Hi dear friends,

I was build a PzBeobWg V Ausf G for "Armorama/Panther Campaign" . It's a Dragon. This Panther tank was the armored observation vehicle variant, the Panzerbeobactungswagen and according to Jentz only one was built and put to use. It had a dummy gun but had a map plotting table and extra artillery band radio sets supplied for coordination of firing.

parts :
these two big parts are die cast. A heavy model



other parts are made by plastic





two screws for die cast parts and tow cable

I used a screwdriver



The Beob has detailed the engine compartment. Paint black and some dry brush with silver (but when it is finished, you will not see.)

@erhntly – Erhan,

Good start on your Panther. Dragon’s initial released kits saw them with the upper and lower hulls made of this soft pot metal. I have a few of their early released kits in the stash, but not this one, however I’ll be following your progress.

These kits also include the vinyl tracks that are included in your kit. From your photograph they look to scale and are nicely detailed. Can these tracks be glued down with liquid cement?

Happy Holidays Erhan,
~ Eddy

Erhan,
Fine start to this most unusual variant of a Panther tank....Gotta love that fake gun barrel, wonder if it fooled anyone??? Keep up the good work. Bill

@erhntly - Erhan,

You're really zipping through this unusual variant! I'm kind of leery about these metal hull kits as I've heard some disturbing things about the metal deteriorating over time. It's not with all of them and I certainly hope that it's not with this one.

Cheers,
Jan

Hi again,

Thank you for your interest...

Eddy, nice quality vinyl pallets. Glued them with CA.,

Jan, metal body looks solid. Maybe rust but it's really a heavy panther.

William, size is doesn't matter. function is important

and painting time...



base : Vallejo 70914 (mix white), camouflage: Vallejo 70979 (mix white)

Hello again,
here is the completed model









other pictures are in "miniafv" : http://miniafv.blogspot.com/2012/09/dragon-172-pzbeobwg-v-ausfg-completed.html

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Another one for the shelf!!

Good luck on your next project and happy new year.

Thank you dear neighbor and happy new year..
Erhan..