Hi guys, seems like forever since I posted anything. I relocated back to St. Louis again and had to box everything up. Had a few casualties as you would expect namely my 234 is pretty torn
up so I had to give it a rest for a bit before I had any desire to start something new. I'm settled in now with another child granted so it may take me forever but nevertheless I'm going to give it a go. Couldn't decide what I wanted to build and finally just figured another Panther is never a bad idea so Panther it is. I'm going to build this as a late Panther during Operation Spring Awakening with the 1st SS. It will be a late Daimler-Benz build so I've determined the following features to be correct:
Crew heater on rear deck
Wheel and not skid for track cleaning
Gas panels on turret roof
Chin mantlet
Louveres or slats on engine deck (may just put one on there for variation)
Late Flammenvernichters exhaust
Flat boxed exhaust bases
Road wheel mount on turret sides
Crosses on the right side center hull, left side behind cutters and on the left rear stowage bin
No unit insignias
If any of you know any of these details to be incorrect, please chime in.
Kit is the new Dragon one off course along with friul tracks and the Lion Roar update set. Never used Lion Roar stuff before but it looks to pretty pretty inclusive and of good quality so it should be fun. Will add a few other odd bits along the way but this is what I'm starting with.
As I understand, the 1st SS units were attached to the 6th SS which spearheaded the major thrust of the offensive south of Budapest. This would have been the 1st of March in 1945 and I'm going to probably put on a fatigued white wash.
Not much else to show for now but feel free to pass along any knowledge on the subject matter.
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