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Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:22 pm
by PAK38
I've been waiting for this little beauty to show up. We don't see many very late war paint schemes.
http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/p ... R60547.jpg
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:24 pm
by PAK38
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:32 pm
by Heer
About f*cking time they released a panther. Steel wheels are interesting as well. I think dragon released a panther f that looked similiar to that panther. I also see on dragon's website that they plan on releasing 2 normandy tigers. One of the tigers, number 205, is the one that wittman arrived in normandy in.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:46 pm
by PAK38
Surprisingly, Dragon has only released the one Panther F as you mentioned. I would love to see a new F version with this late war scheme.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:01 am
by Panzer_M
woulld have liked a sw panther from KG Peiper Dec.44..but this one is a must for me.
the 3rd SS 101st tiger(non Cyber Hobby release) is also a nice looker.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:38 pm
by Panzer_M
That camo scheme is fashioned after that of the MNH factory. The problem is that they never built steel wheel Panthers, all of those came out of the MAN factory and had a totally different camo scheme. Another problem is the exhausts as the full steel wheelers were built prior to the introduction of the large Flammenvernichter exhausts. Finally, as all of the steel wheel Panthers were built in September 1944, it is very doubtful that any were operational by the battle of Berlin.
From a friend at Missing Lynx.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:34 pm
by Panzer_M
Heer wrote:About f*cking time they released a panther. Steel wheels are interesting as well. I think dragon released a panther f that looked similiar to that panther. I also see on dragon's website that they plan on releasing 2 normandy tigers. One of the tigers, number 205, is the one that wittman arrived in normandy in.
only about 2 dozen steel wheelers were built..1/Pz Rgt.24 and 1.SS Panzer Rgt have proof of them.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:29 pm
by Heer
Now if they would just release a brummbar/ sturmpanzer.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:25 am
by Panzer_M
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290631901899?ss ... 1423.l2649
pre-orders up for Pz V..hopefully the repaint will be here for Xmas, and not delayed like some of the new tools. The 2nd Tiger of SS.s.Pz Abt 101(#133) coming up should give ius a timeframe for a repaint to show.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:30 am
by cjg476
Im curious...but why tha paint scheme? Ive seen videos of it in black in white...what were they going for with that camo?
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:19 am
by Panzer_M
same of as all camo..breaks up the silhouette
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:13 pm
by Heer
Pretty excited for the panther and tigers. Although we might not see them for a long time, considering that dragon still has a lot of tanks to produce.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:30 am
by StormyThoughts
Great camo on Panther, but I would prefer just regular Panther G late, since Muncheberg/Kurmark have probably never used all steel wheelers.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:01 pm
by Panzer_M
just got my intel booklet for upcoming Aachen '44 gaming, my 116 Pz KG will be using this panther.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:43 pm
by Panzer_M
this guy got me to do a correct steel wheeler and MNH late panther..by mixing two dragon kits.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:55 pm
by paulmerton
Heer wrote:About f*cking time they released a panther. Steel wheels are interesting as well. I think dragon released a panther f that looked similiar to that panther. I also see on dragon's website that they plan on releasing 2 normandy tigers. One of the tigers, number 205, is the one that wittman arrived in normandy in.
Dragon also released an earlier Panther G with steel wheels, but without the side skirts - #60322
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:30 pm
by Panzer_M
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:51 am
by Heer
Another panther:
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:54 pm
by Panzer_M
notice the two SW panthers have different mantlets.
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:06 am
by Mad Sam
I like the first one with the striped scheme, and while it possibly may not have been carried by
a steel wheeler, at least other Panthers were painted in a similar way.
Not sure about this latest one. Perhaps looks a bit too 'busy' for the size of the model. IMO,
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:25 pm
by Heer
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:44 am
by StormyThoughts
Thats not a steel wheeler...
Re: Dragon Armor 1:72 Late War Panther
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:32 pm
by aferguson
the striped dragon release inspired me to get the JSI panther, which i'm quite chuffed about. (chuffed=happy).
