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Kit has - multi-part lower hull,
- upper hull with engraved surface detail,
- separate (engine cover, hatches and turret),
- optional (hatches, drivers vision port, Snorkel cover),
- rear hull armor plate with exhaust,
- separate on-vehicle tools and equipment including (barrel cleaning rod, storage boxes, ladders),
- brass wire tow cable,
- smoke grenade launchers,
- single piece main gun barrel and detailed gun assemblies,
- optional travel lock,
- 7.92 mm MG 34 machine guns and assemblies,
- transparent (turret ring and vision ports),
- photoetch (engine grilles, side skirts, machine gun, brackets, latches and other exterior),
- running gear (sprockets, idlers, road wheels, poly caps, individual track links plus spares).
Decals and reference for (4) tanks: - (x2) 39th Panzer Regiment, 10th Panzer Brigade, 11th Panzer Division, Kursk, July 1943 (No.632, 52nd Battalion and No.121, 51st Battalion);
- No.232, 1st Battalion, 15th Panzer Regiment, 11th Panzer Division, Eastern Front, Autumn 1943
- Command Version, 1st Battalion, 4th Panzer Regiment, Italy, Spring 1944
Fossileyes' Factoids: German Medium Tank Sd.Kfz.171 Panther Ausf.D (TS-038) is an injection-molded kit developed in collaboration with The Tank Museum in Bovington, UK, and Mr. David Parker, editor of the Meng AFV Modeller magazine. This kit includes over 1,000 parts including photo-etched details. Four finishing options are available to the modeler. When built, the finished model is 252.9mm long, 98.6mm wide and 83.6mm high. |
