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Dragon: Flak Panther Ausf.D s.Pz.Jg.Abt.653varanusk
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / Espaņa
Joined: July 04, 2013
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Posted: Thursday, August 08, 2019 - 07:38 PM UTC
Dragon announces this model of a rare transformation of a Panther into an antiaircraft vehicle.
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dhines
Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined: November 17, 2015
KitMaker: 407 posts
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Joined: November 17, 2015
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Posted: Thursday, August 08, 2019 - 11:16 PM UTC
Is this just a reissue of Cyber hobby #6626 ? I have the 6626 kit with a Lionroar upgrade etch set from a few years back. It is a nice kit but not new.
deathdork
Joined: March 26, 2007
KitMaker: 314 posts
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Posted: Friday, August 09, 2019 - 04:51 AM UTC
For full disclosure does it have Magic; or their tragic tracks??
Taeuss
Manitoba, Canada
Joined: January 03, 2016
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Joined: January 03, 2016
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Posted: Friday, August 09, 2019 - 09:48 AM UTC
Nothing new here, and I really like that "tragic tracks" line.
Taeuss
Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Friday, August 09, 2019 - 09:58 AM UTC
I went through my copy of the Munch book on 653 and couldn't find a picture of this vehicle, but then I might have missed it among the hundreds of photos that this excellent volume contains. My point, however, was that it seemed odd to me that this unit would put a T-34 into service with the same quad gun and an elaborate gun shield and then just use the stock (and inadequate) shields on the Panther conversion? There must be a story behind this one. Anyone out there know any more?
joepanzer
North Carolina, United States
Joined: January 21, 2004
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Posted: Friday, August 09, 2019 - 01:03 PM UTC
I scored a Tamiya 50th anniversary Panther D, it comes with these snap together workable tracks. I'm not sure how accurate they would be or if you would have to change the sprocket. I've seen where they sell the track sets separately.
Google it.
Google it.