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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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academy 1/25 panther g
deadman
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Istanbul, Turkey / Türkçe
Joined: May 12, 2002
KitMaker: 90 posts
Armorama: 85 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 09:46 AM UTC
what do u guys think about 1/25 academy panther g?
any good ? i remember somebody was building it ?

any comments are appreciated

Thanks,
Monte
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Rhode Island, United States
Joined: December 08, 2002
KitMaker: 833 posts
Armorama: 601 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 11:06 AM UTC
I've built the Jagdpanther, and T34/85 in 1/25. Also have the Tiger ,1 Panther, and Centurion lined up to be done. So far what I've seen of the new Jagdpanther I'm less than impressed. Bigest of all disapointments is the rubber band tracks. Think they should have stuck with the individual tracks.

I won't be rushing out any time soon for this one.

sgirty
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Ohio, United States
Joined: February 12, 2003
KitMaker: 1,315 posts
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Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 11:22 AM UTC
Hi, I have one I just picked up last week and stuffed under the bed awaiting the time to work on it. I must say that I was rather impressed with the kit. Good clean moldings and pretty good details on it too. I put it back mainly because I was hoping they would bring out some PE for this kit in the near future and I believe I could deal with the 1/25 scale PE, as it would be big enough to handle, I hope. But it can be built okay OOTB too.

I can't, right at the moment, remember who it was who built one and showed it on this site here awhile back. Real shame with you forget things like this so quickly. But it looked really nice. I don't think your would be disappointed with, as I'm not diesappointed with mine.

The tracks come in two pieces that hook together with pins. They aren't Fruilmodel, but they'll due, as I don't figure Fuil will tool up for just one kit.

Take care, Sgirty
TankCarl
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Rhode Island, United States
Joined: May 10, 2002
KitMaker: 3,581 posts
Armorama: 2,782 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 11:34 AM UTC
Hi ,I built one recently.
It is a good kit.Not the greatest,but good.The 2 segments per side of vinyl track are fine,easy to assemble,you just have to tie them down a little to induce sag.
Unfortuneately,I removed my pictures that I linked to in my Rivet Review Board articles as I built it.
I would suggest you add some screening over the rear engine deck louvers.And mind the joint at the rear of the turret and the turret sides.
Add wire around the holder to he rear of the jack footing block.This wire will represent the track attaching cable,used for reattaching track if it gets thrown or removed.

rva1945
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joined: July 31, 2006
KitMaker: 29 posts
Armorama: 24 posts
Posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - 06:59 AM UTC
We're tuned: I converted these ones to RC (all 1/25 and with individual plastic links):

Academy Jagdpanther
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i121/rva1945/Jagdpanther%20RC/

Tamiya Tiger I
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i121/rva1945/Tiger%20I/

Tamiya T-34/85
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i121/rva1945/T34%2085/

Tasca 1/24 Panzer II (in progress)
https://picasaweb.google.com/105403795492677221295/PanzerII?authkey=Gv1sRgCKeR7a3q3pSp5gE

Regards,
Robert
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