Tamiya Panther Tank Kits Questions

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Craig - 03 Apr 2004 02:31 GMT

I have a few of the old panther tanks and am just about through with the
G Late model.

The difference btwn the two is like night and day.

Question. Was the early Panther as simple as the kit or was the G that
much more advanced? I speak primarily of the detail to the rear panel
details, mufflers, added details above the engine and a much more
detailed chassis (is that the word?)

Or did Tamiya just update their Panther in general.

Craig

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Dave Williams - 03 Apr 2004 02:41 GMT

The later Tamiya Panther is just a better detailed kit. If they did an A
model (which their old kit was) now, it would be detailed as well as their G
kits. Alternately, you could compare the new DML Panther A to the old
Tamiya kit and you see the same night/day difference.

Dave

> I have a few of the old panther tanks and am just about through with the
> G Late model.
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> Craig

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Allan K. Lindsay-O'Neal - 03 Apr 2004 21:01 GMT

> I have a few of the old panther tanks and am just about through with the
> G Late model.
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> Or did Tamiya just update their Panther in general.

They got with the program and upgraded the kit. Fourteen years ago I bought
the Model A kit, and the turret was so far out of scale (the mantlet in
particular) that the guy that owned the shop where I bought it had opened
the kit and put in a resin turret (from who I can't rememebr), an Eduard
detail kit, and Modelkasten tracks.

I added some Verlinden figures, and the model is on my library shelf still.

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