Pics of DML 1/35 Panther Late

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Pics of DML 1/35 Panther Late

Post by Panzer_M » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:19 pm

well pic til I get some more batteries. Finally un-boxed her.

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Detail is great, although the tracks I am not sure what they are..they are not 1 piece like the Tiger II tracks, NOR are they metal like the Tamiya Masterwork pieces..I think they are magic tracks used this time.

Like the Elefant this one has no working hatches. Saddly this feature is disappearing since the Tiger I came out, the Tiger II has the Loader's/Commander's loose so you can open or close them, but the peg on the commander's hatch is very delicate.

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Post by olifant » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:13 pm

Wow, this thing looks great! I am not familiar with DML; is this a prebuilt Dragon RC tank?
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Post by Panzer_M » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:02 pm

pre-built 1/35 static model DML = Dragon(or more Dragon Models Limited)

The Panzer crew is Can.do and the two grenadiere are DML's Ukraine 1943 Infantrie, I started those two Sunday, and I have two more from the set, including one with a Hafthohlladung(Magnetic Anti-Tank Mine/weapon seen in the movie Stalingrad)

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btw, this thing was the reason for the whole Zimmerit craze with the germans IMO.

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Post by ltcbj » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:06 pm

Looks a bit like a bullhorn/airhorn.
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Post by Panzer_M » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:14 pm

ltcbj wrote:Looks a bit like a bullhorn/airhorn.
little more useful against a tank though IMO..although if loud enough you might be able to scare off a tank with a bullhorn ;)

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Post by ltcbj » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:20 pm

Or blow exhaust back into the tank with an air horn, and deafen the tankers as well.
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Post by uksubs » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:33 pm

The latest Dragon Panther coming out in June looks very nice :wink:
http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/p ... d=DRR61024

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Post by Panzer_M » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:44 pm

nice, I had to look up the history to the battalion/Abteilung being in France, cause as far as western front action of Großdeutschland was the Führer Begliet Brigade(Heer/Army Fuhrer escort brigade as opposed to Waffen SS units) in the later stages of the Wacht am Rhine.

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Post by ltcbj » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:43 am

These are both plastic and static? Yes?
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Turret turns, gun elevates and depresses, hatches open(?).
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Post by Panzer_M » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:13 am

ltcbj wrote:These are both plastic and static? Yes?
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Turret turns, gun elevates and depresses, hatches open(?).
Turret turns, gun elevates and depresses, hatches open,yes,yes,yes,no

On the Tiger I and Tiger II all four are yes.

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Post by ltcbj » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:40 pm

Thank you.
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Post by GooglyDoogly » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:21 pm

DML did a good job on its camo job.

Actual tank:
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Post by Panzer_M » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:02 am

thanks for finding the photo
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Post by Jagdplastic » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:05 am

Panzer_M wrote:
ltcbj wrote:These are both plastic and static? Yes?
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Turret turns, gun elevates and depresses, hatches open(?).
Turret turns, gun elevates and depresses, hatches open,yes,yes,yes,no

On the Tiger I and Tiger II all four are yes.
My copy of this particular DML Panther allows you to open the commander's hatch, but no others. The commander's hatch cover has a very short post that will not allow it to stay attached to the tank in the open position. To fix this, I took a small drill bit and drilled out the plugged well where the shaft on the hatch cover should go. I then super glued a shaft to the underside of the hatch cover and inserted it into the drilled out hole. I can now have the hatch in the open position.

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Post by Panzer_M » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:22 am

eh, tried this, took it off the printer where she watches over the desk, and popped off the turret..looked inside, and I didn't see a post for the hatch, but I saw where it should be(encased in part of the turret itself) so I stuck my pinkie in the turret and pressed against the hatch from the inside, and it came open a bit...don't have a figure to put in it here, so I just snapped it closed again.

but good call on the hatch, the Tiger II has a exposed peg with a stopper at the end you can push up to raise and swing the hatch, and the loaders hatch is just loose, and you can position it open or closed or semi-open..like the commander's hatch on the Masterwork PzKpfw. IV H
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Post by ltcbj » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:58 am

I've always felt that the Panther was the best looking of all WW2 tanks.
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