in Tanks
Illustrated No. 9, Last of the Panzers, photos 104 and 116. These are
probably the ones Neville refers to. Both are numbered 221, but they are
two different tanks. 104/221 has very distinct factory camouflage but
does not have the raised heater fan cover on the engine deck or a "chin"
to the gun mantle. 116/221 has been burnt out, and the camo is
indistinct. The photo is from the right side, so you can't see if a
raised heater fan is present or not, and the turret is turned so that
you can't tell about the gun mantle, either.
There is also an eastern Europe (maybe out of Zagreb) set of paperbacks
on the Panther, titled Panther in Cyrillic letters on a mostly pale
green cover, that has a 3/4 left front factory photo, plus a second
factory photo taken straight on from the left side, both of chassis
#121052 made by Mann, and both on page 52 of volume 2. This Panther G
has the raised heater fan cover on the engine deck but no "chin." (This
set has good drawings on the various Panther variants, but it is not as
anal retentive as the bigger Polish Panther set).
These tanks carry only the balkan cross on the front, with two arms of
the cross clipped by the angle of the front plate.
Dainippon Kaiga's The Battle Near Lake Balaton has an interesting photo
on page 22 that shows a Panther G with the raised heater fan cover on
the engine deck. The gun mantle likely doesn't have a "chin," but the
turret is turned just enough to make it hard for my poor eyes to be
sure. On the left side, the rearmost outer wheel was steel, the rest
were production standard, though it is hard to see the foremost outer
wheel - the Tamiya kit gives you the option of doing this one-off
version if you want. This Panther was numbered 121 (what's with all
these x21s?) in very small red or black numbers on the turret side and
seems to have a spotty winter white over a very diffuse camo scheme. The
caption is in Japanese, but it doesn't seem to have numbers that would
correspond to a unit. If this tank has any national markings, I can't
see them.
Hope this gives you a bit more info to go on.
CTew |
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