Hi Louis,

Your Panther looks excellent. I especially like the camo, which is a nice change from the plain overall sand scheme. Good luck with the figure painting, which is something I enjoy but rarely get right!

Cheers Gregor

Great job on the tank Louis. I don't do armour but I love watching the builds

excellent looking target! I look forward to the detailed pics when officially posted.

Lou, this is a beautiful panther. As good a piece of armour as ever I've seen. I'm glad you shared this with us and loved the wip; a real masterclass. One of my favourite photos is of a panther; can't tell you what 'speaks' to me so much about it but I can look at it for ages just thinking.

Thanks for the kind words gents !

I have never seen that photo of the burned out Panther David... It does speak volumes. I have seen a few photos of little kids climbing and playing on various knocked out German tanks, but never this one. Thanks for sharing it.

I posted an article on the Panther after I was completed.

Here's a link to the posting:

“Year of the Cat” Group Build, 1/35 Tamiya “Panther” Ausf. D, Sd.Kfz. 171, Kursk summer offensive 1943