For my Kursk German army I am going with the Panther Company. Since I am cheap...no, no, no...sensible, I am going with the Plastic Soldier Company Panthers. I really love the PSC models and I recommend them highly. This set allows you to build any of the three versions of this tank - ausf D, A or G.
The trouble is with the instructions. This kit suffers from the common confusion with the Panther version numbers. Unlike other German tanks the Panther did not start with the A model. The A was actually the second model and the D was the first. This means that the instructions start with the A but it is actually the D and the D is the A. To make things worse, the version that should be the A is really the early A that was built for about a month. To build the most common version of the A you will need to do some converting. The G version in the instructions is the later version that was available in 1945 so to build the more common G you need to do some converting.
The key to making this kit work is to do some research and take the instruction with a grain of salt.
I have 10 of these built so now I need to order some decals and get to painting. Stay tuned for more.
2 comments:
Must admit I customised mine some what when I made them using, the BF Ausf A model as a reference...
It is a really nice kit and I am glad I bought them but they do take a little work. When I get to doing A's and early G's I will likely go with BF for the zimmerit. BF might have the Panther plastics out in time for that project.
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