New Panther! (1 Viewer)

Did you know a Sherman could 'burn' a Panther with a hit to the side of it;)

Rob
 
Cyber Field Marshall said:
With so much to choose in this hobby I have not had a "double" of any piece in my collection yet. By that I also include different paint jobs due to different theatres of operation, different manufacturers, and different years of releases. I've got the WS072 and think its terrific. This new updated version looks really good to and I've been wondering if I should swap out of my old Panther and buy the newer version. Time will tell, I'll likely withold judgement until pictures come out comparing both versions.
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The new Panther has better sculpting and detail, but WS072 has more character and a larger crew and I will not be swapping them. IMO it is an excellent model for collectors who do not have the earlier version, which is 1:30 scale, so the 2 versions should be the same size.

Terry
 
IMO the new sculp for the Panther looks better than the old versions and, a well needed addition to the german armour releases
Mitch


Phantom Warrior said:
The new Panther has better sculpting and detail, but WS072 has more character and a larger crew and I will not be swapping them. IMO it is an excellent model for collectors who do not have the earlier version, which is 1:30 scale, so the 2 versions should be the same size.

Terry
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Phantom Warrior said:
, and Why the spares would be dished rubber rimmed wheels instead of flat steel rimmed wheels is also a puzzle, but not impossible.
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Because they were going 1/2 a kilometer down the road into battle & fixed these old wheels on the rear turret for some extra protection against a rear/flank shot.

They weren't going cross country to Disneyland.
 
OzDigger said:
but I think most every other early piece of armor was based on 1/32 models.
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It's really a case by case basis. The 1998ish wooden Tiger & resin JagdPanther were the larger 1/30, as were the original polystone Sherman (IwoJima line), Panther, Tiger (turret # 131), Chaffee, SU-85, T-34. (SU-85 might be even be bigger).

I recall the first smaller tanks were the first Wittman Tiger which also got repainted white into the first Winter Tiger for the Stalingrad line. Then scale started bouncing around.* iirc, the next Tiger 1 pair, (2nd generation Wittman & Winter Tiger) were consistent with the first pair...and New Model Army & Figarti used that scale for their own Tigers.

I just put the polystone Easy Eight next to my Figarti Firefly last night, & they are quite similar in scale (I measured the Firefly as 1/30.7 on another thread).

* a good example is the original DAK PzIII & PzIV which came out close together, but the former was larger in scale than the latter
 
I think all the discrepancies in scale are an added touch to the sets as you just never really know which way the comapny will go when it releases stuff IMO
Mitch

Blowtorch said:
It's really a case by case basis. The 1998ish wooden Tiger & resin JagdPanther were the larger 1/30, as were the original polystone Sherman (IwoJima line), Panther, Tiger (turret # 131), Chaffee, SU-85, T-34. (SU-85 might be even be bigger).

I recall the first smaller tanks were the first Wittman Tiger which also got repainted white into the first Winter Tiger for the Stalingrad line. Then scale started bouncing around.* iirc, the next Tiger 1 pair, (2nd generation Wittman & Winter Tiger) were consistent with the first pair...and New Model Army & Figarti used that scale for their own Tigers.

I just put the polystone Easy Eight next to my Figarti Firefly last night, & they are quite similar in scale (I measured the Firefly as 1/30.7 on another thread).

* a good example is the original DAK PzIII & PzIV which came out close together, but the former was larger in scale than the latter
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