Mysterious Dragon armor Panther???

[Heer]

I was surfing the net when I saw this panther with a red soviet star. Any body seen this before?

Here's the link:

http://www.alpimodel.com/drg/60268.html

[Mad Sam]

Look at Dragon model 60125, which is a Panther G turret number 135 Normandy 44,
then compare it to 60268 - the captured vehicle in Hungary 1945.
Dragon simply covered the original turret numbers with the Green patches/stars to come up with the new scheme.

Hope this helps.
Mad Sam

[StormyThoughts]

Panthers 60125 & 60126 were regular DA releases

Now, the 60268 & 60269 were Cyber-Hobby releases, hence their absence on DMUSA.

60268 had red star instead of numbers, 60269 had just plain turret.

See here for reference:
http://www.panzersammler.de/30.html

EDIT: Forgot to add, Cyber-Hobby ones were around 5 bucks dearer.

Cheers

Luke

[Mad Sam]

There was also the original Dragon release 60043 - Panther F
followed by the Cyber Hobby release 60322 - Panther G with steel road wheels.

Both in ambush camouflage scheme as they used exactly the same hulls but at least this pair had different turrets although still the same increase in price for the Cyber release.