When would a jagdpanther, if ever, be seen without zimmerit ie. Early war Russia or late war Russia/Western front? Also on the Italeri kit, the suspension arms, the ones on the left side sweep forward and the ones on the right sweep aft, is this correct? I suppose this lets you all know just how much I know about German Armor. Thanks for the previous responses.

Yes the arms are right, something about how a torsion bar suspension works..

and yes late war ( Post Oct44) models, some with flame dampening exhausts, 2 part barrel, crew heater , single drivers front hull scope were seen unzimmeretted.

Mike

Thanks for the reply. One last question, what does the crew heater look like and where was it located?

The "crew heater" was in fact an enlarged engine fan cover


which housed an extra duct into the engine bay.

Thanks UK. I don't have to make on it comes with the kit. Cheers!

Hi Chief!!

I see you're getting started on a big cat!

Let us know how it goes!

Andy

here is a little eyecandy for you http://www.kithobbyist.com/AFVInteriors/jagpan/jp1.html (:-)

Jeff,

Your Killing Me!!!

Ok, Problem #3, the kit has a late barrel, but early rubber wheels. What the heck do I do now? .... An early Jagdpanther with no Zimmerit? I don't feel like trying to putty/texture this thing due to time constraints, somebody throw me a bone please!

Rubber is ok, only a few panthers had steel wheels. The only differences were the number of rim bolts on the rubber wheels.

Whew!!!!!!! I guess I need to quit "sweating the load"! I forgot that the model only has to please me and not anybody else, so what the heck. Thanks everybody for the inputs.

Hey Hey (:-) (:-) (:-)

It only gets better Chief, remember finding your way around first time on a carrier? (I never did find Connie's bowling ally!)

BlueBear,

Same here, got lost trying to find the Big E's swimming pool!LOL