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Panther G(Steel Wheel) Caen, 1944
Tapper
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Posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 03:18 PM UTC
Some troops of the 12th Waffen SS stop for a quick smoke break while two comrades keep an eye out for jabos.

HONEYCUT
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Posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 03:33 PM UTC
Hey Tapper it looks the goods mate!
Nicely posed and laid out.
Any chance of some close-up detail photos?
Brad
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Posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 03:53 PM UTC
I like what you did here, Very Well done scene , Great paintjob. milvehfan
Kelley
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Posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 04:06 PM UTC
I think you have done a very nice job on the paint and weathering of the Panther. The figures and groundwork are also very well executed. However, historically speaking the scene is inaccurate. Any Panther found near Caen would have had zimmerit applied, and it certainly wouldn't have had any IR gear on it. Again, nice work on the paint and weathering.

Mike
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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2008 - 11:09 PM UTC
I do agree with Mike about the Panther, but you can fix this small "problem" very easally by renaming your diorama for something around early 1945 Germany. The troops uniforms would be more winther/spring related than summer in France. Don't go change your paintjobs or anything, cause thats perfect as it is.
Best regard
Jacob
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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2008 - 11:20 PM UTC
Hi

Nice looking scene with what looks like very well painted figures although close ups would be nice.

The title said "Steel wheel" but it appears to have only the rubber tired road wheels. Sorry, but I have to agree with the accuracy issues. If it was me I'd ditch the infra red stuff ( I don't think this really got into use more than testing before wars end) and change the sign to show the Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge area. That way you'd be accurate for no zimmerit on the Panther and the uniforms would still be okay etc.

Good modelling though. Well done.

Alan
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 02:47 AM UTC
Yes, i agree, good job. I really like your layout and also the groundwork but would like to see some more close-ups.
What figures did you use?

Cheers
Claude
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 03:31 AM UTC
Tapper-- your figures look great. can yopu provide some more photos? Where did you get the figures?
thanks
DJ
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 06:57 PM UTC
Very nice dio , The figures look very relaxed , make me want a smoke Ditto on more photos Bob
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