Hi,

I'm doing the Tamiya late jagdpanther in 1/35, I've ordered the Griffon model set, 8.8 cm barrel and Bronco tracks.

I would like to ask in this post all the questions I will have during building, so it's all in one place.

I'm doing the Jagdpanther for a diorama situated in Belgium during the Battle of Bulge.

1. Which cammo did the Jagd had? Three colors but which one?
2. The crew heater was installed right?
3. Can I use, and rely on this walkaround for the build?
http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/john_griffin/jagdpanther/

Thanks!

I found myself some of my question, but I still have some, please help.

So i bought the Bronco late type track for the Panther, Bronco says that I should like 86 pcs per track, but it seems too much, so I took 2. Now its ok but still to much sag, can anybody tell me how many link did have this tracks in winter/mud environment?

Bronco says here to make sure to distinguish the left from the right track, but what it means, the right of the tank looking from the behind or front??

And a thing concerning the exhaust.



Was possible to see some Jagdpanther with the triple exhaust between dec '44 and jan'45, during the Battle of Bulge? I'd like to put the tripe configuration, since that the one with the flame suppressor is molded poorly by Tamiya and it's a pain in the arse to fill and sand it.

Thanks very much, please reply

I would suggest getting the book, Panzertracts Book No.9-3 Jagdpanther

That will answer your questions.

It's too bad you bought the Tamiya as DML's is much better. AS for track sag, just put enough links so that the upper run will drop off from the drive gear and have contact with the first road wheel. The track should not be so tight as to be taught, but just enough slackness to have a curve (from the drive gear to the road wheels). Also left and right is usually looking forward from the ie. driver's point of view.

They actually represent different vehicles. DML has only produced versions of the G1, whereas the Tamiya one is a G2 series vehicle. I would go for the Flammenvernichters with this one. The walkaround you posted is the late variant, so if those guys did their homework, you should be able to use it.

During the Ardennes offensive, vehicles were probably still basecoated dunkelgelb, since the order to switch to olivgrun dates from december 1944 IIRC. So a base of dunkelgelb with olivgrun and schokoladebraun disruptive patterns. Maybe whitewashed. Your best bet is to work from period-reference pictures to get a good idea of how you want it to look.

Do you have a good paint scheme that I can rely on when I'll be painting?

Do you mean this scheme or?

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Jagdpanther/jagdpanther13.jpg

As for the colors: yes. With regard to the scheme: there are dozens of pictures out there to work from. If you want to get really accurate then certain factories would have their own factory camouflages sometimes, but you`ll have to look further than me for that