Did Dragon ever have plans to do a "Panther A" with zimmerit? Love to have one regardless of some folks complaining about Dragon and German armor.

I love the auto translation: " Of course, the 100-caliber gun is a brand new component, and modelers will be impressed with its length."

Thanks Kevin. It sure is one long barrel with a muzzle brake to boot! Cheers

I've had the Tamiya kit on my shelf for a while, I guess as soon as I get around to it dragon will announce thiers. It really needs aftermarket tracks but since dragon seems to have abandoned magic track in favor of DS the same would be true of a dragon kit. Was the 10.5cm hummel ever actually built or was it just a proposal, and if it was did it see service? I dont recall ever seeing a photograph of one.

Yes, there was a couple hundred built and used prior to the Wespe being built.

The Hummel was an important vehicle for units like the Leibstandarte AH, so I'm glad to see more kits like that.

Yes, there was a couple hundred built and used prior to the Wespe being built. [/quote] Do you have any source or reference for that? I'd be interested in seeing it. Did some googling and the only information I could find indicated that the 10.5cm (as opposed to the normal 15cm) was mounted on the hummel chassis at the very end of the war after wespe production had stopped, and that there is only one extant photograph, supposedly postwar. I'm not saying you are wrong and what I read is correct, I'm just curious about a vehicle I'd never heard of before this thread and would like to know more. Edit: I've got Dragon's 6321 Hummel kit mostly complete in a box somewhere and aside from some very minor fit issues it's a fantastic kit. Probably the only negative from this new kit will be the fact that it has DS tracks on a PzIV vehicle.

Yes, there was a couple hundred built and used prior to the Wespe being built. [/quote] Do you have any source or reference for that? I'd be interested in seeing it. Did some googling and the only information I could find indicated that the 10.5cm (as opposed to the normal 15cm) was mounted on the hummel chassis at the very end of the war after wespe production had stopped, and that there is only one extant photograph, supposedly postwar. I'm not saying you are wrong and what I read is correct, I'm just curious about a vehicle I'd never heard of before this thread and would like to know more. Edit: I've got Dragon's 6321 Hummel kit mostly complete in a box somewhere and aside from some very minor fit issues it's a fantastic kit. Probably the only negative from this new kit will be the fact that it has DS tracks on a PzIV vehicle.[/quote] I stand corrected, I had miss read it, the 10.5cm was only a prototype, that was then mounted on the Wespe. You are correct in that the Hummel Wespe did mount the 15cm.

Model policy of Dragon sucks. Period!