1/35 DML Panther F

Wow two posts in one day! Online group builds are great ways to plan your builds or motivate yourself to do something. This particular model is for a group build on Model Geek (Amorama) call "Get the Job Done". The idea is to finally finish some of those projects that have been sitting on the bench for a while. I bought this model several years ago on eBay, started it, lost interest, start again, stopped again - you get the picture. Anyhow I am making a concerted effort to finish this by the end of the month.

The Panther F was to be the latest revision of the Panther line. Sporting a new, smaller turret design that was supposed to address the Panther's weakness in all-around protection. It is debateable wether or not the F model ever made it into combat in the last days of the war. There were prototypes built and several hulls were completed. Some turrets were also built but didn't have all the key components installed.

At any rate I am finishing this as if it were delivered to Panzer Division Muncheberg just before the battle of Seelow Heights and defended Berlin in the final days of the war.

The next 3 photos show pretty well where I left off about a year and a half ago.

The brighter yellow parts and the PE grills were just added this time around.
I lost the PE brackets for the exhaust so had to build new ones from plastic strip.
Here's where I am now. I need to do some additional weathering, painted details (tools) and install the tracks.




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