I think I'd like to get into that. So count my vote.

Wonderful guys! Big turn around in less than 24 hours means this will be another successful Campaign.

And of course... it's the Panther tank.









Jeff

I'm thinking one of the Dragon offerings, with zimmerit. I think I can squeeze this one in.

GREAT! It would be nice to have you aboard!








Jeff

I'm in with a Panther II
If Jeff allows

Im up for it got an old tamiya kit laying around, so might do that one. Not sure yet

OK, I'm in.

Does it have to be a whole Panther, or could I just use part of one - say a turret :-)

Got a 'G' in the stash, I'm in!

Dave ~ If it is a Pantherturm



I will allow it and or involves a small dio.



John ~ A Panther II? SURE BUDDY!


Thanks everyone for joining in! This should be fun.











Jeff

Hi Jeff,

OK, I was just looking for a good excuse to build a new panther...I'll sign in !

AWESOME!










Jeff

One G, D and jagdpanther!.

I'm in!

Regards

Alvaro

OK - seeing as Panthers are the subject here, and it would be reasonable to expect that there are some Panther enthusiasts looking in.... THIS could be the place to float a first historical question about our kitty!

I am already thinking of doing one of those "steel-wheel" Ausf G that were built in the fall of 1944... and served in one or another unit involved in the "Battle of the Bulge" DEC 1944. My question is about the camo schemes that those Panthers, and other later-fall 1944 - production kitties - wore going into the BoB...

Steve Zaloga indicated in his Battle of the Bulge volumn (#7045) in the Concord Military Series that these late fall (Aug - DEC 1944) production Panthers came to the BoB wearing a "standard" basecoat of red oxide RAL 8012 (I THINK it was 8012...) with hard-edge striping or patterns of olive green (and sometimes also dunkelgelb) - that is, that Panthers (and Tiger II) in the BoB were mostly new production and routinely came wearing a current factory basecoat of rot-oxid rather than dunkelgelb or olivgrun. (The pics in that volumn support both this possible scheme plus a lack of zimm - no rot-oxid would have been applied over zimm, I think).

Any wisdom, knowledge or comment about this?

Bob

Im in!! I have a Jagpanther that I have been itching to build.

Dave

Hi guys,
I'm on it. I have a stock Panther ausf. G from Tamiya and Bergepanther from Italeri.


Paweł

I can look into it deeper Bob but what I remember of the B.O.B. there were also Panther A's and Panther's disguised as US vehicles too. I think the striping was one division and not entirely ALL Panthers but I'll do some reading this weekend.








Jeff

Jeff; Thanks! What I'm really seeking is any info and comment on the putative use of Rot-oxid RAL 8012 as the base-coat on new-production Panthers used at the BoB. The diagonal striped camo was, I think, something seen only on tanks of one unit on the Eastern Front in 1945 - but this did not, I think, appear in the BoB. The same putative rot-oxid base-coat was also indicated as being on late-1944-production Tiger II seen at the BoB.

I'm considering doing the Dragon or maybe Tamiya steel-wheel Panther as seen in DEC 1944 at the BoB, and so expect possibly a rot-oxid base-coat to be "the thing".

Bob

Okay Bob, will do!


FINALLY... I have someone I can talk Panthers with!










Jeff

Hi all,

I am going to build the Tamiya JagPanther Late Version assigned to the LSSH "1st SS Panzer Division.





I have some PE kits to acquire but I have plenty of time. Looking forward to this build.

Dave

David,
Are you planning on building the whole Division?

Cheers Rob.

Rob,

I am thinking about it. I have a FAMO that I want to incorporate into a dio so I am thinking about having it revolve around the LSSH!!

Dave

Thanks Dave, but you don't have to show a start image until after we get started, which is October.








Jeff

Happy to talk Panthers any time mate . .

Well, alrighty!

We have plenty of time to kick some dirt around then 'till this thing takes off!









Jeff