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Und die Panther - First S4 Panther arrives !!!

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:10 am
by General Blasto
I think this is one of the first 21st C S4 Panthers to arrive in the states :P I just had to shoot some quick posts to share with everyone :) First is the "Right out of the shipping box" shot, next a few on the dio board and the last is a close up of the commander figure that comes with it. Here's the Pic.s

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The tank looks good, but I think the commander is a repaint.
I'll post a better evaluation later when I get more time to play with it ;) Now I got to get back to work :oops: Da General

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:15 am
by B24guy
Tank looks great, thank for posting the pictures. I really like that paint scheme.

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:29 am
by immeww2
Looks 8) , but not $80 8) .

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:07 am
by [CAT]CplSlade
WOW! THAT THING IS HUGE!

Look how it dwarfs those trees!

:lol:

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:37 am
by tmanthegreat
Great looking tank! I'm still partial to the S1 version, but the new Panther does sport a great paintscheme. It will go well with the cammo Pak-40 and several of the other vehicles with "eastern front" style camoflauge. The commander figure is indeed a repaint - its the old "Battle of the Bulge" tanker body with the original German tank commander headsculpt. Same as what came with the S1 Panzer IV. For $80, I think I'll pass on this one as it doesn't offer anything significant over what I already have. Still, nice to see the Panther once again revisited :wink:

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 12:17 pm
by King O' Fools
How many hatches can be opened on the Panther and why is the camouflage restricted to the hull & turret/gun (i.e. not the wheels)?

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:55 pm
by GooglyDoogly
King O' Fools wrote:How many hatches can be opened on the Panther and why is the camouflage restricted to the hull & turret/gun (i.e. not the wheels)?
The hatches that open are: Commander's cupola hatch, engine hatch, rear turret hatch, radio operator and driver's hatches.

It's not really a big deal that the road wheels weren't painted. Not all German tanks had camouflaged roadwheels.

If you really think about it...what would be the point? Were they trying to camouflage it to Allied soldiers who creeping on their bellies? :lol:

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:58 pm
by aferguson
s2 ambush is still my fav. 8)

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:21 pm
by Stug45
Great looking panther :D
come on General i know you can get the king tiger :wink:

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:47 pm
by hotrodrock
Could've fooled me. Well, not could have, but did. From all of the photos I saw, I thought the base paint was a light green.

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:18 pm
by General Blasto
It is a very light green.
I believe it matches the older S2(?) Eastern front Tiger I that 21st C made.

Da General

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:30 pm
by Panzer_M
21st needs to make new non-winter panzer crews.

for Normandy the current theme, Panzer Lehr crews in the reed green wraps.

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:55 pm
by GooglyDoogly
Is there a reason why 21st never re-released their standard Panzer commander?

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:30 pm
by tmanthegreat
Probably the "old style" articulation... Its a figure they need to revisit, I think. If they combined the new articulation of the D-Day series figures with the removable caps from the BoB tankers, with the looks of the original figure, 21c would have a winner 8)

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:10 pm
by olifant
General, where did you procure this cat from?

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:19 pm
by ostketten
where did you procure this cat from?
I'm pretty sure he got it off ebay from a guy in China on a BIN deal.

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:26 pm
by Stug45
olifant wrote:General, where did you procure this cat from?
http://cgi.ebay.com/21st-WWII-German-Ta ... 18Q2el1247

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 8:05 pm
by GooglyDoogly
tmanthegreat wrote:Probably the "old style" articulation... Its a figure they need to revisit, I think. If they combined the new articulation of the D-Day series figures with the removable caps from the BoB tankers, with the looks of the original figure, 21c would have a winner 8)
Agreed. That panzer commander is a really good figure, despite its age.

I hope the mold didn't burn like the kettenkrad during the accident. :cry:

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 8:27 pm
by pickelhaube
That is a nice paint job. It is worth having at least one of them. I agree with the others though. The Ambush pattern is cooler looking. :wink:

Tank

Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:27 am
by thehun
Gen,
Looks good, It will have to do untill the KT comes out, which is still several months away.
Hun