Panther Dio

how about have the panthers and the 251 parked under some trees. ie maybe cooking some dinner or something along those lines Or have one of the panther pullin the 251 out of a snow drift while the other panther is keeping an eye out for the reds

If it is going to be a G and you're doing a maintenance scene, keep in mind that at this stage of the war, the allies ruled the skies. Tanks were recovered in the dark (if at all) and usually repaired in wood lines at night in the dark. A disabled G abandoned by it's crew on any front would likely be a target of opportunity for the SOVIET OR ALLIED AIRFORCES. Strict light discipline was required by the maintenance crews at night, the maintenence trains and the excellent track mechanics were pretty much shot to pieces by the time the G Panther was fielded.

Steve

Im planning a Panther G dio, aswell. Im going for a Ardennes Panther, roming through some low bushes and shrubs, with the crew planning out there next move on the dug-in Americans.

Well this sounds like my answer for everything, but...do it on the Eastern Front. I dont know about having them being worked on. I mean, the "G"'s were the most reliable of all the Panthers. Since you said snowy I would assume Winter, and it seems the Reds did most of the attacking during the Winter. It would be nice to see them in a defensive position with some foilage on maybe one of them. And you could have the commanders planning the defence on the hood of the 251 like KAzak mentioned. Anyways I could go on for hours so I'll just leave it at that.

I have been working on a dio with a G as well. After doing some research, many of the G's were worked on by manafacture trained mechanics. Just a hint.

yes i like both ideas thanks for your help

I would probably go with Kazak on this one
typical battle scenes are done a lot, and if you want to do something different a repair/rearming scene would be nice
if you wanted to do another different scene, you could have the vehicles in the field near a small house and all the crew standing around with some bottles (maybe they stopped for beer and a little rest in the house)
Hope my two cents helped you

Hi Ghost, welcome aboard!
Hmm, for me, I know I would put this into a city scene, but that's my fave types of scenes to do....
You could do a field scene, have the two 'G's parked, maybe some mechanics working on one Panther, and the other getting rearmed, and the 251 parked under a tree, with a bunch of brass standing around with maps and stuff....
Look at pictures from books, and the 'net, they give me alot of ideas!